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Anyone have their insurance company insist on an inspection?

This is a new one on me and no one I have asked has ever heard of it. I have been with the same insurance co for 8 years and 3 house. Currently getting ready to close on a fourth and they insist they need to come out and inspect this one in person??? Any ideas why? We got a professional inspection ourselves but they dont want that one. They want their own people to do it.
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Re: Anyone have their insurance company insist on an inspection?

  • Back in my underwriting days, the company I worked for always ordered an inspection on homes.  It was standard.  If the inspection indicated any serious concerns (roof, electrical, general poor condition), the coverage could be cancelled. Inspections were also important if there was disagreement about the value of the home.  Houses over a certain amount got an interior and exterior inspection, and those inspections estimated the replacement value.  If anything happened to the home, we had a record of what the property looked like at the time that we insured it.

    It could be that something about this home triggered an inspection.  Maybe the age, value, or even something that you mentioned. 

  • could it be that they valued its rebuild cost at $250,000 but we only paid $152,000? Its a short sale and has a new roof ect. Inspection came back clean. Its only 7 years old anyway...
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    could it be that they valued its rebuild cost at $250,000 but we only paid $152,000? Its a short sale and has a new roof ect. Inspection came back clean. Its only 7 years old anyway...

    Based on what CC said, it sounds like that's the issue. Those numbers are pretty far apart and they probably want to make sure that the rebuild is accurate. It's probably something they do in cases where the paid value and rebuild are a certain amount apart to make sure that you aren't going to burn the house down for the insurance money. 

  • We just bought our first house and my insurance company (AAA) did their own inspection. I assumed it was standard.
  • Our insurance, USAA has requested to do an inspection within 2 weeks after closing. I also assumed it was standard so I didn't question anything.
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    Our insurance, USAA has requested to do an inspection within 2 weeks after closing. I also assumed it was standard so I didn't question anything.

    Interesting...we have owned several homes all insured by USAA and have never been asked for a second inspection. 

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  • hmmm mine is USAA too. I wonder if it is a new policy that went into effect in the last 12 months? I just find it odd they wouldnt take the inspection that we paid for before making our offer.
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  • Our insurance company has always done a second inspection, but it's just a look at the outside of the home and not a complete home buyers inspection. The insurance company looks at exterior (all brick, siding etc), roof, fence, etc; they are verifying the information provided for the policy. I have always thought it was standard practice.
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    hmmm mine is USAA too. I wonder if it is a new policy that went into effect in the last 12 months? I just find it odd they wouldnt take the inspection that we paid for before making our offer.
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    It would have had to go in effect since September 2011 since that is the last time we closed on a home and used their insurance.  We purchased for significantly less than the rebuild cost as well.  Honestly, I think it is rare that USAA asks for a second so I'd be very curious about their reasoning.

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    imageBriGiboo:
    hmmm mine is USAA too. I wonder if it is a new policy that went into effect in the last 12 months? I just find it odd they wouldnt take the inspection that we paid for before making our offer.
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    It would have had to go in effect since September 2011 since that is the last time we closed on a home and used their insurance.  We purchased for significantly less than the rebuild cost as well.  Honestly, I think it is rare that USAA asks for a second so I'd be very curious about their reasoning.

    This is actually interesting. I'm going to ask them and see why they are doing this.

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  • DH's insurance company always asks for inspections on properties he buys. 
  • imageBriGiboo:
    could it be that they valued its rebuild cost at $250,000 but we only paid $152,000? Its a short sale and has a new roof ect. Inspection came back clean. Its only 7 years old anyway...
    Absolutely! This was always a red flag to do a more thorough inspection. The question was always why would a house be sold cheap if it was was worth more, unless something was wrong with it. This was before the real estate crash. As long as the house is in good condition, you have nothing to worry about. They may need to insure it for more than you paid, if the replacement value exceeds the purchase price.
  • We close on our new home this week and we're going with USAA for homeowners as well and they have requested an inspection. 
  • Our insurance company never asked for a second inspection through them. But they did ask for a pictures of the house be emailed to them. We needed to have pictures of the following;

    -front of house

    -back of house

    -roof 

    -deck

    After we gave them these pictures they said that we needed to remove one of the shrubs that was up against the side house and it is really dead. and we have a month to email them a new picture of the one side of the house.

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