Home Insurance

Do I Need Renters Insurance in Vermont?

Short answer: yes, and I say that as someone who has spent more evenings than I can count talking a heartbroken renter insurance through what their landlord’s insurance actually does and doesn’t cover, which is usually right after a pipe freezes in a hundred-year-old Burlington triple-decker and takes out their couch, their laptop, and their […]
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Does Homeowners Insurance Cover Ice Dam Damage in Vermont?

Every January, right around the third or fourth thaw-freeze cycle, my phone starts ringing with a very specific kind of panic. “Renee, there’s a stain on my ceiling that looks like Lake Champlain.” Or my personal favorite: “Renee, I have icicles the size of a canoe paddle hanging off my porch, is that… bad?” Folks, […]
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