Most insurance companies will not insure a vacant home. There are provisions depending on how ling you have been out of the home. Check your policy.
Typically, yes. There is no one there to insure that it isn't broken into. If something goes wrong, there isn't anyone to take immediate action to get a leak fixed, or call the fire department or to stop someone breaking in and taking things out of the house.
Did you know that your home insurance policy may not cover your home if it is unoccupied? If you are moving and have not sold your previous home, you should ask your insurance provider about purchasing unoccupied home insurance to cover your home until it is sold to another family. Unoccupied home insurance will cover your home in case of fire, theft of vandalism. Unoccupied homes are targets for transients and teenagers. Make sure that your old home is covered so that if there is in an incident, you will not have to pay for repairs out of pocket.
depends on the state and place, earthquake risk, fire risk, flooding risk, etc, nywhere between 300$ and 600$ per year
If your home is 'unoccupied' for 13 weeks or any other length of time during the policy period it does not affect your coverages. A vacant (no contents inside) home will have limited coverage for some types of losses. If the home is going to be unoccupied for long periods of time one should take precautions to prevent losses. Turning off the water to the home and turning off the gas, if applicable, are good ideas.
I'm not sure if there's a major difference price-wise, but usually an unoccupied house is insured by unoccupied home insurance, as opposed to occupied home insurance.
Unoccupied home insurance helps protect your house when it is empty. It covers what regular home insurance does not, in the case that your house is left unoccupied for a month or more. It covers damage in the case of fire, earthquake, explosion and lightning.
I forget which is which but if I recall, vacant is the haunted house on the hill and unoccupied is the summer home or the winter home in FL etc.
Unoccupied.
Here is a site for the US: http://www.amig.com/vacant_property.html and here is one for the UK: http://www.endsleigh.co.uk/Home/Pages/unoccupied-property-insurance.aspx
no
He ran to the vacant neighboring home, which was unlocked and unoccupied.