Insurance?

[kmc1945]

If I am rehashing an old topic that has been discussed here previously, I apologize. I am just wondering if anyone here knows of any types of insurance one can purchase for a collection? I'm sure I'm not the only one who has layed awake at night thinking of the terrifying prospect of a house fire or theft destroying thousands upon thousands of dollars worth of items, not to mention the countess hours vested in them. Are there any provisions of, say, a homeowners policy that would cover militaria? Perhaps a supplemental policy? And how extensive of a cataloging process would be required for that purpose? Does anyone here have any experience with this issue? Thanks!

 

Regards,

 

Kyle

[Bob Hudson]

Here's an older thread with some recommended companies

 

http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/49137-insurance-on-militaria-collection/

[Brig]

I use USAA's collection insurance.

[jgawne]

pretty much every company has some form of collection insurance. Although it can be a pain dealing with it.

 

My advice is that before you do anything, make sure you have a good monitored alarm system, with monitored smoke detectors. In many cases (and YMMV) if a police department known that there is a gun collection on the premises they will expedite any alarm calls. Well, some cases.