{"id":180,"date":"2022-10-27T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.depauloagency.com\/blog\/?p=180"},"modified":"2022-10-27T14:45:41","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T20:45:41","slug":"three-things-you-shouldn-t-assume-about-your-boat-insurance-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.depauloagency.com\/blog\/three-things-you-shouldn-t-assume-about-your-boat-insurance-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Three things you shouldn&#8217;t assume about your boat insurance policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a boat owner, you need to be well informed about insurance for your watercraft. Boat owners in Scotia, NY can learn about boat insurance by contacting us at DePaulo Agency.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of boat owners make inaccurate assumptions when it comes to insuring their watercraft. The following are three things you shouldn&#8217;t assume about your boat insurance policy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Boat insurance covers your boat in any body of water.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>It&#8217;s important to realize that most boat insurance policies have geographical limits. You cannot assume that your policy will cover you&nbsp;wherever you use your boat if you travel far from your home location and wish to go boating.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Your driving record doesn&#8217;t impact the cost&nbsp;of boat insurance.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Consumers are typically aware of the fact that their driving record impacts the costs of their auto insurance. However, many consumers don&#8217;t realize that their driving record can also affect the costs of their boat insurance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A driving record with numerous serious infractions will mean that a consumer may have to pay more for boat insurance or struggle to get boat insurance coverage.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>You don&#8217;t need boat insurance if it isn&#8217;t required by law.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In many states, in some or all situations, boat insurance is not required by law. However, this does not mean that boat owners should not purchase boat insurance coverage.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Boat insurance protects boat owners financially regardless of whether it is required by law. Investing in a boat insurance policy with liability and collision coverage is always best.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Do you have questions about boat insurance? We&#8217;d be happy to hear from you at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.depauloagency.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DePaulo Agency<\/a>. Get in touch with us today to learn more about our policy options for boat insurance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a boat owner, you need to be well informed about insurance for your watercraft. Boat owners in Scotia, NY can learn about boat insurance by contacting us at DePaulo Agency. A lot of boat owners make inaccurate assumptions when it comes to insuring their watercraft. The following are three things you shouldn&#8217;t assume about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5,8],"class_list":["post-180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-insurance","tag-depaulo-agency","tag-scotia-ny"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.depauloagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.depauloagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.depauloagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.depauloagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.depauloagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.depauloagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":181,"href":"https:\/\/www.depauloagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180\/revisions\/181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.depauloagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.depauloagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.depauloagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}