The Insurance Information Institute also warns homeowners not to judge an insurance company by price alone. Quality service is important and it can cost more. One recommended approach is to narrow your field to three reputable companies and then seek quotes to help you choose. Insurance shoppers can start their search at two informative Web sites. Those include helpful statistics in Data Center, a comprehensive list of insurance company links in InfoSources, and credit ratings, claims-paying reports and California earthquake rates in INN Resources.
Some insurance companies allow homeowners to request quotes online.
Countrywide, the home loan company, also offers homeowners insurance. Many large insurance companies have World Wide Web sites that make it easy to contact an agent but don't offer online quotes. Joe Delph , a title representative for Orange Coast Title, teaches real estate professionals how to use computers in their work. He is a regular contributor to Real Estate Resource. Watch for future articles On Real Estate and the WWW with Joe Delph here.