Insurance is not a set-it-and-forget-it purchase. What covered your life two years ago may leave serious gaps today. Major life events, new assets, and changing responsibilities can all shift your coverage needs—sometimes dramatically. Knowing when to schedule a policy checkup is the first step to making sure your protection keeps pace with your life.
Certain milestones almost always require a coverage review. Getting married or divorced changes your beneficiary designations, liability exposure, and bundling options. Buying a home means your renters policy needs to be replaced with homeowners coverage—and that coverage needs to be sized correctly. Having a child raises your life insurance need significantly. Each of these events can create gaps or redundancies if your policies are not updated promptly.
Even without a triggering life event, reviewing your policies once a year is good practice. Premiums change, carriers adjust their terms, and inflation erodes coverage limits over time. A home insured for $300,000 three years ago may cost $380,000 to rebuild today due to rising construction costs. Annual reviews catch these drift problems before they become claim-time surprises.
The best time to schedule a checkup is 60 to 90 days before your policy renewal date. That window gives you enough time to shop alternatives, request endorsements, or make changes without rushing.
A significant increase in income, a large inheritance, or acquiring high-value assets—jewelry, art, collectibles, a boat—can leave you underinsured without a coverage update. Personal liability limits that were adequate at one income level may be insufficient as your net worth grows. Umbrella policies become more important as assets accumulate and the risk of a lawsuit with real financial consequences increases.
Most people discover coverage gaps only after a claim, and by then it is too late to fix them. A Truscott policy checkup reviews all of your active policies against your current life situation, identifies gaps or redundancies, and recommends practical adjustments—without pressure to buy something you do not need. Reach out to schedule yours before your next renewal date.
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