Sevens
04-08-2004, 09:32 AM
I know about breed legislation about towns and states banning pit bulls, rottweilers, etc.
Well, now it is extending to homeowner's insurance! My mortgage company will not lend me the money for our new house unless they know we have homeowner's insurance in place.
I called 7 companies the day before yesterday. Then yesterday, I looked up insurance companies on the American Kennel Club website and found this list:
Insurance Companies Policies on Dogs (http://www.akc.org/love/dip/legislat/insurance_chart0702.cfm)
Well, I had narrowed my list down to two companies, State Farm and Farm Bureau of Virginia. Luckily, both have decided that having a pit bull mix (Bailey) is ok with them.
So, if you have a pit bull, Staffordshire terrier, Doberman, Rottweiler, Chow, Presa Canario, Akita, wolf-hybrid, Husky, Malamute, or German Sheperd, you might want to check out this list. Everybody I've told about it thus far (family, friends, and co-workers) had no idea these rules existed.
I've already had a couple of companies, MetLife and Nationwide call me back and I very nicely told them that their quotes were great, but if it is a choice between my Bailey and their homeowner's insurance, Bailey stays and I'll go with somebody else.
Well, now it is extending to homeowner's insurance! My mortgage company will not lend me the money for our new house unless they know we have homeowner's insurance in place.
I called 7 companies the day before yesterday. Then yesterday, I looked up insurance companies on the American Kennel Club website and found this list:
Insurance Companies Policies on Dogs (http://www.akc.org/love/dip/legislat/insurance_chart0702.cfm)
Well, I had narrowed my list down to two companies, State Farm and Farm Bureau of Virginia. Luckily, both have decided that having a pit bull mix (Bailey) is ok with them.
So, if you have a pit bull, Staffordshire terrier, Doberman, Rottweiler, Chow, Presa Canario, Akita, wolf-hybrid, Husky, Malamute, or German Sheperd, you might want to check out this list. Everybody I've told about it thus far (family, friends, and co-workers) had no idea these rules existed.
I've already had a couple of companies, MetLife and Nationwide call me back and I very nicely told them that their quotes were great, but if it is a choice between my Bailey and their homeowner's insurance, Bailey stays and I'll go with somebody else.