Owning a home is a goal lots of people hope to achieve. I can therefore not imagine why anyone would not think insuring their home is important. Some others who grudgingly get some insurance don't bother to know the extent of the coverage. How important is home insurance?
A lady I got to know recently had a home, an uninsured home. I said "had a home" because the home is no more due to a fire disaster. Having no place to stay, she had to be accommodated by friends. If you count the emotional loss adding the financial one too, you would see how terrible a situation it is. Now she is in a confused state since she can't get her house back up due to lack of funds and ill health.
If you have a home that is uninsured, I would simply assume that your home means nothing to you, or that if you lost your home, you have tons of money to get it back up and also wouldn't mind the emotional loss.
You can find this value by doing an evaluation to know what it would cost in today's market to rebuild your home. The possibility of over coverage is also taken care of with correct valuing of your home.
Over coverage would certainly occur in a situation where the cost of the land on which the house stands is included in the evaluate of the home to be insured. If you were to make a claim for the rebuilding of your home would your claim include the cost of repurchasing the land? I hope you understand this.
Free home insurance quotes is something everyone who owns a home should get whether you have an insurance coverage or not. It's a straight forward process. All you need to do to start is to visit a quotes comparison site online. You would find a short form on their site. Fill it. When you have filled and submitted the form, you will in a short while start receiving quotes from insurers. Getting and comparing these free home insurance quotes provides you with all the information you need to help you decide which insurer is offering you the coverage you need at the best rate.