Bicycle insurance?

Question

there is any company that have insurance for your bicycle? i mean a theft cover insurance not for bike sotlen in the aparment..!!

Answer 1

if you have contents insurance you can usually specify

a bike on it to be insured away from the home. normally it

would be only covered if it was locked to an immoveable

object. this is uk - don't know about u.s.

if its really expensive are you are member of a cycling club

they could help

Answer 2

Homeowner's or renter's insurance usually covers bicycles. Check with your agent; sometimes you need a separate rider. Sorry for the pun!

Answer 3

There were some very good answers, but I think a couple of items were overlooked.  (1) An item called the HO-15 Special Form Contents endorsement will change your contents coverage (which the bike falls under) to all risk, less exclusions (from "named perils").  Primarily this will add coverage if you crash.  (2) An inland marine "floater" will insure the bike specifically.  It likely will have no deductible and may have a stated value for the bike (if destroyed, the stated value is paid).  This is a good way to enhance coverage (perils) and perhaps avoid arguing over the value of the bike in the event of a total loss.  Option 1 is probably the most cost effective and is not a very well known endorsement that gives a lot of extra coverage for the money.  Peace.

Answer 4

statefarm.com

Answer 5

Insuring your bike is one of the most important precautions you can take to protect yourself. Unfortunately, there’s no comprehensive bicycle insurance available in the United States, as there is in some European countries. I think it should be available here, because, as I discuss in Bicycling & the Law, one of the institutional biases against cyclists is the requirement that you have to own an automobile in order to be able to purchase some important types of insurance. But before we get to what you can’t purchase, let’s discuss what is available.

If you have homeowner’s or renter’s insurance, your policy may protect you against theft or damage. You will need to check your policy, or check with your insurer to be certain that your bike is protected against theft or damage, but even if it isn’t, you can have it added to your policy for an additional fee. One thing you will want to be aware of is the limit of your coverage—make sure that your bike is insured for its full replacement cost value.

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Your homeowner’s or renter’s policy will also provide you with another important type of coverage—personal liability for your negligent acts. Let’s say you run a red light and broadside somebody’s new Porsche—your personal liability coverage will cover that very expensive dent you just created. Another way to attain personal liability coverage is to purchase a personal liability policy.

So rest easy, if your bike isn’t insured, it can be.

But what about you?

This is one of those areas where the institutional bias that favors the automobile gives cyclists the short end of the stick. If you’re involved in a collision with an automobile, your injuries will be covered by an automobile policy. In a traditional tort liability state, the insurer of the person you collided with will pay for your injuries—if the other person is at fault. In this tort liability system, however, you will be depending on the motorist being insured, and equally important, being insured for an adequate amount. Because you can’t know that the motorist will be adequately insured, one of the most important types of insurance on your auto policy will be Uninsured/Underinsured coverage (“UM/UIM”). I recommend that cyclists buy as much UM/UIM coverage as they can; very high limits can be purchased for very little more than the lowest limits. Obviously, you will need to own an automobile in order to protect yourself against uninsured and underinsured motorists.

In no-fault and “hybrid” states, you will be covered by the “PIP” (Personal Injury Protection) coverage in your own auto policy—if you own a car, For that reason, you will want high policy limits on your PIP coverage. If you don’t own a car, you will be covered by the motorist’s policy—if the motorist is adequately insured.

As you can see, there’s a significant institutional bias that favors automobile ownership, regardless of what type of insurance system is in place in your state. While it’s likely that most cyclists also own cars, many cyclists choose not to own cars, and they should not be discriminated against for making that choice—if comprehensive bicycle insurance can be offered in some European countries, there’s no reason it can’t be offered in the United States or elsewhere.

Insurance is a complicated subject, with pitfalls lurking for the unwary. For those cyclists who want to make sure that they understand insurance and its pitfalls, I’ve covered with more depth what you need to know in Bicycling & the Law.

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Answer 6

I have never heard of it offered as a regular product, but if it were offered, it would probably be horrendously expensive. There are some companies that offer insurance on basically anything that you can think of, but the price reflects the risks.... which are substantial for bikes.

Answer 7

YES state farms offers it......... statefarm.com

Answer 8

It would fall under "renters insurance".