Insurance
Richmond head office of a small B.C. brokerage group writing auto, home, commercial, marine, travel and farm insurance. The marine side is the locally interesting bit - useful if you keep a boat at Steveston or moored somewhere along the Fraser.
Marine coverage is the locally interesting part of what this brokerage writes. Richmond has a working harbour at Steveston, moorage along the Fraser, and a lot of people whose most valuable possession after the house floats. Boat insurance is not something every broker handles competently, and the difference between a policy written by someone who understands hull, liability and layup periods and one written by someone reading a screen shows up at exactly the wrong moment.
Central Agencies is the Richmond head office of a small B.C. group, writing auto, home, commercial, marine, travel and farm coverage, which is a broader spread than most storefront brokers carry. Farm coverage is the other quiet specialty, and it matters here because a large share of this city is still inside the Agricultural Land Reserve. For everyday needs, a broker is where most people end up for Autoplan renewal and house coverage, and the advantage of a small independent is that someone remembers your file.
Bring your current policy documents if you are shopping around, because a comparison only means anything when the coverage limits and deductibles line up. Ask specifically about earthquake coverage on a Richmond home. This city sits on delta silt at sea level, and the answers vary enough between insurers to be worth the question, as do the deductibles, which are usually a percentage of the insured value rather than a flat figure. Blundell Road cuts straight across the middle of the island and serves the neighborhoods around it rather than anyone passing through, so this is an appointment rather than a place you happen upon.
In the Shellmont neighbourhood of Richmond.
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