A Florida-based insurance company is offering a new program of lower premiums to buyers of newly constructed homes.
“This program is for new home construction, and it’s an embedded program that is sold through the builder,” Melissa Burt DeVriese, the president of Security First Insurance, said.
She said the HO-5 program works with builders as new homes are constructed to Florida’s new building codes.
“It can be a substantial cost saving for consumers because new homes are built to high standards, especially when they come from a developer,” DeVriese said. “Generally for our consumers at Security First, if they have a new home policy compared to a standard policy the savings will be about 20-30%.”…