{"id":639,"date":"2015-03-18T13:10:56","date_gmt":"2015-03-18T10:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/54.74.229.54\/ga-insurance\/?post_type=insurance&#038;p=639"},"modified":"2022-10-26T11:07:06","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T08:07:06","slug":"fire-insurance-cover-in-kenya","status":"publish","type":"insurance","link":"https:\/\/www.gainsuranceltd.com\/ke\/insurance\/fire-insurance-cover-in-kenya\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire Insurance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fire Insurance cover in Kenya will provide coverage for damage or destruction to insured property by Fire, lightning, or explosion of domestic appliances.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #434343;\">The Fire &amp; perils Insurance policy in Kenya is an extension of the basic cover and will extend to include the following additional covers:- Riot &amp; strike, malicious damage, explosion, special perils, earthquake &amp; bush-fire<\/span><br style=\"color: #434343;\" \/><br style=\"color: #434343;\" \/><span style=\"color: #434343;\">Fire arises from various insured perils and causes damage to assets. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gainsuranceltd.com\/ke\/understanding-fire-insurance-cover-in-kenya\/\">fire<\/a> insurance policy issued by GA covers fire damage brought about by perils of nature such as earthquakes, floods, storms, tempests, and lightning to name but a few.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"color: #434343;\" \/><span style=\"color: #434343;\">Covered social perils including riot, strike civil commotion, and malicious damage such as arson. Other causes of fire are electrical faults and explosions. Property may suffer loss from aerial falling objects such as aircraft. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #434343;\">The fire insurance policy is suitable to cover business assets such as buildings, stocks in trade, work in progress, contents, plant, and machinery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8856\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gainsuranceltd.com\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/GA-SM-Sept-Posts-12th-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Fire Insurance Cover in Kenya\" width=\"1200\" height=\"960\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"color: #434343;\" \/><span style=\"color: #434343;\">Fire is indiscriminate and devours anything in its path once it starts and hence the sum insured has to be appropriate and commensurate with the risk that the insured is exposed to.<\/span><br style=\"color: #434343;\" \/><br style=\"color: #434343;\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>What is Required For Fire Insurance Coverage Quote:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Your occupation<\/li>\n<li>Values of your property<\/li>\n<li>Type of construction of the building<\/li>\n<li>Location of your property<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Who Needs the Coverage<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Restaurants<\/li>\n<li>Pharmaceuticals<\/li>\n<li>Shopping Malls<\/li>\n<li>Manufacturing Industries<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>How Fire Insurance Policy in Kenya Works<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Fire insurance covers a policyholder against fire loss or damage from a number of sources. Sources include fires brought about by electricity, such as faulty wiring and explosion of gas, as\u00a0well as those caused by lightning and natural disasters.<\/p>\n<p>Most policies provide coverage regardless of whether the fire originates from inside or outside of the home.<br \/>\nThe limit of coverage depends on the cause of the fire. The policy will reimburse the policyholder on either a Replacement-cost basis or an actual cost-value basis for damages.<br \/>\nIf the home is considered a total loss, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imbank.com\/business\/insurance\/bancassurance\">insurance company<\/a>\u00a0might reimburse the owner for the house\u2019s current market value.<\/p>\n<p>Typically, the insurance will provide a market value compensation for lost possessions, with the total payout\u00a0capped\u00a0based on the home\u2019s overall value.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Provides cover for damage or destruction by Fire, lightning or explosion<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1986,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-639","insurance","type-insurance","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gainsuranceltd.com\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/insurance\/639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gainsuranceltd.com\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/insurance"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gainsuranceltd.com\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/insurance"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gainsuranceltd.com\/ke\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gainsuranceltd.com\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}