Does Mobilehome Insurance Cover Earthquakes?

Your Mobilehome Policy Doesn’t Cover Earthquake Damage

In most cases, damage to your mobilehome from an earthquake is not covered by a homeowners insurance policy. In California, a separate policy is needed to protect your mobilehome investment and recover from the effects of a major earthquake. Prepare today with CEA earthquake homeowners insurance.

CEA Mobile and Manufactured Home Coverage Options*

Get a quick earthquake insurance estimate using the Premium Calculator and talk to your home insurance company about your earthquake-coverage choices.

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Mobilehome (dwelling)

Coverage for your mobilehome can be purchased alone or with other coverages. Policy choices include earthquake damage to your mobilehome and structures attached to it, like your garage. Deductibles available are 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, or 25%. Mobilehomes with a Coverage A dwelling limit greater than $1,000,000, are only eligible for a 15%, 20% or 25% deductible.

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Coverage for your mobilehome can be purchased alone or with other coverages. Policy choices include earthquake damage to your mobilehome and structures attached to it, like your garage. Deductibles available are 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, or 25%. Mobilehomes with a Coverage A dwelling limit greater than $1,000,000, are only eligible for a 15%, 20% or 25% deductible.

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Personal Property

Personal property coverage protects the valuables inside your home. This includes items like furniture, clothing, and sporting goods that are damaged or lost in the event of a major earthquake.

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Personal property coverage protects the valuables inside your home. This includes items like furniture, clothing, and sporting goods that are damaged or lost in the event of a major earthquake.

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Loss of Use

Loss of Use covers the additional cost of living elsewhere if you cannot safely occupy your home due to earthquake damage while your home is being repaired or rebuilt or when a civil authority prevents entry to your home because of earthquake damage. Keep in mind that you still may be paying your mortgage while in temporary rental housing. Loss of Use not only covers rent but also additional living expenses. Our Loss of Use coverage never has a deductible.

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Loss of Use covers the additional cost of living elsewhere if you cannot safely occupy your home due to earthquake damage while your home is being repaired or rebuilt or when a civil authority prevents entry to your home because of earthquake damage. Keep in mind that you still may be paying your mortgage while in temporary rental housing. Loss of Use not only covers rent but also additional living expenses. Our Loss of Use coverage never has a deductible.

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Building Code Upgrade

Mobilehomes that are damaged by a major earthquake may need upgraded components such as plumbing, electrical, heating and air conditioning systems to pass local and state building inspections. Rebuilding after a devastating earthquake generally must be done to current building-code standards. A $10,000 building code upgrade coverage is included with every CEA homeowner policy.

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Mobilehomes that are damaged by a major earthquake may need upgraded components such as plumbing, electrical, heating and air conditioning systems to pass local and state building inspections. Rebuilding after a devastating earthquake generally must be done to current building-code standards. A $10,000 building code upgrade coverage is included with every CEA homeowner policy.

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Emergency Repairs

Emergency and necessary repairs may be needed after an earthquake to help protect your mobilehome from additional earthquake damage or aftershocks. This could include labor and materials needed to board up damaged windows. There is no deductible for the first $1,500.

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Emergency and necessary repairs may be needed after an earthquake to help protect your mobilehome from additional earthquake damage or aftershocks. This could include labor and materials needed to board up damaged windows. There is no deductible for the first $1,500.

What Do I Need to know about CEA Earthquake Insurance?

For many California mobilehome owners, owning a mobilehome is one of their largest financial investments. Earthquake insurance can help cover related expenses following a devastating shaking event.

CEA premiums are determined by several factors, including your home’s age and earthquake-risk location data such as proximity to a fault and soil type.

CEA works with residential insurance companies that serve the majority of California homeowners. Only Californians whose home is insured by those companies are eligible to purchase a CEA earthquake policy.

Contact your home insurance agent to discuss adding a separate earthquake policy to your homeowners insurance. You can add the coverage today—no need to wait until your homeowners policy comes up for renewal.

How to Qualify for a Discounted Premium

A seismic retrofit can strengthen your manufactured or mobilehome’s foundation to make it more resistant to shaking. CEA offers earthquake insurance premium discounts (up to 21%) for mobilehomes that have been properly retrofitted to better withstand earthquakes.

Find out how to qualify for a discount.

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Read Your CEA Policy Carefully

*We encourage you to read your entire CEA policy—and its policy declarations page—and talk to your agent to understand your coverages and how they work. Exclusions and special limits apply. All terms and conditions of CEA insurance coverage are found in the CEA insurance-policy form. Refer to a sample policy, below.