Most standard homeowners carriers will not write these at all. That is the whole problem.
Cover for manufactured, modular and park-model homes, written on forms built for them — including the transit and tie-down exposures a site-built homeowners policy has no concept of.
Tell us the situation.
A licensed human replies the same business day — not an auto-responder, and not five producers calling at once. We shop it across our carriers and tell you if the policy you already have is the right one.
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What mobile and manufactured home insurance businesses actually need.
The home itself
The structure, on a replacement cost basis where the age and condition allow it.
Without it — Actual cash value on a manufactured home depreciates fast and rebuilds nothing.
Attached structures
Awnings, carports, skirting, decks and steps.
Without it — These are the first things a windstorm takes and are commonly excluded.
Transit and setup
Damage while the home is being moved or placed.
Without it — The single highest-risk moment in a manufactured home’s life is uninsured by default.
What mobile and manufactured home insurance operators ask us.
Why will a normal insurer not quote my manufactured home?
It is appetite rather than anything about you. Manufactured homes carry a different wind and fire loss profile from site-built houses, and most standard homeowners carriers simply exclude them from the programme rather than rate for them — which is why a comparison site returns nothing and gives no reason. The market is real, it is just a different set of carriers, and several of them are specialists who write nothing else. Homes built before the 1976 HUD code are the genuinely hard ones and still placeable.
Does it matter whether I own the land?
Yes, it changes both the form and the price. In a leased-lot community, the home is personal property, the park insures the land and common areas, and your policy covers the home, your liability and often the cost of removing debris from the lot. On owned land the home may be affixed to a permanent foundation and treated much more like a house — which is usually cheaper and opens up more carriers. Whether the tow hitch, axles and wheels have been removed is a question underwriters genuinely ask.