ShoreOne Insurance
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Carrier appetite summary
Carrier profile and product scope: - ShoreOne Insurance Managers, Inc. offers an admitted homeowners product specifically designed for coastal, flood‑exposed properties, combining standard HO perils and full flood coverage on a single policy with one deductible and one claims process. - Positioned as an alternative to separate NFIP flood plus standard HO, with broader flood limits and loss of use than a stand‑alone NFIP policy. Dwelling limit indicated up to $2,000,000 with aligned contents and loss‑of‑use limits for flood when written with the HO policy.([shoreoneinsurance.com](https://www.shoreoneinsurance.com/?utm_source=openai)) Preferred/target business: - Coastal residential properties where flood is a material exposure and the insured wants a single carrier solution rather than separate HO and NFIP/private flood. - Owner‑occupied homes in coastal South Carolina, New Jersey, New York, and Massachusetts (historically noted active states; current geography should always be verified in the portal when quoting).([insurancejournal.com](https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2022/11/17/695345.htm?utm_source=openai)) - Properties needing higher flood limits than the NFIP $250,000 building cap; ShoreOne markets full replacement cost coverage on the dwelling for both HO and flood (subject to its internal max dwelling limit) and robust limits for contents and loss of use tied to the HO coverage parts.([shoreoneinsurance.com](https://www.shoreoneinsurance.com/?utm_source=openai)) Flood and peril features (operational notes you can use in placement discussions): - One policy including both standard homeowners perils and flood; single declarations page and one combined deductible for covered catastrophe events.([shoreoneinsurance.com](https://www.shoreoneinsurance.com/?utm_source=openai)) - No elevation certificate is required for quoting or binding; the carrier relies on proprietary hazard and elevation modeling to price and underwrite flood and wind exposure. This is a key selling point vs NFIP or most private flood markets.([shoreoneinsurance.com](https://www.shoreoneinsurance.com/?utm_source=openai)) - ShoreOne highlights that it will cover temporary housing/additional living expenses when the home is damaged by a covered event including flood, aligning loss‑of‑use with the HO policy rather than excluding it as NFIP does.([shoreoneinsurance.com](https://www.shoreoneinsurance.com/?utm_source=openai)) Flood vs NFIP comparison (counsel for agents/brokers): - NFIP building limit: $250,000 vs ShoreOne: up to the HO dwelling limit (marketing example up to $2,000,000).([businesswire.com](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220228005901/en/ShoreOne-Celebrates-First-Year-Of-Closing-The-Protection-Gap?utm_source=openai)) - NFIP contents limit: $100,000 vs ShoreOne: contents limits track the HO policy (marketing example up to $1,500,000). - NFIP provides no loss‑of‑use / ALE; ShoreOne provides loss‑of‑use for flood and other covered perils up to the HO limit (example up to $600,000).([businesswire.com](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220228005901/en/ShoreOne-Celebrates-First-Year-Of-Closing-The-Protection-Gap?utm_source=openai)) - NFIP uses a “two acres of inundation” trigger; ShoreOne states there is no two‑acre requirement, making smaller, high‑severity events potentially covered where NFIP might not respond.([businesswire.com](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220228005901/en/ShoreOne-Celebrates-First-Year-Of-Closing-The-Protection-Gap?utm_source=openai)) Geographic appetite / distribution notes: - Focus is on coastal homeowners; marketing consistently references “coastal properties” and “coastal coverage” and positions ShoreOne as a way to solve coastal placement problems where standard carriers or NFIP alone are inadequate.([shoreoneinsurance.com](https://www.shoreoneinsurance.com/?utm_source=openai)) - Business is distributed exclusively through independent insurance agents; ShoreOne does not appear to sell direct and repeatedly instructs insureds to contact their agent for policy changes and to request ShoreOne when shopping coverage.([shoreoneinsurance.com](https://www.shoreoneinsurance.com/?utm_source=openai)) - Public sources and trade press indicate operations in select coastal regions, historically including South Carolina, New York, New Jersey, and Massachusetts. A 2025 partnership with Trisura Specialty Insurance Company increased capacity for this coastal homeowners program; check live appointment and state availability within your wholesaler or agency portal as state/ZIP eligibility may change with reinsurance and capacity updates.([insurancejournal.com](https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2022/11/17/695345.htm?utm_source=openai)) Submission / broker handling expectations (from public-facing material): - All placements run through appointed agency partners; prospects are directed to "Find an Agent" and to request a ShoreOne quote. Agents should expect to quote and bind through a carrier portal (PolicyPort® is referenced in vendor press) with automated rating backed by proprietary risk scoring.([shoreoneinsurance.com](https://www.shoreoneinsurance.com/?utm_source=openai)) - Claims are reported either online or by phone directly to ShoreOne, using the policy number and insured contact details; insureds are told to contact their agent for policy changes, cancellations, or mortgagee updates, so expect standard agency‑of‑record servicing responsibilities.([shoreoneinsurance.com](https://www.shoreoneinsurance.com/claims?utm_source=openai)) - Marketing emphasizes quick quote turnaround (“get a quote in minutes”) using internal data and modeling; in practice, expect the portal to drive eligibility and pricing with relatively structured data requirements on location, construction, and occupancy. Restricted or declined risks (inferred/operationally likely, but not explicitly published): - ShoreOne’s public materials do not provide a detailed exclusionary underwriting guide by construction type, prior loss activity, or distance‑to‑water. Given the focus on flood‑exposed coastal homes and reliance on proprietary modeling, expect: • Hard blocks based on distance to shoreline, elevation, or storm‑surge modeling that may decline certain barrier‑island or extreme surge‑prone ZIPs outright. • Tight controls on severe prior water, flood, or catastrophe losses; multiple or recent high‑severity losses may be declined or subject to special approval. • Standard HO underwriting sensitivities (unrepaired damage, very poor condition, long‑term vacancy, non‑residential occupancies) to be declined or written only on exception with underwriter approval. - Because such rules are not stated on the public site, do not rely on assumptions for eligibility; always validate via the live rating portal and, when in doubt, contact your ShoreOne underwriter or marketing rep. Key broker/producer takeaways: - Use ShoreOne when you need a single admitted solution for coastal homes where both HO and meaningful flood limits are required, especially when the client does not want separate flood and HO policies or where NFIP limits/ALE are inadequate. - Leading talking points for insureds: no elevation certificate required; one policy, one deductible, one adjuster; potentially higher building, contents, and loss‑of‑use limits for flood than NFIP; admitted paper in select coastal states. - Operationally, treat ShoreOne as a coastal specialty HO+flood market: verify state/ZIP availability and capacity in your portal for each risk, expect automated eligibility outcomes based on their modeling, and escalate borderline risks directly to the underwriter rather than assuming NFIP‑style rules. Because ShoreOne does not publish a granular external underwriting/appetite guide, this summary focuses on what is currently available in carrier marketing, news, and public comparisons to NFIP, plus reasonable operational inferences you should confirm in‑portal or with your market rep before binding.