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Condo HO-6 Gap Check

What your association's master policy leaves to you — deductible assessments and interior finishes.

Calibrate

Drag to set each value — estimates are fine.

Ask your association or check the master policy declarations. "Walls-in" is used loosely for both — the question is whether the original cabinets, floors and fixtures are the association's to insure or yours.

Coverage A on your HO-6 — pays for interior finishes and improvements.

Often $10k–$100k+; associations increasingly carry large wind/hail percentage deductibles.

The endorsement that pays when the association assesses owners for a covered loss.

On standard HO-6 forms, loss-assessment coverage pays no more than a small fixed sum — commonly $1,000 — toward an assessment that arises from the master policy deductible, whatever the loss-assessment limit says. An endorsement can lift that cap; until it is confirmed, the cap is applied here.

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A number is a starting point. Walking through what it means for your actual policy is the part that changes anything.

What this means for you

Get a plain-English summary of your reading.

Levers that move this

  • Association master policy type
  • Your HO-6 dwelling / betterments limit
  • Master policy deductible, if known
  • Do you carry loss-assessment coverage?
  • Loss-assessment limit, if known
  • Is the deductible-assessment cap lifted by endorsement?

Drag these dials above to see the effect instantly.

Get the full write-up

The assumptions behind the figure, the method, and the disclosures that go with it.

How this is calculated — the full method, sources and limits →