Home and auto insurance in Jasper, TN
Jasper is the Marion County seat, near Nickajack Lake on the Tennessee River, and the 37347 ZIP also covers most of Kimball. Nearly 1 in 5 homes here is a manufactured home.
- Your dwelling limit checked against today's rebuild cost
- Your quote built around what you want covered
- Boat coverage for Nickajack Lake
Jasper by the numbers
The homes here, and what that means for coverage
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-year estimates, ZIP code 37347.
Manufactured homes are written differently
Nearly 1 in 5 homes in this ZIP is a manufactured home. Carriers usually insure them on a policy or endorsement made for manufactured homes, and the year built matters. Homes built before June 15, 1976 predate the federal HUD construction code, and some carriers won't write them. Have the HUD label number handy when you call.
Know what's behind the walls
37% of homes here were built in the 1970s and 1980s. Polybutylene plumbing went into many homes built from the late 1970s into the mid-1990s, and some carriers decline or surcharge homes that still have it. Aluminum branch wiring went into some homes built from 1965 to 1973. If you've replaced either, tell us when.
Rebuild cost runs well above market value
The median home here is valued at $193,600, land included. On our rebuild calculator, a 1,500 square foot, one-story, builder-grade home on a slab in Marion County comes to about $339,000. Insuring to market value would leave you short after a total loss. Set the dwelling limit from rebuild cost.
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What would your Jasper home cost to rebuild?
Our calculator uses Marion County construction costs. Enter your square footage and finish level and check the result against Coverage A on your policy.
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State minimum: 25/50/25
That's $25,000 per person and $50,000 per accident for injuries you cause, and $25,000 for property damage. Most households need more. Our guideline is liability equal to 2.5 times household income or net worth, whichever is greater.
Every Tennessee auto policy includes uninsured motorist coverage at the same limits as your bodily injury liability, unless the named insured rejects it or picks lower limits in writing. Lower limits can't go below the state minimum. A rejection generally carries over to renewals with the same insurer until you ask for the coverage in writing. If you buy it, you also get the option to add uninsured motorist property damage coverage for your car.
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Boat insurance on Nickajack Lake
On the standard homeowners form, a boat with its motor and trailer is covered for about $1,500, and liability is excluded for most boats with larger motors. A boat policy covers the boat, the motor, the trailer and the liability when something happens at the dock or on the water.
Nickajack Lake is a TVA reservoir. Under Section 26a of the TVA Act, a dock, pier or boathouse needs TVA approval before it's built. If you're buying a home with a dock, ask the seller for the permit. Ask how your policy treats your dock; coverage for it isn't always automatic.
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We'll go through it with you, explain what it pays for and what it doesn't, then build a quote around what you want covered. If yours already covers what matters to you, we'll say so.