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Scheduled personal property

High-value items listed on a policy with stated limits, often with appraisals.

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Plain definition

Scheduled personal property coverage insures specific items—jewelry, musical instruments, art, or collectibles—to agreed amounts on a schedule or endorsement. Unscheduled contents coverage often caps categories like jewelry at low sublimits, so scheduling closes the gap for valuables you could not easily replace from a standard contents limit alone.

Why it matters

After a theft or fire, a $1,500 jewelry sublimit will not cover a $10,000 engagement ring unless it was scheduled or otherwise covered to that value.

Example

You add a scheduled personal property endorsement for a violin appraised at $8,000. A covered theft pays up to the scheduled amount, subject to deductible and policy proof requirements.

Common misunderstanding

A receipt photo in your phone is not a schedule. Coverage follows the issued endorsement and any required appraisal or description on the policy.

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