As you may know, there are many ways to lower your premiums for home insurance. California residents can protect themselves and their homes with our insurance savings topic for today: the burglar alarm.

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While the burglar alarm is one of the best ways to save money on your California home insurance, there are other steps that everyone should take in order to make their home look unappetizing to potential thieves:

• Pretend to be a thief yourself. It may sound silly, but this is one of the best ways to protect your home. Consider the entrances that are shadowed, and then consider how to make those entries more burglar resistant.
• Consider motion activated lighting at the entrances to your home. These are a huge deterrent for burglars.
• Rearrange your possessions so that nothing valuable can be seen easily from doors or windows. The more worthwhile stuff a thief sees when he is investigating, the more likely they are to try to break in.

So, again, while a burglar alarm is a great way to save money on your home insurance, California residents should continue to take steps to protect their homes and families against potential threats. If you would like to read more about how to protect your home from thieves, start with this article from the Insurance Information Institute!

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