Safeco
Safeco
Home Insurance
Smart Score

Smart Score

79

Industry Average: 77

Smart Score

Mini Shield

79
/100

Industry Average: 77

Customer Service

Mini Shield

8.1
/10

Industry Average: 7.9

Claims Process

Mini Shield

8.1
/10

Industry Average: 7.9

Value for Price

Mini Shield

7.5
/10

Industry Average: 7.6

Safeco Overview

With a wide selection of coverage plans, Safeco is just as competitive as other large insurance companies. Whether you're looking to purchase a policy to meet state-required minimums or buy a more robust plan to cover all your bases, Safeco has comprehensive coverage options, discounts and reimbursments. Safeco is owned by Liberty Mutual, but the two are separate companies that offer separate products at different prices. Safeco sells personal insurance products through a network of independent agents and brokers.

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Safeco Ratings Breakdown

Smart Score

79

Safeco: 79
Industry Average: 77
Safeco: 79
Industry Average: 77

Why our Smart Score matters

Safeco’s Smart Score of 79 was created by combining weighted averages of ratings for customer service, claims process, and value for price from 3rd party sources as well as our own research. We view these as the most important factors since they cover the entire experience of shopping for, maintaining, and making a claim on an insurance policy.


How our Smart Score is calculated

Data comes from customer reviews, officially filed complaints, financial stability data, and other insurance industry rating companies. Combining these metrics and sources provides the most accurate and broad-based analysis of what matters most when considering Safeco’s overall quality compared to other home insurers. While there is some overlap between our three primary metrics, each has unique characteristics that set them apart from each other.


What does this mean for you?

With a score of 79, Safeco sits near the industry average of 77. While this metric isn’t the be-all and end-all, it’s definitely a good point of reference when comparing home insurance options.

Customer Service

8.1

Safeco: 8.1
Industry Average: 7.9
Safeco: 8.1
Industry Average: 7.9

Our customer service score measures two primary things: user satisfaction when interacting with Safeco’s representatives, and their experience with online tools like quoting and managing a policy via website or app. Safeco’s customer service score comes from a variety of places. These include user reviews on Honest Policy, as well as other analytics companies such as JD Power, Insure.com, and Consumer Reports.


What does this mean for you?

As you can see from Safeco’s service score of 8.1, they have a solid rating compared to similar home insurance companies, which clock in at an average of 7.9.


With minimal sources reporting customer service data for this company, we can’t calculate the estimated range. Consequently, we’re not certain about the accuracy of this score, but it’s the closest estimate we have.

Claims Process

8.1

Safeco: 8.1
Industry Average: 7.9
Safeco: 8.1
Industry Average: 7.9

Our claims process score looks at users' experiences when filing claims with Safeco. It takes into account not only claim outcomes, but also the ease of making and tracking a claim, as well as how fast Safeco handles it.


Safeco’s claim score is derived from various sources. These include reviews from Honest Policy users, and outside sources including Consumer Reports, Insure.com and JD Power. We round off our calculation with official complaints filed with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (which primarily are claim related). These complaints are weighted against the size of each company to ensure an apples-to-apples comparison. This gives our claim score the most complete picture of what to expect when filing a claim with Safeco.


What does this mean for you?

Evident from a claims score of 8.1, Safeco has a reasonable rating compared to the average claim score of 7.9 for similar home insurance companies.


With minimal sources reporting claims quality data for this company, we can’t calculate an estimated range. Thus, we can’t be certain about the accuracy of this score, it’s just our best estimate.

Value for Price

7.5

Safeco: 7.5
Industry Average: 7.6
Safeco: 7.5
Industry Average: 7.6

Safeco’s value score measures customer satisfaction when considering how much they pay versus the quality of their experience when dealing with the company.


How Safeco comes up with the price of a policy varies by state, and relates to a number of different factors. Some of these include driving record, how much you use your car, location, age, gender, and the car you drive. While price is a critical factor for most insurance customers, what they get for that money is even more important. As with our other scores, this rating comes from a variety of sources: Honest Policy, JD Power, Insure.com, Clearsurance, and Consumer Reports.


What does this mean for you?

Safeco’s value for price score of 7.5 is excellent compared to the average of 7.6 from other home insurance companies.

With few sources reporting price value data for this company, we don’t have an estimated range. As a result, we’re not 100% sure about this score. It’s more of an educated guess, so take it with a grain of salt.

Safeco Home Official Complaints

Home Official Complaints

Better than average

Tracks how many more or less official complaints Safeco has than average. With an index of 0.49 Safeco is better than average.


The complaint index comes from two variables for each year and type of insurance.

  • The percentage of how many complaints Safeco has filed against them with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) compared to the total number of complaints filed with every company.

  • The percentage of how much insurance business (total policy premiums) Safeco has compared to the total amount of business of all the other companies.

By weighting complaints and business against their totals, and then dividing share of compliants by share of the market, we get the index value. With 1.0 being an average number of complaints, a 0.5 would be half as many complaints. With an index of 0.49 Safeco is better than average.

Complaints by year (normalized against company size)

Customer Reviews

Safeco doesn't have reviews yet.

Safeco Coverage Options

When it comes to their home, everyone has a different situation and differing needs for protection. While every home insurer offers the same standard coverages. they tend to differ when it comes to what they offer or optional additional protections. Below we list and describe all the extras offered by Safeco

Optional
Standard
Available OptionWhat it means
Additional Insured

The additional insured endorsement extends the liability portion (Coverage E) of your homeowner policy to others living in the home who are not related by blood, marriage, or adoption. It can also apply to those not living with you but who have partial ownership of the property. For example, if your girlfriend's dog bites someone and she gets sued, this endorsement would allow her to make a claim on your policy to cover the costs.

Assisted Living

Generally, this endorsement just extends coverage to personal property that a family member has in an assisted living facility. Some insurers also reimburse a portion of the additional living expenses if your loved one is temporarily displaced.

Business Pursuits

Standard liability coverage protects you and your family against bodily injury or property damage claims made by others. However, this coverage extends only to your personal liability, not your business liability. This endorsement removes that exclusion, thereby providing coverage for harm resulting from business pursuits. Some businesses may not be eligible for this endorsement, depending on the state and insurer.

Child Care Liability

This niche endorsement offers some protection from potential lawsuits and damages for those that operate daycares from home. They cover liability (bodily injury and property damage claims from others). Some policies also cover damages to your personal property. Certain states may also require separate daycare insurance.

Computer

Like Scheduled Property, this endorsement provides additional coverage for households with expensive (or multiple) computers. A standard policy will provide some protection, but this extends it. Keep in mind; this is not a warranty. If a laptop simply malfunctions, coverage likely won't apply with most insurers. External damage from risks like fire, theft, and lightning surges are more what it covers.

Debris Removal

While many homeowners insurance policies cover some amount of debris removal after a covered loss, they tend to limit how much they will pay. This endorsement raises those limits on the standard policy. For insurers who don't offer debris removal by default, this endorsement enables such coverage.

Electronic Data Recovery

This endorsement covers the cost of recovering lost personal computer data caused by a loss.

Safeco availability in these states

Auto
Home
Renters

Safeco Home Discounts

While all companies offer a range of home insurance discounts, it's hard to judge any individual discount's value in a meaningful way. For one, the discounts are typically a percentage off the base price, instead of the whole policy.

What does this mean?

Your best bet is to directly discuss your particular situation with an agent to make sure you're getting all the discounts that you may be eligible for on your home policy. For reference, we've listed all the discounts we believe Safeco has below in order to help determine which ones may fit your profile (though keep in mind that they can vary by state).

Available OptionDiscount DataWhat it means
Advance Quote / Early Signing

1% to 16%

One of the easiest discounts to score with some advance planning. Customers can often save simply by quoting and buying their homeowners policy some time (typically at least seven days) ahead of the policy actually going into effect. Keep in mind though that this discount tends to only apply to the first policy term, increasing annual cost after year one.

Burglar Alarm

2% to 10%

When homes are protected with alarms, the likelihood of theft drops. Security systems that report their alarms to a monitoring service or the police provide heftier discounts.

Employee

15% to 15%

Discount provided to employees (and often retirees) of the insurance company (and sometimes its affiliates).

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