10/15/2026
An endorsement is a change to your insurance policy. It can add coverage, remove it, or modify your terms. Most people think of endorsements as something they choose to add, but your carrier can add them too, sometimes reducing coverage.
Endorsements come in three types: ones that expand your coverage (like scheduling high-value jewelry), ones that limit it (a wind/hail or cosmetic-damage exclusion that saves a little premium and costs a lot at claim time), and ones that modify it (changing a deductible or how an item is valued). That "your policy has been updated" email at renewal is often how a carrier tells you a peril like hail was just excluded. An endorsement doesn't give you a separate policy to fall back on; it rewrites the one you have, so knowing exactly what yours says is critical.
Read the full article from Mitchell Malasky, Owner/Operator at Tiger Adjusters Washington, DC: https://www.tigeradjusters.com/blog/what-is-an-endorsement-empowering-policyholders-with-insurance-expertise