Beazer Homes has made a name for itself as America’s #1 builder of energy efficient homes. The average new home carries a HERS (home every rating system) score of 57. A Beazer home? The gross HERS average is 42. By year’s end, Beazer is committed to meeting the U.S. Department of Energy’s highest energy efficiency standard — a DOE Efficient New Home — on every home it starts.
This push for excellence by one of the nation’s top 25 builders manifests itself in other ways, as a recent initiative with Westwood Insurance Agency demonstrates.
One Less Buyer Concern
Consider hot button issues like home financing and home insurance. Beazer’s differentiated approach includes an in-house Mortgage Choice service, along with the Charity Title Agency and Charity Home Insurance Agency. Mortgage Choice allows several top-line mortgage lenders to vie for the buyer’s business.
The insurance agency, powered by Westwood’s deep expertise in insuring new construction homes, simplifies the home insurance side of the closing process with an embedded, pre-rated insurance quote from a top insurance carrier. The quote is offered at the contract signing, pre-populated with all the new home details.
This streamlined experience reflects Westwood’s broader commitment to quality and customer satisfaction, recognized by its 2024 “World Class” Net Promoter Score (92 out of 100), the highest NPS distinction.
“Easiest Part of the Process”
“There’s been a lot of news in the industry about the difficulty of getting home insurance,” explains Kyle Anderson, Beazer’s director of risk management. “We want to make sure we have the processes in place to help our customers get competitively price insurance without availability worries.”
“The new buyer has a quote right away,” Anderson reports. “A dedicated Beazer home insurance agent follows up to answer any questions and provide even more coverage options if requested by the buyer.
“We want home insurance to be the easiest part of the process.”
A Unique Charitable Dimension
Charity Title Agency and Charity Home Insurance Agency lives up to its name. One hundred percent of each unit’s net profits go to the Beazer Charity Foundation, a philanthropy dedicated to making a difference in the communities where Beazer sells homes.
“We’ve always been focused on philanthropic activities,” Anderson observes. “Five years ago, we started Charity Title Agency with the focus on offering quality title insurance. More recently, we made a similar commitment with our home insurance offering.”
Dozens of Available Premier Carriers
Anderson admits Beazer Homes is not an insurance expert like Westwood and has long relied on their counsel to build a better home insurance solution. “We build homes,” he says. “Westwood listens. They’re proactive. They understand the daily challenges we face as builders.”
Through Westwood’s strong relationships with premier insurance carriers, Charity Home Insurance Agency gains access to coverage options nationwide, including California, Florida, and Texas. “It’s great to have established relationships in place with quality carriers that focus on new home buyers. Carriers know new home construction is lower risk, which benefits our buyers,” Anderson affirms.
Home builders face many issues today. Home insurance for buyers shouldn’t be one of them.
More than ever, builders can benefit from Westwood’s specialized expertise in new construction home insurance and its deep understanding of builders’ operational and market goals. For quality-minded homebuilders like Beazer Homes, Westwood Insurance Agency offers a proven way forward.
Learn more about how Westwood Insurance Agency can support your home building program.
