Decide Whether a Service-Line Warranty Is Worth It — Free
Paste the premium, the cover limit and the exclusions, and read the cost per covered risk before the renewal date.
The proof surface
Warranties are sold on fear and priced against a limit that exclusions quietly reduce. Listing covered items next to the premium is what makes a renewal decision factual.
Why the flat version breaks
Automatic renewal
Warranties renew quietly at a new price, and the exclusions change between policy versions.
Exclusions treated as detail
A sewer exclusion on a service-line policy removes the most common and expensive claim on the cover.
Excess ignored
A $250 excess on a $400 repair means the policy pays $150 and the premium buys very little.
How to work the warranty card
Premium, limit, excess, exclusions and inclusions, one per line.
The two figures the card prices against each other.
Covered items sit on ruled lines with exclusions boxed and the premium stamped in the header.
Renew, self-insure the amount, or ask for the claim frequency before the renewal date.
What the card replaces
| Question | Before | On the card |
|---|---|---|
| Is it worth renewing | compare to fear of a repair | premium priced against the cover limit and exclusions |
| What is really covered | brochure headlines | covered items listed with exclusions boxed |
| What to do instead | renew automatically | self-insure a figure you can absorb, or ask for claim frequency |
The card is arithmetic on your policy wording; it does not interpret the policy or tell you whether to claim.
Run it on the samples, right here
FIRST-LOAD
Data note: Everything runs in this browser tab on the warranty card: your policy terms stays on this device, nothing is uploaded, and the reading is rebuilt only when you press run.
Go deeper: the companion app files the same reading as a index card with a stamped header
The article demo above runs without limits. The companion app keeps a local history, exports the rows as CSV, prints the ready-to-mail packet, and holds your drafts on this device — one free run, then $ 6 one-time for the layer that keeps filing.
The card and the cost-per-covered-risk reading are free. The paid layer keeps the policy record and prints a renewal decision note.
Open the warranty index card companionBoundary
This warranty card works only on the policy terms and premium figures you paste you paste. It does not advise on insurance law, does not recommend a policy, and does not cancel or renew for you. The figures describe what you supplied, not what is true in the world. Confirm anything you plan to act on with the insurer's claims line for frequency figures, or an independent adviser before you rely on it.
What this is built on
- Every figure comes from the policy terms and premium figures you paste you paste; nothing is looked up, scraped or asserted as verified.
- Method: premium is compared with the cover limit minus the excess, with exclusions listed as their own rows
- Sample values are labelled samples — illustrative by design, not your data and not a quotation of any organisation's policy.
Before: the reader renewed automatically. After: they can see $186 a year covering $4,000 with sewer repairs excluded.