Depends on what state you live in. You WOULD normally see an increase in premium.
Some states allow a policy to be cancelled if there are two or more losses inside a certain time frame - usually 3 - 5 years. Other states won't allow a company to cancel you for claims, but in THOSE states, the companies will jack the rates through the roof to encourage you to move elsewhere.
Can you do anythign to prevent it? Sure. You can talk to your agent, and "negotiate" a plan with the insruance company. If you have more than one claim, you need to mitigate the loss - either raise your deductible to $2500 or $5,000, or install a monitored alarm system, or take a $5,000 theft only deductible, or something like that. Your agent can help work out something with the company that you both can live with.
ONE claim isn't going to be a problem. If a pattern starts up with claims, that's when there's a problem.
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