No, your rate with home serve will not go up, nor will your home insurance. I have the hvac plan with them and used it a few times. I kind of agree with the pp that the companies/technicians they contract for repairs are not that great. In my case, it took multiple visits and failures until they agreed to replace the faulty part instead of cleaning and oiling it. Have them fix the issue, then cancel the contract, not worth it in my view unless you have an 30-year old unit.