Does homeowners insurance cover foundation cracks caused by soil expansion?

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I'm fairly new at all of this, but to my understanding most problems due to soil expansion are due to water getting to the foundation, freezing and expanding, etc, so most issues like this are considered maintenance problems and therefore not covered, since theoretically you could have prevented them by sloping the ground away from the house.

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