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Category Archives: Claims

Contents Of Vehicles Covered By Homeowners Insurance

Did you know that if your car is broken into and contents are stolen, practically every item not attached to the vehicle is covered by your homeowners insurance and not your car insurance? For example, if you have a bunch of CDs sitting in your glove compartment and a thief gets to them, you have [...]

Master List of State Insurance Commissioners

If you’re having problems dealing with your homeowners or renter’s insurance and want to bring in the big guns, check out the Patient Advocate Foundation’s list of Insurance Commissioners. While the Patient Advocate Foundation focuses more on health care, the insurance commissioners in your state are responsible for enforcing all insurance laws, health and otherwise, [...]

Using A Public Claims Adjuster

Dealing with insurance companies can be extremely taxing, especially after a significant life-altering incident such as a fire or a flood, so sometimes it makes sense for you to hire a public claims adjuster to help you deal with the insurance companies. These are the big boys, helping people find alternative living arrangements, taking a [...]

Understand Your Claims Process Before You Need It

What they say about the worst of it coming after a disaster is usually true and that “worst” is usually made even worse when you have to deal with insurance companies and their claims process. By understanding your claims process before you actually need it, you prepare yourself for what’s to come and you will [...]

Keep A Home Inventory

The only thing worse than having your house catch on fire is not knowing what was in it when you go to file a claim. That one scenario, hopefully one that you will never experience, is the very reason why you should keep an inventory of the contents of your home and store that information [...]

Five Tips for Filing Home Insurance Claims: Fifth Tip

Gerri Willis’ mid-September Five Tips columns revolved around five tips for sorting out your home insurance claim and for anyone who has never gone through this, it’s important for you to understand these tips before you need to – here is the fourth tip.
Tip #5: Don’t give up
Even after your insurance company pays out, it [...]

Five Tips for Filing Home Insurance Claims: Fourth Tip

Gerri Willis’ mid-September Five Tips columns revolved around five tips for sorting out your home insurance claim and for anyone who has never gone through this, it’s important for you to understand these tips before you need to – here is the fourth tip.
Tip #4: Consider an independent adjuster
Before you start the claims adjustment process, [...]