NEWS
Frozen Pipe Damages
What’s worse than a major home maintenance disaster? How about several major home maintenance disasters at once? For the quarter-million families who have their homes ruined and their lives disrupted each winter because of frozen water pipes, frigid nights...
Fire Coverage Exclusions
The following property exclusions are applied to your fire coverage: - Neglect – meaning the insured’s failure to use reasonable means to save and preserve property at and after the time of loss. - War – including undeclared war, civil war, insurrection,...
Fire Coverage
Have you ever really thought about what would happen if you lost your home in a fire? "It will never happen to me." "Gosh, I hope everything is OK." "If we get through this, I'll be more prepared, I promise." The first thing you must do is make sure you...
Debris collection for FEMA eligible roads on Hilton Head Island
The first pass of right of way disaster debris collection has now been completed for all FEMA eligible roads on Hilton Head Island. Subsequent passes have already been made on several roads where warranted by high demand. To date, the Town has collected over 2,000,000...
Disagreement Over Scope of Damage NOT a Valid Objection to Appraisal Demand in Pennsylvania
By Robert Trautmann We frequently field requests from public adjusters and clients concerning appraisal and scope of damages. The situation arises when appraisal is demanded by the insured and the carrier objects, arguing that appraisal is only for...
Blood-sucking FEMA scam! (Look for this. . .)
Yesterday I shared a personal email with you from a Relief Worker at the Moore, Oklahoma tornado tragedy. As I said, whenever people are victims of disasters like this, there are always going to be wolves circling the sheep, ready to take advantage of the chaos....
RECOVERY CENTERS HURRICANE SANDY
Where you need to go to apply for grant money: Ocean County 750 Vassar Ave Lakewood Township Atlantic County 500 Scarborough Drive Egg Harbor Township Cape May County 3860 Bayshore Road Suite 5 Lower Township For Monmouth county and north go to or call...
Insurance Companies Getting Stingy With Payouts?
Ericson Insurance Advisors President Spencer Houldin and Merlin Law Group’s Chip Merlin on the challenges for consumers in getting payouts from insu... http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/2407713736001/insurance-companies-getting-stingy-with-payouts/
From the Office of Program Policy Analysis & Government Accountability
OPPAGA From the Office of Program Policy Analysis & Government Accountability A report has been prepared by this government accountability office at the request of Citizens insurance to "check up" on public adjusters. They were concerned that public adjusters may...
Report Here: Your Storm, Home and Flood Insurance Claim Experience
I’d like to use this blog to compile & share actual experiences in the coming weeks and months. Please let us know the extent of your damage, what sort of adjuster came out to take a look at it and how was your experience with...