Indiana Cities Get Grants to Eliminate Lead
If you’ve ever bought a home, you know that amidst all the documents about homeowners insurance and how to take title, you’re required to sign a lead paint disclosure, especially if your home is older....
View ArticleVideo: Hail Coverage
It’s springtime, which means not just rain, but hail, for much of the southern and midwestern USA. We all know that hail can damage car windows and roofs, but what about the roof of your home? This...
View ArticleOhio’s New Dog Laws In Effect this Week
Tomorrow is the last day of National Dog Bite Prevention Week, but in Ohio it’s also the week when a new “vicious dog” law goes into force. Ohio Sub. HB 14 – which went into effect three days ago –...
View ArticleVideo: Swimming Pool Safety
With the arrival of warm weather comes the opening of pools, whether they’re in community parks or your own back yard. If you own a pool, you should take a moment to check your homeowners insurance...
View ArticleRateWatch: State Farm Asks for Higher Rates in Florida
State Farm Insurance, the third-largest property insurer in the state of Florida, has asked for an average statewide increase of 14.9% on insured homes there, as part of a plan to maintain a good...
View ArticleEasy Home Inventory Checklist Courtest of West Virginia Insurance Commissioner
Here at InsuranceSpecialists.com, we’re big proponents of everyone keeping an up-to-date home inventory both on their computer and as a hard copy stored with their homeowners insurance policy. Much...
View ArticleWeek-long Homebuilding Marathon in Indiana
Last March, Henryville, IN, a town roughly twenty miles north of Louisville, KY, was hit hard by tornadoes, sustaining a great amount of damage. Earlier this week, hundreds of volunteers arrived in the...
View ArticleFlorida Investigates Use of Credit History to Deny Claims
Florida consumer advocate Robin Westcott has called for an investigation into the practice of insurers using homeowner’s previous credit history to retroactively cancel policies and deny claims, even...
View ArticleNY, NJ, CT, MD Homeowners Will NOT Pay Hurricane Deductibles After Sandy
Two weeks ago Wednesday, Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York announced that, just as those in New Jersey, Maryland, and Connecticut, homeowners in his state will not have to pay hurricane deductibles for...
View ArticleTexas Declares War on Hail
Hurricanes and floods may get all the media attention, but if you’re a resident of the state of Texas, you know that the most severe weather-related damage actually comes from hail. Even worse, unlike...
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