The hurricane season is well underway in the Atlantic and Caribbean coasts of the United States and according to a weather prediction report published in The Charlotte Observer, this year there are more-than-average chances of landfall in the South Carolina region. Residents of Columbia (South Carolina) had a peek of things to come with the […]
As a homeowner, it’s important to know how often claims occur. The idea that “it won’t happen to me” can become a sudden disappointment when it comes to common frequencies of home insurance claims across the country. Knowing what can happen helps you get prepared for what could happen that’s why we have listed the […]
The new home insurance rates for property owners in Raleigh (North Carolina) have just been put into place, from the 1st of July 2013. In this context, it is worth mentioning that the Insurance Commissioner of North Carolina had approved a seven percent average rate hike on homeowners’ insurance policies across the state this year […]
Coastal homeowners in Alabama had been facing home insurance woes for quite some time. This Gulf Coast state had seen a spate of natural disasters such as tornadoes, hurricanes, severe flooding, and catastrophic tropical storms in the past few years and these had unleashed the most damage in shoreline areas like Baldwin and Mobile counties. […]
According to MarketWatch, most basic home insurance policies in the United State do not suffice for the needs of homeowners. This is especially true of high-value property owners, many of whom have their houses dotting the coastal regions of Florida. In fact, according to the news publication, these homeowners with properties worth $1 million and […]
The South Carolina Safe Home Program under the aegis of the South Carolina Department of Insurance provides funds to individual homeowners to help them undertake retrofitting measures that will reinforce their homes against the ravaging effects of hurricanes and tropical storms. Homeowners whose properties have insured values of less than $300,000 are eligible for these […]
North Carolina homeowners are in for some additional financial strains this year. The apex insurance regulatory authority in the state has allowed home insurance providers across North Carolina to increase policy rates by an average of 7 percent. The hike will come into effect from July 1st this year. This is the first home insurance […]
Many towns in the Avery and Watauga counties in North Carolina are still reeling from the impact of the floods that took place just a month back. This bout of flooding comes in the wake of the prediction, as was published in Forbes, that the United States will see more severe weather in 2013. So […]
The state government of Alabama is on a mission—to cleanse the home insurance sector of its many ails and bring relief to homeowners who have been plagued by the scarcity of appropriate insurance policies that don’t cost the earth and skyrocketing premium prices that compel many to forego their policies. From Hurricane Katrina to SuperStorm […]
According to the predictions by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the recent tornado in Oklahoma is only the first in the spate of many more that are expected to hit the Atlantic shores of the United States this summer season. The NOAA predicts that the states on the Atlantic coastal region will face […]