Tag Archives: home protection

How to Use Smart Devices to Help Protect Your Home from Major Damages 

13 Dec
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A recent Nationwide Insurance survey found that most homeowners are not using smart devices to help protect their homes from major damages as well as get a discount on their homeowners insurance.  According to the survey, 91% said they did not have sensors that monitor water flow and leaks which can help prevent massive water […]

5 New Homeowners Insurance Companies Step into the Florida Insurance Market

27 Sep
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Florida’s property insurance disaster may be taking baby steps in the right direction as five new insurers step into the Florida market, taking over hundreds of thousands from Citizens Property, Florida’s insurer of last resort. This could lead to more insurance options for residents of the Sunshine State soon. The five companies in the mix […]

How To Avoid Claims and Higher Home Insurance Rates

28 Aug
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Maintaining your home and performing preventive maintenance is a necessary expense for homeowners and delaying it can end up being more expensive in the long run.  A recent survey by Nationwide Agency Forward survey of U.S. homeowners found that many homeowners are delaying or simply not performing preventive maintenance on their home before it becomes […]

Texas Homeowners Discover Fault In Their Home Warranty

05 Feb
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Texas homeowners are finding out that their home warranty may not be there when they need it the most. According to a recent Click2Houston.com article, Houston resident Jena Goetz learned a hard lesson about home warranties when her air conditioner system went out last summer. The repairman sent by the warranty company claimed she needed […]

California Updates FAIR Plan for Homeowners

21 Nov
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A California wildfire seen from the hills of Hollywood, this fire ignited on November 8, 2018 and burned 96,949 acres of land. The fire destroyed 1,643 structures. The number of homeowners who have lost their California homeowners insurance due to wildfire threats keeps growing as insurers pull out of fire prone areas. Those homeowners will […]