Buying Tips

Additional Resources and Articles

• Credit Scoring in Insurance: An Unfair Practice
• A Certified Financial Planner’s Guide to Earthquake Insurance for California Homeowners & Risk Management Steps to Minimize Damage
• Long Term Care Planning: Then and Now
• Consumer Alert: Insuring adult children (ages 19-26)
• A New Option for Disaster Insurance: Parametric
• Insurance you probably don’t need
• The Life Insurance Consumer Advocacy Center
• Flood After Fire: The Increased Risk
• BrokerCheck Tool
• Rutgers Homeowners Insurance Policy Scoring Tool
• As Texas floods capture attention, experts urge Californians to reconsider flood insurance

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Buying Tips

• Preparedness Tips From the Trenches
• Insuring your property for flood damage
• Is Earthquake Insurance Right For You?
• Earthquake Insurance Shopping Resources for Homeowners
• Shop Smart – Tips on Insuring Your Home
• Home Insurance Check UP ~ Questions to ask when buying or updating a home insurance policy
• Disaster Resiliency Tips for Small Businesses
• What’s the Right Life Insurance?
• Three Things to Know About Long Term Care Insurance
• Earthquake Insurance for Renters
• Non-Owner Car Insurance
• The Big One and the Big Question: Earthquake Insurance: To Buy or Not to Buy…?
• Tips for insuring a teen driver
• What’s UP with Renters Insurance?
• Do’s And Don’ts When Insuring Your Home
• Check UP: Hail and Wind Limits / Exclusions
• Auto Insurance Basics
• Do you have Cyber Liability Insurance?
• Work from Home? TCB
• Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Disability Offsets
• Long Term Disability Shopping Tips
• Renters Insurance Comparison Shopping Guide
• Flood Insurance Shopping Tips
• NFIP Risk Rating 2.0 FAQ’s
• Mind the Gap – Do you need earthquake insurance?
• Dropped by Your Home Insurer? Don’t Panic, Try Our Tips
• Buying Car Insurance That Will Truly Protect You
• Auto Insurance Check UP
• Understanding different types of insurance companies
• UPdated Home Insurance Shopping Tips
• Mobile/Manufactured Home Insurance Basics
• Mobile/Manufactured Home Buying Tips
• Pet Insurance 101
• Catch UP on Insurance for Repairing Flood Damage
• Chequeo Seguro Hogar – Preguntas que debe hacer al comprar o actualizar una póliza de seguro de hogar
• How to protect your Florida Mobile or Manufactured Home with an Adequate Insurance including Flood Protection
• Cómo Proteger Tu Casa Móvil o Manufacturada en Florida Con Un Seguro Adecuado Incluyendo Protección contra Inundaciones
• How to protect your Florida Mobile or Manufactured Home with an Adequate Insurance including Flood Protection
• Como Proteger Tu Casa Móvil o Manufacturada en Florida

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Preparedness Action Steps / A Deeper Dive

• The lowdown from UP on the California FAIR Plan, the last resort option for insuring your home
• 4 Ways to Double Check Your Homeowners Insurance Coverage
• How to check an insurer’s financial strength
• Evacuation Check List
• How to Avoid the Underinsurance Crisis
• Is Your Home Covered for a Total Loss?
• Earthquake Insurance Shopping Guide
• Insurance Check-Up for Landlords and Property Owners
• What to do about “CLUE”?
• The Most Practical Ways to Prepare For An Earthquake
• Picking a good insurance agent or broker
• What’s UP with Gap Insurance?
• Get a “CLUE”: Don’t Be a Victim of “Use It and Lose It”
• Insuring a Rental Car—Buy Only What You Need
• How To Create A Home Inventory
• Ridesharing: Auto Insurance Options
• Save on Your Auto Insurance
• Buying UM/UIM Coverage (uninsured, underinsured motorist coverage)
• Earthquakes Can Drain Your Bank Account (FEMA Flyer)
• Sign up for Emergency Alerts
• How to make sure a home held in a trust is properly insured
• The Roof Over Your Head

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