How to Get Your Insurance Claim Paid
How to Get Your Insurance Claim Paid

When emergencies like car accidents, medical scares or house fires strike, filing an insurance claim may not be top of mind. But once the dust settles and the bills start pouring in, many consumers are relieved to know that insurance could help protect them against…
Buy, Rebuild or Cash Out
Buy, Rebuild or Cash Out

To help all El Paso County residents with insurance questions United Policyholders, an experienced non-profit consumer group, will be hosting another one of its nationally recognized “Roadmap to Recovery” workshops from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 9. This workshop is entitled “Buy, Rebuild…
When dents in your credit hit your car insurance rates
When dents in your credit hit your car insurance rates

You may or may not think it’s fair that your credit history could play a key role in setting your auto-insurance premiums – a long-running debate in insurance regulation, though a battle that insurers so far appear to have won. Only a handful of states…
Safety First For 2014: Do A Home Insurance Checkup
Safety First For 2014: Do A Home Insurance Checkup

Safety First For 2014: Do A Home Insurance Checkup By KATHLEEN DOLER, FOR INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY Posted 12/26/2013 06:25 PM ET View Enlarged Image Floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires — some significant natural disasters made the news this year, from Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines to…
Flood insurance reform law – what it means to homeowners
Flood insurance reform law – what it means to homeowners

By Marjorie Musick The Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 was passed in July and requires the National Flood Insurance Program NFIP) to raise insurance rates for some older properties in high-risk areas to reflect the true flood risk. Some homeowners have already received…
How Insurance Plays a Role in Disaster Recovery
How Insurance Plays a Role in Disaster Recovery

Each natural disaster reminds us of the value of insurance to protect our homes and businesses. But with the news filled with stories about homeowners still waiting to settle claims, or insurance covering less damage than expected, what is the role of private insurance in…
5 Factors That Could Raise Your Insurance Rates
5 Factors That Could Raise Your Insurance Rates

Insurers consider a dizzying number of factors in determining premiums, so it’s often challenging for consumers to understand why they’re paying higher rates than their neighbors or co-workers. “All the consumer can do is ask questions when they buy insurance and get comparison apples-to-apples quotes…
The Private Financial Information You Must Share
The Private Financial Information You Must Share

Recently, my husband and I decided to make some money moves to reduce our taxes and diversify an investment holding. One of the steps required transferring funds from our online brokerage firm to our regular checking account with our credit union. See also: Benefits and…
Sandy: Insurance After The Storm
Sandy: Insurance After The Storm
The flood recovery process
The flood recovery process
Broken window? Think twice about a claim on home insurance
Broken window? Think twice about a claim on home insurance

You buy homeowners insurance hoping you’ll never need to use it. Then something happens. It’s not a big loss — maybe the neighbor’s kid throws a ball through the window or a falling branch damages the gutter. Do you file a claim? After all, that’s…
Auto insurance: Downshift with caution
Auto insurance: Downshift with caution

For the average driver, premiums are up 23% over five years vs. 7% for overall inflation. A 40-year-old man now typically pays $1,510 and up to $2,700, says Insure.com. Perhaps you’re thinking that if you just drive down your limits a bit, or switch to…
Consumer Watch: Renters Insurance Can Be A Good Buy
Consumer Watch: Renters Insurance Can Be A Good Buy

Julie Watts reports on why it may be worth a few hundred dollars to insure your possessions.
For Some Sandy Victims, Insurance Falls Short
For Some Sandy Victims, Insurance Falls Short

NEW YORK — Many homeowners who got slammed by Superstorm Sandy are finding their flood insurance checks are nowhere near large enough to cover their repairs, and consumer advocates put some of the blame on errors by the multitude of adjusters who were hired in…
Free Workshop for Flood Survivors On Insurance
Free Workshop for Flood Survivors On Insurance

Fort Collins, Colorado – Larimer County will hold a public meeting in Loveland on Thursday, October 24 at 1p.m. for Larimer Flood 2013 Survivors on Flood Insurance Basics with United Policyholders. The program, ‘Roadmap to Recovery’, at the Loveland City Council Chambers, 500 E. Third…
Manitou Flood Meeting
Manitou Flood Meeting
More Bay Area Residents Live In Flood Zones Under New FEMA Maps
More Bay Area Residents Live In Flood Zones Under New FEMA Maps

Tens of thousands of homeowners in the Bay Area and across the country are getting a wakeup call. New maps from FEMA show they are now living in flood zones. Mark Kelly reports.
Minnesota house insurance premiums leap after just one claim
Minnesota house insurance premiums leap after just one claim

Minnesota tops the nation in terms of how much the cost of a homeowners insurance policy jumps after a claim. Filing just one claim raises the annual premium cost in Minnesota an average of 21.2 percent, according to report out Wednesday by InsuranceQuotes.com, an online…