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Smoke and Extreme Heat
Taking it in and Getting Started
Top 10 Insurance Claim Tips
Speak UP: How to communicate with your insurance company
Sample Letter Requesting Complete Copy of Homeowners Policy
Returning to your home after a wildfire: A post-evacuation checklist
First Steps After a Wildfire
What’s UP With Home Insurance Deductibles?
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Arranging Temporary Housing
Survivors Speak: Additional Living Expense (ALE)/Loss of Use
Sample Letter Requesting Information About Insurance Benefits for Temporary Living Expenses (“ALE” or “Loss of Use”)
Survivors Speak: Underinsured, Delayed Rebuild, Buying a temporary home
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Getting Organized
Organizing Carrier-Specific Disaster Survivor Groups
Insurance Accounting Spreadsheet
FAQ’s about Property Damage Insurance Claims
Insurance Claim Tips For Partial Loss Fires
Sample Letters and Claim Documents
What to Do With Checks from Your Insurance Company
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Getting Debris Removed
Debris Removal After a Disaster
What’s UP with Trees, Shrubs, and Landscaping Insurance Coverage?
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Being Proactive in Documenting and Valuing Your Losses
The Scoop on “Scope” (of loss)
Xactimate Demystified
Insurance Recovery Tips for the Dwelling Part of Your Claim
Smoke and ash damage from a wildfire
Reimbursement for Claim Preparation Expenses
Survivors Speak: Partial Loss Remediation Tips
Thermal (“extreme heat”) damage from a nearby wildfire
Sample Letter for Requesting Copies of Claim-Related Documents
Smoke Restoration Guide
Buy or Rebuild? FAQs on replacing a dwelling after a total loss
Sample Letter Requesting Inspection, Scoping and Remediation Plan for Wildfire Damaged Structure
Sample Letter Requesting Re-inspection and Re-testing of a Partially-Damaged Home
What’s UP with Trees, Shrubs, and Landscaping Insurance Coverage?
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Creating Your Home Inventory and Navigating Your Contents Claim
10 tips for settling a contents (personal property) claim
Depreciation Basics
Sample Letter Asking for a Personal Property Claim Settlement
Survivors Speak: Strategies for preparing your home inventory
Survivors Speak: Personal Property / Contents List for Insurance for Total Loss
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Making Financial Decisions
Survivors Speak: Coping With Underinsurance
Tax Tips for Disaster Survivors
Underinsurance 101
Tax Information for Disaster Survivors
What to Do With Checks from Your Insurance Company
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Choosing a Contractor
Survivors Speak: Working With Your Contractor
Guidelines For Reviewing Adjusters’ And Contractors’ Estimates
What’s UP with Overhead and Profit?
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Working with Your Mortgage Company
Sample Letter Requesting Mortgage Company Release Insurance Proceeds
Sample Letters and Claim Documents
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Getting Help If/When You Need It
A Policyholders Guide to Mediation
Examinations Under Oath – “EUO”
Getting Help From the CA. Dept. of Insurance
Insurance Appraisal Simplified
Making the Best Choice When Hiring a Public Adjuster
Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Public Adjuster
Hiring Professional Help for an Insurance Claim
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Overcoming Obstacles
Policyholders Can Win in Appraisal
Sample Letter Requesting Claim Payment History
Resolving Claim Disputes
Using social media to be the squeaky wheel
Belly UP: Navigating a claim when your insurer becomes “insolvent”
Sample Letter to Collect Policy Benefits for Building Code Upgrades (non-CA)
Sample Letter Requesting Retroactive Increase of Your Dwelling Limit
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Taking Care of Yourself Along the Way
“Survivors Speak” Tip Series
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