Claim Guidance Library

Taking it in and Getting Started

• Top 10 Insurance Claim Tips
• A Simplified Guide to Your Homeowners Policy
• Insurance tips for storm damage
• Sample Letter Requesting Complete Copy of Homeowners Policy
• Earthquake Claim Tips for Homeowners and Businesses
• First Steps After a Flood – VIDEO
• Returning to your home after a wildfire: A post-evacuation checklist
• Getting a look at the “other guy’s” insurance
• Mold Contamination Insurance Coverage 101: The Basics
• Supervising Your Own Health Insurance Claims
• First Steps After a Wildfire
• El Idioma de Seguros

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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”)

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Getting Organized

• Getting (Back To) Business Interruption Insurance
• Organizing Carrier-Specific Disaster Survivor Groups
• Speak UP: How to communicate with your insurance company
• Mobile / Manufactured Home Insurance Claim Tips for Tennessee
• General Claim Tips
• Maximizing Business Insurance Benefits After a Loss
• Flood Insurance Claim Basics
• A Guide to Your Insurance Legal Rights in California
• Insurance Claim Rules in New Jersey
• FAQ’s about Property Damage Insurance Claims
• FAQs about Home Insurance Claims in California
• FAQs About Property Damage Insurance Claims in Tennessee
• After a Hurricane – Property Damage FAQs
• Frequently Asked Questions About Homeowners Insurance Claims in Texas
• Frequently Asked Questions About Property Damage Insurance Claims in Alabama
• Frequently Asked Questions About Property Damage Insurance Claims in Colorado
• Insurance Claim Tips for Mold Damage
• Insurance Claim Tips For Partial Loss Fires
• Long Term Care Claim Tips
• Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Disability Offsets
• Disability Insurance and ERISA FAQs
• Mobile/Manufactured Home Insurance Claim Tips

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Getting Debris Removed

• Debris Removal After a Partial or Total Loss

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Creating Your Home Inventory and Navigating Your Contents Claim

• Sample Letter Asking for a Waiver of the Contents Itemization Requirement
• 10 tips for settling the contents portion of your claim
• Household Inventory Sample spreadsheet
• Depreciation Basics
• Sample Letter Asking for a Personal Property Claim Settlement
• Home Inventory and Contents Claim Tips
• Survivors Speak: Strategies for preparing your home inventory

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Making Financial Decisions

• Updating your home insurance after a loss…Staying protected without wasting money
• Survivors Speak: Coping With Underinsurance
• Tax Tips for Disaster Survivors
• Underinsurance 101
• Tax Information for Disaster Survivors

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Choosing a Contractor

• Survivors Speak: Working With Your Contractor
• Survivors Speak: The Rebuilding Process
• Questions to ask a repair/rebuilding contractor
• Guidelines For Reviewing Adjusters’ And Contractors’ Estimates
• What’s UP with Overhead and Profit?
• Rebuilding 101: A Guide to the Reconstruction Process

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Working with Your Mortgage Company

• Sample Letter Requesting Mortgage Company Release Insurance Proceeds

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Getting Help If/When You Need It

• Claim/Coverage Dispute Resolution Help
• A Policyholders Guide to Mediation
• Resolving Flood Insurance Disputes
• Examinations Under Oath – “EUO”
• Examinations Under Oath in North Carolina
• Getting Help From the CA. Dept. of Insurance
• Hiring an Attorney for an Insurance Claim
• Insurance Appraisal Simplified
• Making the Best Choice When Hiring a Public Adjuster
• Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Public Adjuster
• Survivors Speak: Insurance Adjuster Stories
• Hiring Professional Help for an Insurance Claim
• What To Expect When You’re Suing An Insurance Company

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Being Pro-Active 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
• NFIP Proof of Loss, Damage Estimates and Supplemental Claims
• Reimbursement for Claim Preparation Expenses
• Survivors Speak: Partial Loss Remediation Tips
• Thermal (“extreme heat”) damage from a nearby wildfire

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Overcoming Obstacles

• Successfully Mediating Disability Claims
• Policyholders Can Win in Appraisal
• Health Care: Resolving Billing Problems and Claim Denials
• HMO Trauma: When Denied Treatment, Defend Yourself
• Pushing Back When Insurers Deny Coverage for Treatment
• Sample Letter for Requesting Copies of Claim-Related Documents
• Sample Letter Requesting Claim Payment History
• Sample Letter Requesting Information About Claim Denial
• Resolving Claim Disputes

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Taking Care of Yourself Along the Way

• Survivors Speak: Observations from a Teenage Wildfire Survivor
• Survivors Speak: Things I Wish I Had Known
• “Survivors Speak” Tip Series
• Survivors Speak: Self-Care After a Disaster

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