- Top 10 Insurance Claim Tips
- Speak UP: How to communicate with your insurance company
- A Guide to Your Homeowners Policy
- Insurance tips for storm damage
- “The dirt” on insurance protection for mud flow 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
- Sample Letter Protecting Your Legal Rights
- Primeros Pasos Despues de un Incendio Forestal
- Mobile/Manufactured Home Insurance Claim Tips
- First Steps After a Wildfire
- El Idioma de Seguros
- Auto Claim: Total Loss Guidance
- Auto Claim: Insider tips
- Ability re: disability
- Survivors Speak: Forced Choice Matrix for Decision-making
- Consejos para reclamos de seguros para casas móviles / fabricadas
- Renters Insurance Claim Tips
- Consejos Para Reclamaciones De Arrendatarios
- Avoiding Frauds and Scams After a Disaster
- Ice Dams and Insurance
- What’s UP With Home Insurance Deductibles?
- Cobertura de Seguros Para Contaminación de Moho 101: Lo Básico
- Evitar Fraudes y Estafas Después de un Desastre
- Guía Para Su Póliza De Seguro De Vivienda
- Guía Simple Para Su Póliza De Seguros De Vivienda
- 10 Consejos para Reclamaciones de Seguro
- Levante Su Voz: Como Comunicarse Con Su Compañía De Seguros
- Consejos Para Reclamaciones Al Seguro Por Arrendatarios
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- 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”)
- Sample Letter Requesting Extension of Additional Living Expense/Loss of Use Deadlines
- Survivors Speak: Underinsured, Delayed Rebuild, Buying a temporary home
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- Getting (Back To) Business Interruption Insurance
- Organizing Carrier-Specific Disaster Survivor Groups
- Mobile / Manufactured Home Insurance Claim Tips for Tennessee
- General Claim Tips
- Maximizing Business Insurance Benefits After a Loss
- Flood Insurance Claim Basics
- Insurance Accounting Spreadsheet
- FAQ’s about Property Damage Insurance Claims
- FAQs about Home Insurance Claims in California
- 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
- 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
- Sample Letters and Claim Documents
- Types of Life Insurance
- What to Do With Checks from Your Insurance Company
- ¿Qué Hacer Con Los Cheques De Su Compañía Aseguradora?
- Lo Básico en Reclamaciones de Seguro de Inundación
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- 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
- Sample Letter for Requesting Copies of Claim-Related Documents
- Building Code, Ordinance or Law Compliance
- Sample Letter Requesting Extension of Policy Benefits for Building Code Upgrades (CA)
- Sample Letter Requesting Extension of Deadlines to Collect Full Policy Benefits – CALIFORNIA DISASTER
- Mobile/Manufactured Home Insurance Claim Tips (California)
- 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
- Insurance Coverage for Damaged or Destroyed Septic Systems
- What’s UP with Trees, Shrubs, and Landscaping Insurance Coverage?
- Prueba de Pérdida del Programa Nacional de Seguro de Inundaciones (NFIP), Estimados de Daños y Reclamaciones Suplementarias
- ¿Comprar o Reconstruir? Preguntas Y Respuestas Sobre Reemplazo De Vivienda Después De Una Pérdida Total
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- Sample Letter Asking for a Waiver of the Contents Itemization Requirement
- 10 tips for settling a contents (personal property) 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
- Renters Insurance Claim Tips
- Consejos Para Reclamaciones De Arrendatarios
- Survivors Speak: Personal Property / Contents List for Insurance for Total Loss
- Consejos Para Reclamaciones Al Seguro Por Arrendatarios
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- 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
- What to Do With Checks from Your Insurance Company
- ¿Qué Hacer Con Los Cheques De Su Compañía Aseguradora?
- Actualizando Su Seguro De Propiedad Después De Una Pérdida… Mantenerse Protegido Sin Mal Gastar Dinero
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- 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
- Preguntas que debes hacerle a tu contratista de reparación/construcción
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- Sample Letter Requesting Mortgage Company Release Insurance Proceeds
- Sample Letters and Claim Documents
- Sample Letter Requesting Insurance Proceeds be Placed in an Interest-bearing Escrow Account
- Let Go Lender: Getting Your Mortgage Company To Release Insurance Proceeds
- Survivors Speak: Getting Your Lender to Pay Interest on Your Insurance Funds
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- A Policyholders Guide to Mediation
- Resolving Flood Insurance Disputes
- Examinations Under Oath – “EUO”
- 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
- The Life Insurance Consumer Advocacy Center
- Survivors Speak: Hiring an Attorney to Sue a Utility That Caused or Contributed to a Wildfire
- Contratar Ayuda Profesional Para Su Reclamación Al Seguro
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- Why Would My Life Insurance Policy Underperform?
- 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 Requesting Claim Payment History
- Sample Letter Requesting Information About Claim Denial
- Resolving Claim Disputes
- Ten tips for making a successful Long Term Disability Insurance Claim based on “Long COVID”
- Sample Letter Requesting Extension of Deadlines to Collect Full Policy Benefits
- 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
- Temporal Requirements for Water Damage Exclusions in Homeowner Policies
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