Boulder County fire victims have insurance questions. Here are some answers.
Boulder County fire victims have insurance questions. Here are some answers.

Are you underinsured? (Possibly.) Should you wait for a master builder to redo the whole neighborhood? (No.) Can you get a living expenses check now? (Yes. Do it.) Meanwhile, all Colorado homeowners should do this tuneup. Insurance, when it works, is meant to be restorative.…
Marshall fire victims brace for insurance claims process
Marshall fire victims brace for insurance claims process

Gov. Jared Polis and Colorado Division of Insurance Commissioner Michael Conway assured almost 800 residents impacted by the Marshall fire that the state would “fight for consumers” during the insurance claims process. According to some estimates, the insurance costs related to the fire could be…
Guest Blog: First Steps for Recovering
Guest Blog: First Steps for Recovering

Written by Bob Hunnes, Originally published as a Letter to the Editor in the Daily Camera This letter is intended to help anyone who was directly impacted by the Marshall Fire disaster. If this is not pertinent to you, please pass it on to someone…
First Steps After a Wildfire
First Steps After a Wildfire

If you or someone you know has been affected by the fires, please read our First Steps After a Wildfire.  We encourage you to visit our website throughout the recovery process. This checklist will help keep you on track during this stressful time. We’re rooting…
Why It’s Time to Update Your Home Insurance
Why It’s Time to Update Your Home Insurance

Thanks to the red-hot real estate market, your house is likely worth more than ever. Here’s how to make sure your home insurance is up to speed—especially if you’re renovating. Thanks to a rocketing real estate market, your house is likely now worth more than it’s…
How to shore up your finances so you’re ready for the next natural disaster
How to shore up your finances so you’re ready for the next natural disaster

You need more than a ‘go bag.’ Do you have some cash on hand? Do you have the credit to rent a place to live if you needed to? Emergency preparedness experts recommend that you have a “go bag” and a “stay bin” for disasters:…
There’s no place like home
There’s no place like home

This is Susan Davis’ first holiday back in her rebuilt home. Read Susan’s story in her own words: “In the months after we lost our home (we escaped with our dog and the clothes on our backs) and our way of life to the 2018…
When the chips are down, there’s UP
When the chips are down, there’s UP

Educating, Advocating and Empowering through the Pandemic Years UP continues to innovate during the pandemic to provide Roadmap to Recovery® services in person where safe, and through virtual channels to support disaster-impacted households and communities and be a powerful advocate for consumers across the nation.…
California Insurance Commissioner Reports New Data Shows Insurance Companies Non-Renewed Fewer Homeowners in 2020 While FAIR Plan ‘Insurer Of Last Resort’ Policies Increased – 794 New Policies in Mariposa County on FAIR Plan
California Insurance Commissioner Reports New Data Shows Insurance Companies Non-Renewed Fewer Homeowners in 2020 While FAIR Plan ‘Insurer Of Last Resort’ Policies Increased – 794 New Policies in Mariposa County on FAIR Plan

Commissioner Lara continues necessary actions for home safety mitigation measures and stronger FAIR Plan to protect homeowners December 20, 2021 – LOS ANGELES — According to a new report released by the California Department of Insurance, the number of homeowners non-renewed by insurance companies fell by…
California wildfire insurance crisis shows signs of easing
California wildfire insurance crisis shows signs of easing

Two of California’s worst wildfires in 2018 cost Allstate Corp. a half-billion dollars, but the insurance conglomerate was able to give investors some reassuring news: It had already shrunk its footprint in California by half, creating a buffer of sorts against future losses. Earlier this…
“Friends of Court” Take Key Role in COVID Coverage Appeals
“Friends of Court” Take Key Role in COVID Coverage Appeals

‘Friends Of Court’ Take Key Role In COVID Coverage Appeals – Law360
First Steps After a Tornado
First Steps After a Tornado

United Policyholders is a nonprofit organization that is a voice and an information resource for insurance consumers in all 50 states.  UP has helped guide disaster survivors on the road to recovery since 1991. Use this information with The Disaster Recovery Handbook and Household Inventory…
What’s UP? December 2021
What’s UP? December 2021

BACH TALK A message from Co-Founder and Executive Director, Amy Bach Dear Friends, As another challenging year draws to an end, I could not be more proud of our accomplishments or more grateful to our donors and volunteers. In our 30th year of service, UP continues…
Bach Talk: 30 Years and Counting
Bach Talk: 30 Years and Counting

As another challenging year draws to an end, I could not be more proud of our accomplishments or more grateful to our donors and volunteers. In our 30th year of service, UP continues to score wins for consumers, help people solve financially crippling insurance problems…
The Wildfire List: 13 Home Improvement Steps to Harden Your Home
The Wildfire List: 13 Home Improvement Steps to Harden Your Home

After a year of work, our WRAP working group issued a list of 13 home improvement steps that we believe should be the official standards for a wildfire prepared home. Here are the 13 recommendations from an array of experts in residential wildfire risk reduction.…
Virtual Roadmap to Recovery
Virtual Roadmap to Recovery

The shelter in place orders that required so many of us to get comfortable (maybe a little too comfortable) on Zoom enabled us to fine-tune our virtual service delivery and give insured loss victims uninterrupted access to the answers and information they need. Virtually, we…
‘Keep paying it forward’: Tubbs fire survivors use hard-earned skills from the rebuild to chart new careers
‘Keep paying it forward’: Tubbs fire survivors use hard-earned skills from the rebuild to chart new careers
Deadly mudslides threaten more Americans as heavy rains loom over scorched lands
Deadly mudslides threaten more Americans as heavy rains loom over scorched lands

A flash of light from an exploding transformer stopped Jerry Wilkerson in his tracks. The 79-year-old retiree was just pulling onto the bridge separating him from his family cabin in Poudre Canyon, Colorado, when he watched in shock as a 10-foot wall of sludge roared…