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Getting the enough insurance coverage for your home is the only way to protect your most valuable asset. In today's tips we're going to tell you what you need to know BEFORE a storm strikes.

Insurance companies are gearing up to deal with the cost of the worst natural disaster the country has seen in decades

1. Loyalty is overrated

A fire that did $20,000 in damages to a northeast Arkansas home wasn't caused by an electrical problem or burning food or arson, an insurance investigator concluded. Instead, the dead plants did ...

BUILDINGS insurance remains stubbornly high up the league table of complaints made to the Financial Ombudsman, which is not surprising.

AN insurance company has agreed to pay to get a critically-ill Yorkshireman back from a Prague hospital after nearly a month of being stranded away from home.

DAPHNE, Ala. — Vera Landon moved into her home in 2006, along with her son Michael Quaider, 11, and her husband Michael, 53. The one-story Eagle Creek home on Landing Eagle Drive was just a few years old at the time and was no worse for the wear.

A fire that did $20,000 in damages to a northeast Arkansas home wasn't caused by an electrical problem or burning food or arson, an insurance investigator concluded. Instead, the dead plants did it, according to a report summary provided to the homeowner, Brian Duncan. "The fire was caused by self-heating through decomposition of organic materials contained within a plastic flowerpot," the Aug ...

If you are looking to buy a new home, vacation property or an investment property there are few things you need to know right up front. As a buyer there are certain professional services that need to be employed and you should know who you those people are. The first one you need to employ, unless you pay cash for the home, is the mortgage lender. This person in my opinion is the most important ...

Car damage may be covered, but water damage in the home may not, and the cost can add up quickly.

New home daycare regulations have owners frustrated. They say it's a typical example of government overkill.

Conventional policies generally cover damage to a home from wind but not flooding

It's been more than four years since Florida was directly hit by a hurricane, but many Florida homeowners face insurance hikes.

Kathy Naylor lives frugally, but it would be a big challenge to afford the Santa Monica house. Because of her elderly mother's health issues, schoolteacher Kathy Naylor in 2007 reduced her schedule to part-time work, vacated her condominium in West Hills and moved back into her childhood home in Santa Monica to take care of her mom.

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Two-and-a-half years after former mayor Eddie Price crashed his city-owned SUV through a Causeway toll booth, new mayor Donald Villere is doing away with take-home vehicles for department heads.

A veteran northern Michigan insurance agent recently assumed ownership of the Allstate Insurance Agency in Grayling. Roger Weber, who has operated Weber Allstate Insurance Agency in Traverse City for 43 years, took over the Grayling agency, which is located in the Grayling Mini Mall, last month.

LITTLE ROCK (AP) — A fire that did $20,000 in damages to a northeast Arkansas home wasn't caused by an electrical problem or burning food or arson, an insurance investigator concluded.

QUESTION: My husband and I own our home, plus we have two rental homes and two investment homes that are now for sale. My husband recently cashed out his whole life policy and ended up with around $6,000. Given the assets we own and the fact that we have a $250,000 line of credit, my husband feels we don't need life insurance any longer, so he also wants to terminate my policy. I think we still ...