The seventh largest quake ever occurred March 11th. The eighth largest quake occurred last year. The third largest quake occurred in 2004. Add to this hurricanes and floods, and it seems like natural disasters are on the rise. Everyone should be well aware by now, earthquakes and tsunami’s like Japan recently suffered are not normally […]
Insurance Rates Tied to New Software
Homeowners insurance rates may be going up with new hurricane modeling software. The new software package from Risk Management Solutions, Inc. goes way beyond the criteria that other models project. The factors include the size of the hurricane and how much of it is still over the water, how fast it is moving, and whether […]
5 Tips for Choosing Homeowners’ Insurance
Finding the right homeowner’s insurance is a tough job. Here are some basic tips to make choosing homeowners’ insurance an easier task: Get past the advertising fluff. When selling your home and buying a new one, your mailbox can fill with solicitations—and one of the front-line offenders are homeowners’ insurance companies. Our quick scan of […]
Home Prices Are Down, So Why Not Insurance?
If you’re a homeowner, chances are your house is worth less than it was five years ago. But you could still be paying more to insure it. Despite the deep housing bust of the last few years, the cost of rebuilding a damaged home — in other words, what you pay insurance for — has […]
