Tag: homeowners insurance
Mar 10, 2025
If you have ever filed a homeowners insurance claim, you know it can feel more like an endurance test than a straightforward process. While insurers are legally required to honor valid claims, they have strong financial incentives to delay, underpay, or deny them...
Aug 26, 2024
When I opened the recent invoice from my homeowners insurance provider, I was shocked. The annual premium had skyrocketed from $8,000 to $18,000. I called my agent, who confirmed there was no mistake. My premium had indeed jumped by $10,000 in just one year. The agent...
Feb 27, 2023
Even after 40 years of specializing in all things financial, I constantly learn new things, often from readers. My most recent teacher was Eugenia (Gene) Thornton, the Recorder of Deeds in Kent County, Delaware. She emailed me in response to an interview on identity...
Oct 14, 2019
How Safe Is Your Safe Deposit Box?Watch this video on YouTube I have routinely recommended that people use a bank safe deposit box to store valuable papers and small assets. These include documents like wills, trust documents, ethical wills, and unrecorded deeds....
Sep 24, 2018
Biohazard Insurance on Rental Property Protects Owners, TenantsWatch this video on YouTube The call I recently received from a distraught client dealt with a disturbing question I’d never heard in all my 45 years of owning and selling real estate and my 35 years...
