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Polybutylene is a type of plastic supply line plumbing material that was manufactured and installed between 1978 and 1995.  This material was popular because it was less expensive than copper and it was far easier to install.  However, many homeowners began filing insurance claims due to the pipes bursting and...

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Did you know that many insurance companies use an insurance scoring model to determine your insurance rates in a similar way that a mortgage company uses your credit score to determine your interest rate?  You see insurance rates are mostly data driven and there are really two areas of concern...

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Often times we have customers call in to shop their home insurance and in the process of reviewing their coverages we find that they’re over-insured.  We typically see people over insured in two areas – dwelling coverage and personal property coverage.  Before we explain these things, please note that we...

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Home insurance has a coverage section called liability and medical payments to others.  These coverages can be triggered when someone is injured as a result of your negligence.  In some instances, these coverages can be triggered even when you’re not negligent, but the injury occurs on your property.  Injuries caused...

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Today we’re talking about something that you may expect to be covered by your home insurance when it actually is not.  Today we’re talking about water back up coverage.  With water backing up we’re dealing with dirty water so we’re talking about a drain lines or sewage lines failing and...

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As Hurricanes approach the east coast of Florida, we’ll have so many phone calls the week leading up to the storm on the same topic.  The question is generally some version of the following:  Can I get flood insurance?  And the answer is typically………. no.  You see flood insurance falls...

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