How To Dealing with Insurance After a Disaster
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How To Dealing with Insurance After a Disaster

After the Fire or Disaster: Dealing with Your Insurance Company Tips for homeowners facing fire, smoke, or other major damage, and possibly dealing with the daily costs of being unable to live at home. Learn how to get organized to make sure your insurer provides full and timely payments. Homeowners whose property has been damaged…

Homeowners Insurance: Choosing the Right Policy for Your Needs

Homeowners Insurance: Choosing the Right Policy for Your Needs

Homeowners insurance is one of the most important purchases that you can make to protect your home — and by extension, your family — from unexpected expenses that you would otherwise need to cover yourself.  If you’re in the market for homeowners insurance, you probably have a lot of questions. How much coverage do you need? How much…

INSURANCE HISTORY IN UNITED STATE
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INSURANCE HISTORY IN UNITED STATE

HISTORY INSURANCE The first insurance company in the United States underwrote fire insurance and was formed in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1735. In 1752, Benjamin Franklin helped form a mutual insurance company called the Philadelphia Contribution ship, which is the nation’s oldest insurance carrier still in operation. Franklin’s company was the first to make contributions…