Home and Property

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• Business: Financial Services: Insurance: Agents and Marketers: Home and Property  (17)

Better Homes and Gardens: Homeowners Insurance - - Offers several articles relating to insurance for homeowners and renters.

Contents-Insurance.info - - Provides information and advice for UK residents concerning household contents insurance. Includes glossary and answers to many questions.

Disaster Prepared/Aftermath Forum - - Educating, protecting, informing insurance policyholders of their property rights and authority, some of which are unknowingly being taken away. Includes bulletin board open to the public.

FCIC: Twelve Ways to Save Money On Your Homeowners Insurance - - From the US Federal Citizen Information Center, by the Insurance Information Institute. Topics include shopping around, improving your home safety, and types of discounts which may be available.

Finding The Right Home Insurance - - An online magazine-style site with articles addressing issues associated with home insurance.

FloodSmart.gov - - Information about floods, risk of financial loss due to flooding and flood insurance. Sponsored by the National Flood Insurance Program, a program of FEMA.

HUD: Testing for Discrimination in Home Insurance - - From the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. Describes a study performed in Phoenix and New York concerning how insurance agents treat homebuyers in white and minority neighborhoods.

NAIC: A Consumer's Guide to Home Insurance - - Informative brochure by the US National Association of Insurance Commissioners. Explanations include types of coverage, difference between replacement cost and actual cash value, and where to get more information.

National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) - - The Federal Insurance & Mitigation Administration (FIMA) manages the NFIP. The program provides flood insurance in more than 20,000 communities across the United States. Site offers information for both consumers and insurance professionals.

National Marketing Group, Inc. - - A primary and excess flood insurance program which also offers flood products and services. Site includes a lot of flood information and links.

ACES: Homeowner's Insurance - - Comprehensive, consumer-oriented article. It includes sections on why and how much, property value, coverage, and a table of peril types. Prepared by the Alabama Cooperative Extension System. (May, 1991)