Latest News in Home Insurance – Sep 1,2008
Commerzbank to Buy Dresdner Bank for EU9.8 Billion (Update2) – Bloomberg
1 Sep 2008 at 3:03am
Sept. 1 (Bloomberg) — Commerzbank AG agreed to buy Allianz SE’s Dresdner Bank for 9.8 billion euros ($14.4 billion) in the biggest financial-services takeover in Europe this year, leapfrogging Deutsche Bank AG by customers and branches. Commerzbank …
Proper insurance coverage can protect small businesses in a disaster – Los An…
31 Aug 2008 at 11:28pm
Small-business owners dealing with damage caused by Hurricane Gustav or Tropical Storm Fay — or this summer’s Midwest flooding or California wildfires — probably are feeling some regret because they didn’t have adequate insurance coverage. And so …
Storm report: Insurance tips – The Daily Advertiser
1 Sep 2008 at 12:40am
Q: Do homeowners’ insurance policies cover flooding? A: Homeowners’ policies do not cover most flooding. You need separate flood insurance policy to protect your home and belongings against flood damage. Q: Do automobile insurance policies cover …
Renters insurance: Why it’s essential – Gainesville Sun
1 Sep 2008 at 3:17am
The population of renters across the country is growing, edged up in part by a slumping housing market. Yet as graduates and others enter the work force and set up their first apartments, renters insurance probably isn’t a burning issue. It’s …
U.K. Hometrack House Prices Fall Most Since 2001 (Update1) – Bloomberg
1 Sep 2008 at 12:11am
Sept. 1 (Bloomberg) — U.K. house prices fell by the most since at least 2001 in August as economic growth stagnated, and an end to the property slump is “still some way off,” according to Hometrack Ltd. The average cost of a residential property …
Satellite Imaging Company Hopes for Clear Skies – Washington Post
31 Aug 2008 at 10:02pm
On Thursday at 11:50 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time, GeoEye chief executive Matthew O’Connell plans to be at Vandenberg Air Force Base, watching a Boeing Delta II rocket roar into the California sky, carrying GeoEye’s new imaging satellite — and the …
DROWNING IN BILLS AFTER WATER DAMAGE – Herald News
1 Sep 2008 at 1:59am
MOKENA — A water main broke behind a neighbor’s home Aug. 2, flooding Don Koefoed’s basement without any warning. “Water was coming in through the sliding door, the front door, the garage,” Koefoed said. According to his account, within about 20 …
No insurance policies to be written until after Gustav – Alexandria Daily Tow…
31 Aug 2008 at 11:43pm
Residents currently without homeowner’s, auto or flood insurance will have to wait until after Hurricane Gustav to get it. Louisiana Citizens Insurance, the state-sponsored home insurer of last resort, stopped writing new policies or increasing …
Deducting sales tax, insurance premiums – Baltimore Sun
30 Aug 2008 at 4:10am
Baltimoresun.com’s tax-advice column features three experts from the Hunt Valley accounting firm SC&H Group answering questions about preparing your return every Monday until April 16. Tony, Baltimore: If you itemize, is it legal to deduct the taxes …
Gainesville woman loses home to Fay – Gainesville Sun
31 Aug 2008 at 10:02pm
While many Gainesville area residents wrote off Tropical Storm Fay as a nuisance, Leona Anglin found herself without a home. Fay dumped rain and brought down trees in Alachua County. For Anglin, a nurse at the North Florida Regional Medical Center …
