Severe Storms Awareness: Consider Insurance Needs

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During Severe Storms Awareness Week, Consider Your Insurance Needs

BALTIMORE (April 6, 2012) – Storms that brought devastation to towns in the Southwest last week should remind Marylanders that spring weather can be destructive in the Mid-Atlantic region as well. Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley has proclaimed April 8-12, 2012, Severe Storms Awareness Week. Weather-related property damage may be beyond control, but residents can take steps to ease recovery efforts after bad weather hits. The Maryland Insurance Administration encourages Marylanders to review their insurance needs before a storm strikes.

Consumers can find information on insurance preparedness for natural disasters on the Maryland Insurance Administration’s website, www.mdinsurance.state.md.us. Online resources include:

-- answers to frequently asked questions;

-- tips for buying insurance and for filing claims;

-- an insurance preparedness guide for natural disasters;

-- information on specific types of disasters, such as floods and earthquakes; and

-- links to other state and federal assistance.

To learn more, visit the Maryland Insurance Administration’s Insurance Preparedness for Natural Disasters web page at www.tinyurl.com/StormWeek.

The Maryland Insurance Administration is an independent state agency that regulates Maryland’s insurance industry and protects consumers by enforcing state insurance laws.

 

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During Severe Storms Awareness Week, Consider Your Insurance Needs

BALTIMORE (April 6, 2012) – Storms that brought devastation to towns in the Southwest last week should remind Marylanders that spring weather can be destructive in the Mid-Atlantic region as well. Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley has proclaimed April 8-12, 2012, Severe Storms Awareness Week. Weather-related property damage may be beyond control, but residents can take steps to ease recovery efforts after bad weather hits. The Maryland Insurance Administration encourages Marylanders to review their insurance needs before a storm strikes.

Consumers can find information on insurance preparedness for natural disasters on the Maryland Insurance Administration’s website, Maryland Insurance Administration. Online resources include:

-- answers to frequently asked questions;

-- tips for buying insurance and for filing claims;

-- an insurance preparedness guide for natural disasters;

-- information on specific types of disasters, such as floods and earthquakes; and

-- links to other state and federal assistance.

To learn more, visit the Maryland Insurance Administration’s Insurance Preparedness for Natural Disasters web page at Maryland Insurance Administration - Home Page.

The Maryland Insurance Administration is an independent state agency that regulates Maryland’s insurance industry and protects consumers by enforcing state insurance laws.

I remember back in '96 when I had to establish homeowner's insurance; I was told that I would also have to have flood insurance because the house was in a flood plane. I hadn't even considered the extra required insurance; and if I remember correctly; the flood insurance was payable separately from the other.