by Admin | Oct 7, 2014 | Insurance
For many Texas residents living near the coast, the only way to get wind and hail insurance is through the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA), the state-run insurer of last resort. According to HelpInsure.com, a service of the Texas Department of Insurance,...
by Admin | Sep 22, 2014 | Insurance
Stamford, Conn. (September 9, 2014) – e2Value, Inc., the leading provider of web-based property valuation solutions, and SEMCAT, the nationwide comparative quoting solution, have partnered to expand SEMCAT’s quoting solution capabilities by adding access to e2Value’s...
by Admin | Sep 3, 2014 | Insurance
Calculating replacement costs for historical buildings can be complicated, compared to newer structures, because complete restoration of older residential or commercial properties may require the purchase of vintage construction materials. Efforts to preserve historic...
by Admin | Jul 17, 2014 | Insurance
For some time, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has been working to update its flood hazard maps based on new data. These maps play a role in determining whether properties need to be covered by flood insurance, as well as as the cost of insuring...
by Admin | Jul 16, 2014 | Insurance
The Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.) and State Farm recently released the results of their research into lightning-related claims data from the last decade.The study found that insurers paid just under 115,000 lightning claims in 2013, down about 24 percent...
by Admin | Jun 2, 2014 | Insurance
A recent survey of more than 500 U.S. companies administered by Microsoft revealed that firms increasingly see value in using cloud-based services in their daily operations, with 86 percent of respondents saying they believe the technology is important to their...
