Homeowners Insurance

Home Content Insurance and The Homeowners’ Insurance Policy

Posted by TheGeek on August 11, 2010 at 9:37 am

The amount of home content insurance needed by an individual or family differs greatly from one person to another. How a person’s possessions are insured also depends on whether or not the residence is owned or leased (rented). There are two personal insurance policies available to provide home content insurance: The Homeowners’ policy [...]

EBay Buyer Sued For Leaving Feedback – Another Painful Lesson In Defamation

Posted by TheGeek on May 12, 2010 at 7:24 pm

Michael Steadman is an ordinary guy -he owns a business and does the best he can just get by in this world.  One day he thought he could save some money  on an employee time-clock.  He decided to check eBay and found what he thought was a great deal on just what he was looking [...]

Defamation Of Character Lawsuits from Online Activites

Posted by TheGeek on May 12, 2010 at 1:49 pm

In today’s day and age, everyone is online or so it seems.  Teenagers, even young children, their parents and grandparents are using the Internet at staggering rates.  There was a time, not long ago, when all this seemed perfectly safe.  We checked her e-mail and sent messages privately without too much concern that our statements [...]

Swimming Pool Safety – Tips To Ensure Your Pool is Secure

Posted by TheGeek on May 11, 2010 at 5:50 pm

Owning a swimming pool can add hours of fun and exercise for your family. The decision to have a pool should be made with caution. As wonderful as they can be, they do present homeowners with dangers that can be serious and life threatening. Drowning can happen in less than 5 minutes, often happening in [...]

Historic Homes Can Be Priceless – A Big Problem for Your Insurance

Posted by TheGeek on May 7, 2010 at 3:46 am

If your home is located in a historic district or its more than 100 years old, you must be aware of how your insurance is going to work if you suffer a loss and need repairs to be made to your home. Architectural details such as woodwork, trimmings and masonry are very difficult to obtain [...]

Two Ways to Insure Your Jewelry Items

Posted by TheGeek on May 4, 2010 at 9:12 pm

Much to the surprise of many, the standard homeowners insurance policy has a very limited coverage for valuables such as jewelry. The standard policy only covers $1000 per incident for losses to jewelry items. Furthermore, the causes of loss are also limited. Only such causes as fire or theft would be covered – the [...]