Tornado
One tornado can completely wipe out your home and destroy your personal property - however, most home insurance policies offer protection against tornado damage. Find out how home insurance protects you and what you should do if you're a victim of a tornado.
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5 States with the Most Severe Weather in 2015 — How Storm-Ready Are You This Year?
Most homeowners, fortunately, will never need to file an insurance claim to repair damages to their home brought on by severe weather, but your odds do increase depending on where you live. … more
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Are these 5 natural disasters covered by your homeowners insurance?
Natural disasters are a fact of life. Between 2000 and 2013, natural disasters in the U.S. cost insurers an average of $29 billion a year in insured losses, according to Munich Re and the Insurance … more
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The top 5 states with the costliest disasters in 2013
Nobody wants to have their life turned upside down by a disaster, but each year some states get hit harder than the rest. Tornadoes and severe thunderstorms proved to be the costliest disasters of 20 … more
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Why a tornado shelter doesn't reinforce your homeowner's insurance
Victims of the devastating tornadoes in 2011 in Alabama and Missouri are joining other Americans in investing thousands of dollars to install and build shelters and safe rooms – typically the … more
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Tornado victim suffered second disaster: Sneaky home repair contractor
This is the third in a series of stories about how American homeowners recovered from four types of natural disasters and what they learned from the experience.
Homeowner: Ann Larson
City: Sunset … more
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Home insurance: Does it guard against a tornado?
April 2011 will go down in weather history.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says a record-breaking 875 tornadoes swarmed the United States that month. Insured losses for cars, … more
