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How to File a Claim After Storm Damage
July 28, 2010
Updated with phone number correction
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Russ Dubisky, Executive Director
803-252-3455 or cell phone 803-708-5271
russd@scinsnews.com
Columbia, S.C. – July 28, 2010 – Severe thunderstorms have damaged a number of homes, cars, and businesses in South Carolina this week.
For those who have experienced damage, the South Carolina Insurance News Service provides the following tips:
• Survey the damage and notify your insurance company of any losses. Provide your agent with a copy of your home inventory if you have one. Important: Leave a number where you can be contacted if you are not at home.
• Make any temporary repairs necessary to protect property from further damage. Cover broken windows and damaged roofs to prevent further destruction. Keep all receipts for materials used.
• Do not dispose of damaged personal property until an adjuster has had the opportunity to look at it.
• If it is safe to access the area, take photographs or video to document damaged property.
• Find your insurance policy and have your policy number handy when you are ready to make your claim.
• If your business has been damaged and you have business income (interruption) insurance, it covers the profits your business would have earned, based on financial records, had the disaster not occurred. The policy covers additional operating expenses incurred as a result of the disaster, such as extra expense of operating out of a temporary location.
• The most serious losses will be given priority, but your insurance agent will see that your needs are taken care of.
Phone numbers to make insurance claims:
Allstate Insurance - 1-800-54-STORM (1-800-547-8676)
Companion Property & Casualty Insurance – 1-800-845-2724, option 2
GEICO - 1-800-841-3000
Grange Insurance - 1-800-445-3030
Home Wise Preferred Insurance Company - 1-866-496-1782
Johnson & Johnson Inc. - 1-800-487-7565, ext. 5024
Nationwide Insurance - 1-800-421-3535
Progressive Insurance - 1-800-274-4499
PURE High Value Homeowners Insurance – 1-888-814-7873
South Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company - 1-800-799-7500
South Carolina Wind & Hail Underwriting Association – Call your insurance broker/agent
The Seibels Bruce Group, Inc. - Catawba Insurance Company - 1-800-525-8835
Southern Mutual Insurance Company- 1-800-226-1919
Southern Mutual Church Insurance – 1-800-922-5332
State Farm - Contact your agent
State Auto Insurance - 1-800-766-1853
USAA - 1-800-531-8722
Universal North America Insurance Company - 1-888-225-9441
For more information on settling insurance claims after a storm, take a look at our web site at www.scinsurance.net or contact the South Carolina Insurance News Service at (803) 252-3455.
For more information, contact the South Carolina Insurance News Service at 803-252-3455 or use our contact form.
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