I'm trying to get renters insurance for my apt. and I'm having a very hard time finding anybody willing to insure me. I've had zero luck with it.
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 2/13/2008 10:03:35 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > predictions coming from all over the world are saying that places like NYC > and the Jersey > shore are likely to experience flooding like never before. I hope this isn't > the case...but > what if it is? > > I never took the flood threat to Asbury Park too seriously until recently. > Friends living near Monmouth U. had their homeowner's insurance canceled > because, they said, of a new restriction excluding homes near the ocean. > > Then, because I was so pleased with the way Allstate handled my auto claim, > I told my agent I wanted to switch my home insurance to them. She said she > couldn't issue a policy and that I was lucky that my current policy was not > canceled because insurance companies, since Katrina, won't insure homes > closer > than two miles to the coast. > > Not sure now if all companies will follow suit or if some are willing to > "grandfather." Also not sure if insurance companies are just looking for an > excuse to cancel some policies, or if they have some reliable probability > studies about coastal living. > > Maybe Thoreau's observation is on the mark: "Men say that a stitch in time > saves nine, and so they take a thousand stitches today to save nine > tomorrow." > _http://tinyurl.com/ype3hv_ (http://tinyurl.com/ype3hv) > > > > > > **************The year's hottest artists on the red carpet at the Grammy > Awards. Go to AOL Music. > (http://music.aol.com/grammys?NCID=aolcmp00300000002565) > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/