Need help shopping for home insurance?

General
#1

United Policyholders is working hard to help California property owners stay financially protected despite unprecedented insurance availability and affordability challenges.

Please join UP’s Executive Director, Amy Bach, and a panel of agent/broker experts on Tuesday, June 11th for a Home Insurance Shopping Help Webinar to get the straight scoop and answers to common questions.

Home Insurance Shopping Help Webinar

Tuesday, June 11, 2024

5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. PDT

Register here: www.uphelp.org/Jun11

This webinar will cover:

  • What to do if you are “dropped” (non-renewed)
  • What you can do to keep your insurance affordable
  • The current California home insurance marketplace
  • Insuring your home through the CA FAIR Plan
  • Home improvements that should qualify you for insurance discounts

Submit questions for the webinar here: www.uphelp.org/R2PQ&A

#2

Relative to a FAIR plan application, a homeowners agent asked me if there is a “certificate” to see verifying current Firewise certification. Is there such available? Apparently a picture of the street sign down below on the road wouldn’t be sufficient…

#3

My server is down so I can’t access any of my files until it is up again. Check back with me in a week or so, or ask others if they have a copy.

#4

My erstwhile State Farm agent says:

I have not been made aware of a certificate being required. I can tell you what my office does as a formal practice: when applying for a Fair plan quote, there is a section that asks whether the property is within a certified Firewise Community. We verify with the Firewise website map (NFPA - Firewise USA®) and input the community name and the date it was first recognized by Firewise.