The British Are Agreeing! The British Are Agreeing!

Support From Across The Pond: The Guardian newspaper has some tips for saving money on your insurance bills that extend to American audiences, and home inventory is a suggested method for determining your coverage need. Hear that steady drumbeat off in the distance? That's the third parties telling you that you need my service! Thump, thump, thump. Here's what the Guardian has to say about our favorite topic:

Don't go for policies that offer "unlimited" contents cover - unless you have lots of expensive items at home - as you will probably pay over the odds for your insurance. It is better to get the cover you need. "It's a good idea to make an inventory of all your belongings, then add a little extra for items you may have missed," says Scott Mowbray, of Virgin Money . [emphasis added]

Mississippi Recovering Slowly but Surely: The Mississippi Gulf Coast is getting back to its pre-Katrina form, but the process is a slow-go. So says the Cedar Rapids Gazette is this article, excerpted below. (You will recall that Cedar Rapids had significant flooding last year, so many Iowa residents are looking to Mississippi to get a feel for how their own recovery will proceed.)

Two huge issues in Mississippi’s recovery pace have been building standards and getting insurance for new buildings. Some insurance companies have left the state; others have raised rates. The number of homeowners getting insurance from the state’s Wind Pool, which covers people who can’t get other insurance, has nearly tripled. [emphasis added]

God bless you folks on the Gulf Coast. I trust that your long nightmare will one day come to an end.

A. J. Farley runs Farley Home Services, an inventory documentation service for homeowners, landlords, tenants, and small business owners, and churches. Please visit EverySingleItem.com for more information, and thanks for reading today!