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SCORE: Insurance essential for home-based businesses (Post-Bulletin) Operating a small business from home can free entrepreneurs from the costs of leasing space and commuting. However, Bill St. Martin, SCORE counselor and former insurance professional, observes that "too many of these businesses may short-change themselves when it comes to buying insurance." us.rd.yahoo.com
California wildfires highlight lack of mobile home insurance (Belleville News-Democrat) As fire tore through Oakridge Mobile Home Park in Sylmar, Calif., on Friday, some of its residents likely knew they would bear the entire burden of rebuilding. us.rd.yahoo.com
Tips to secure your home during the holidays (The Myrtle Beach Sun News) With more than half a million South Carolinians expected to travel during the Thanksgiving holiday, the S.C. Insurance News Service offered tips to secure your home from burglars. us.rd.yahoo.com
Wildfires highlight lack of mobile home insurance (The Sacramento Bee) As fire tore through Oakridge Mobile Home Park in Sylmar on Friday, some of its residents likely knew they would bear the entire burden of rebuilding. About 500 mobile homes were destroyed in the fire. While it's unclear how many were uninsured, about one-fourth of mobile homes statewide – 82,000 – don't carry insurance, according to a Bee analysis of 2007 census data. Another 200,000 houses ... us.rd.yahoo.com
(AFX UK Focus) 2008-11-20 13:58 FDIC home loan plan may get TARP funds soon - Bair (Interactive Investor) BALTIMORE, Nov 20 (Reuters) - The chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp said she expects the agency will be able to get funds from the $700 billion bailout fund to launch its proposed home loan modification program "very quickly." Chairman Sheila Bair has proposed preventing about 1.5 million foreclosures under a plan that would reward participating lenders by sharing the cost of ... us.rd.yahoo.com
Soaring prices hit home (Pretoria News) South Africans are cashing in their insurance policies, borrowing heavily, cancelling holidays and swopping eating out for entertaining at home this Christmas. us.rd.yahoo.com
Local funeral home to represent insurance firm (The Daily Ardmoreite) Equity Life Association announced Owens Ragsdale Funeral Home is representing them in the Ardmore area. us.rd.yahoo.com
Home for holidays may just be a wish for Mustang woman (The Oklahoman) MUSTANG — Callie Watson stood ankle deep in the charred rubble that once was her house. She said she’s praying for a miracle. Two weeks ago, Watson lost her home of almost 25 years to a fire. She wants to have a home for her family by Christmas, but she has no insurance to help her rebuild, she said."Everything has been reduced to a ball of ashes, even the icebox melted,” Watson said.Watson is ... us.rd.yahoo.com
SoCal Fires Strike Those Who Often Reject Insurance (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) LOS ANGELES----Mobile home owners and renters often choose to go without property insurance, potentially exposing them to catastrophic losses such as those suffered in Southern California’s weekend firestorms. us.rd.yahoo.com
Insurance Savings (WKYT Lexington) In our third savvy shopper segment, insurance could be a place where you could save big bucks. That is, if you follow a couple of simple steps. us.rd.yahoo.com
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