Skip to content
Community Assisting Recovery CAReHelp Logo
Community Assisting Recovery
Survivors Helping Survivors
  • Home
  • Recover
    • Survivor’s Guide to Insurance
    • Inventory Download
    • Disaster Tax Information
  • Advice
  • Downloads
  • Be Prepared
    • Insure To Value
  • About Us
  • In The Media

Category: Insurance/Recovery Tips

Loss of Use: Reimbursement When Staying With a Friend or Relative

July 16, 2018 CARe, Inc.

Can my insurance company reimburse my friend or relative using my ALE Coverage? I had a survivor ask a question…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: Insurance/Recovery Tips Filed under: additional living expenses, ale, loss of use

Debris Removal Tips after a Total Fire Loss

CARe, Inc.

Following a total loss of your house following a fire, most people assume that the first thing you should do…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: Insurance/Recovery Tips Filed under: debris removal, fire, total loss

Initial Steps for a Successful Scope of Loss

CARe, Inc.

Each part of your loss requires a different type of documentation. The documentation for the loss of your house is…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: Insurance/Recovery Tips Filed under: documentation, dwelling, house, scope of loss

RCV, ACV and Depreciation Defined

CARe, Inc.

Following an insured loss, there are many new terms you’ll be introduced to. Three of those terms are Replacement Cost Value…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: Insurance/Recovery Tips Filed under: Actual Cash Value, ACV, depreciation, RCV, Replacement Cost Value

Tips for Creating a Personal Property Inventory

July 15, 2018 CARe, Inc.

Following an insured loss, your insurance company will likely require a Personal Property Inventory of what was lost (although sometimes…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: Insurance/Recovery Tips Filed under: advise, inventory, personal property

Examples of Additional Living Expenses

CARe, Inc.

Examples of Additional Living Expenses to “maintain your normal standard of living” Additional Living Expenses, or ALE for short, is also…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: Insurance/Recovery Tips Filed under: additional living expenses, examples, loss of use

Partial Losses: Heat, Smoke and Caustic Ash

CARe, Inc.

Partial Losses: Heat, Smoke and Caustic Ash Insurance adjusters are infamous for “not seeing” less visible damage, and using “cosmetic”…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: Insurance/Recovery Tips Filed under: ash, fire, insurance tips, partial loss, smoke

Getting your deductible back after a partial loss

June 29, 2012 CARe, Inc.

After a large scale disaster much of the attention goes to people who had total losses. We have seen those…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: Insurance/Recovery Tips Filed under: deductible, subrogation

Looking to replace a yearbook?

November 26, 2011 CARe, Inc.

If you lost a school yearbook in a fire, flood, tornado or other disaster, and would like to replace it,…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: Insurance/Recovery Tips Filed under: disaster, natural disaster, replacement, yearbook

Post navigation

Page 2 of 2
← Previous 1 2

Recent Posts

  • Closure of CARe
  • Disaster Preparedness for Non-Preppers
  • The Planning Fallacy and Recovering From Disaster
Privacy Policy
Copyright Community Assisting Recovery