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Letter
Writing Tips Early on in a claim, most people do not need to
get an attorney involved for writing simple letters to the insurance
company. Sending a letter on an attorney’s letterhead can raise red flags
at the insurance company. If the insurance company thinks you’re
represented by an attorney, they can no longer talk to you directly. Until
the time that an attorney is clearly needed, stick to these simple letter
writing tips. When writing to your insurance company, a brief,
non-threatening letter tends to have the best results. Ask your question
or make your statement in as few words as possible. If you can ask or say
it in one sentence, you have probably written the perfect letter.
Too many words gives the insurance company too many words to possibly use
against you rather than for you. A
letter could be, in its entirety, “You promised to send a payment check in
the amount of $ XX,XXX a week ago. I have not received it.
When can I expect to receive the payment? Thank you for your prompt
attention.” Or, you could write, “I received a copy of your edited
compilation of my personal property inventory. I noticed that you
deducted excessive and unreasonable depreciation from many of our
items. Please correct the depreciated amounts or set up an
appointment with me to properly assess the depreciated amounts.
Thank you for your prompt attention in this matter.”
The following is another example of an effective,
one sentence letter that conveys the message and gets the job
done: [Date]
Policy:
[Policy
number] Dear [Adjuster or Adjuster’s
supervisor]: Please send us a copy of our entire
insurance policy since our records were lost in the recent
fire. Sincerely, [Your
name] ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Christmas
Schedule If you an urgent situation, please call to make a
one-on-one appointment 818-216-0123. Happy Holidays!!! ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Power line
foes near victory, but still angry at SDG&E
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20081213-9999-1m13line.html
______________________________________________________________________________________________ [ Tony
Nisich is available now to troubleshoot problems for residents beginning
to rebuild after the Tea
Fire. ______________________________________________________________________________________________ National
Disaster Fund Group Expects Backing From
Obama Leaders
of ProtectingAmerica.org, [launched with major support by Allstate] a
group that has been campaigning for a federally backed national
catastrophe program, said they expect more success with the arrival of the
Obama administration. [Read
more HERE
] ______________________________________________________________________________________________ [With the
rains upon us again, I thought it was prudent to repeat the debris flow
warnings] After a fire, watch out for
debris flow!
There is a video about Debris Flow available
online by the USGS There is a really good book that has a good
chapter on the This is a very serious threat and
not just for people who live in areas hit by fires this year. Debris flows
can happen even years after
a fire. Two months after the Old Fire (that we were
effected by) two people were killed during debris flow on Christmas Day.
Here is a video from someone who lived in the area: ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Marek Fire
Victims Say They Have Been
Forgotten LAKE VIEW
TERRACE -- About 40 residents of a small trailer park that was hit hard in
the Marek Fire claim government aid is predominantly going to the 500
residents of a 'swanky' mobile home park that burned down in the Sayre
fire a month later. http://www.ktla.com/landing/?Marek-Fire-Victims-Say-They-Have-Been-Fo=1&blockID=161592&feedID=171
______________________________________________________________________________________________ "... all of a sudden you realize how much you
lost. Everything was gone and until I see it coming back, I didn't
really realize the loss that we had had, it was 40 years of memories that
are gone, 40 years of some things we'll never get back again. But yet
I still feel that we're blessed to be in this place. It's just your heart
aches for those things that you've lost." Pamela Muntz, ______________________________________________________________________________________________ ... Help CARe provide
assistance to disaster survivors and continue our free
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