Homeowners and businesses should follow these steps if their properties were damaged by this weekend's hurricane.
Picking up the pieces after a natural disaster can be difficult – especially if your property’s had heavy damage. Even if your home has been properly insured, there are still steps that need to be taken to ensure a timely response from your insurance company. Here’s some advice from the New York Insurance Department: --The first thing you should do is notify your insurance company of the loss. Although you can do this by telephone, the New York Insurance Department recommends following up in writing to create a paper trail. Remember to notify your insurer, not the broker who sold you the policy. If you do notify your broker, it’s still your responsibility to make sure he follows up with the insurer. --Protect your property. Board up broken…
Only small number of Port Washington residents are still effected by aftermath of Saturday's storm.
Port Washington is almost in the clear after this weekend's storm, which left hundreds of residents without power and many roads blocked off due to fallen trees and power lines. As of 5 p.m., of the close to 1,000 Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) customers in the Town of North Hempstead still without power, just 105 are from Port Washington, Manorhaven or Sands Point. No outages are currently being reported in Baxter Estates or Port Washington North. LIPA along with the Port Washington fire and police departments as well as Nassau County Police are working together to fix the remaining power outages. "This has been the biggest impact to our North Hempstead system since 1992," said a LIPA representative during a conference call on Monday …
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Kevin
10:24 am on Monday, November 28, 2011
Eddie and Lloyd While I aggree with both of you I hate the way the insurance industry has us "programed" to act. Make a claim and we raise your rates or drop you. The other thing in LI is being droped because you live to close to the water. I would like to go elseware for my auto insurance as I know I could do better but I also know if I "un-bundle" my auto and homeowners my homeowners will be … more ›