Can anyone give me some tips about dealing with insurance co when theres a house fire?
December 10th, 2010
Question by Isa: Can anyone give me some tips about dealing with insurance co when theres a house fire?
My Dad’s house just caught on fire yesterday and nearly burned down. I just want to make sure we handle everything correctly – as no one in our family has ever dealt with anything like this… Are there any tips anyone can give me? Where he can get extra assistance from? How best to handle the insurance co? Any tips… Thank you
Best answer:
Answer by dreaminbig
I accidently erased my lengthier responce by accident, sorry, so in brief:
- Your insurance parameters are already set, but I was reminded, through my own house fire recovery process, I am the customer and it is up to me to ask for what I want or ask the questions I want.
- You may find it necessary to gently remind people that this is your home and you are the ONLY boss in this the process.
- My insurance covered all cost so the financial end was not as hard to deal with, but I did ask for help from the Red Cross who provided us with toiletries and $ 150 for clothing, very generous organization.
-The most important part of the recovery is you and your families emotional and physical recovery. I went through several month where I would want to cry for no reason and I became concerned I was loosing it, and honestly even writing this bring tears to my eyes. What this turn out to be was my body physical reaction to the emotional stress, so you are not going crazy. remember other people around you are feeling the same stress so now is the time to work harder at not taking out on others if you do the fire is beating you down and its time for a vacation, seriously.
Finally do not measure the fire recovery process in time, recovery is about finding a healthy way to get back what was taken from you while coming out with more than you loss.
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