Home Value Protection to protect Oklahoma homeowners from the decline of their home prices

The Home Value Protection insurance policy – the only one in the United States offering homeowners protection from the catastrophic effects of withered home prices – has now become available to homeowners in Oklahoma. Homeowners who are covered by this policy will have a greater amount of protection for their investments, which is typically the largest they will hold in their lifetimes, as the prices of their homes continue to plummet. Oklahoma is the second state in the country that will have this unique form of insurance policy available to…

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U.S. nationwide survey shows homeowners more concerned about housing market value than natural disasters

An American survey of homeowners across the country which was completed in October 2011 showed that 58 percent of respondents feel that the largest threat to homeownership is the housing market value. This figure was larger than the combined risk perceived about the impact of hurricane (8 percent), tornado (9 percent) and fire (15 percent). When asked whether they felt that homeownership is now the American Dream or the American Nightmare, a shocking 48 percent felt that it was a Nightmare, while only 52 percent clung to the belief that…

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Independent insurance agents in Ohio flock to new insurance plan that may be a major hit with homeowners

Last month, Ohio’s Home Value Insurance Company launched a new insurance product dubbed Home Value Protection Insurance. The insurance plan is the first in the nation to provide protection against falling home prices due to a volatile market. Since announcing the plan, more than 75 independent insurance agents have applied to sell it, making Home Value Protection Insurance one of the most popular policies amongst agents in the nation. Given that the plan has no equal, there is an unprecedented opportunity for agents able to sell the product. The coverage…

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Ohio homeowners offered new insurance policy for falling housing price coverage

An insurance company based in San Francisco will be releasing a new form of coverage to homeowners in Ohio that will protect them against the risk of tumbling housing values and which will be the first of its kind in that state. Case-Shiller Home Price Index calculations will be used by Home Value Insurance Company to help to determine the policyholder’s payouts should the house be sold for a lower amount than its insured value. The insurer was founded in 2009 and is operated under the leadership of Scott Ryles,…

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