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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Chronically ill patients can receive patient for life insurance from The Hartford

Chronically ill clients of The Hartford can now benefit from a new patient for life insurance system that has been awarded to the insurer, to advance the death benefit of a policy in order to offer those patients an income. For the first time in the insurance industry, consumers will be able to obtain an income from the LifeAccess Accelerated Benefit Rider® system, which provides chronically ill patients with an income that they can use for whatever they want, including paying family or friends to provide them with home care.…

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