Insurance rate for "Fortified" construction in Louisiana
We are very pleased to learn that Doug Jones in Baton Rouge through American National Insurance Company and American National Property Casualty Company offers insurance coverage under the "Fortified" plan. Subject to qualifications, this plan offers a 25% discount and guarantees that the second buyer of the home will get the same coverage.
Please contact him for full details as follows:
Doug Jones, Agent
111863 Market Place Ave, Suite A
Baton Rouge, LA 70816
Baton Rouge Office: 225-291-3386
Alexandria Office: 318-448-8302
Toll free: 866-332-883
Fax: 225-291-3384
Email: doug@anicobr.com
Web site: www.anpac.com
“Partners From Heaven In 2007 ” ……. YOU, The Doug Jones’ Agency & American National
PRELIMINARY SUMMARY OF REQUIREMENTS
1. The plans must be reviewed and approved by a qualified engineer prior to construction.
2. The building must be inspected during the construction phase to confirm the home was built as designed.
3. The building must be twenty (20) feet above sea level.
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We are very pleased and appreciate the work by Representaive Tim Burns in authoring HR 170. http://www.vobb.com/government/Louisiana-House-Representatives-HR-170.pdf
"To urge and request the Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation to grant discounts based upon new developments in building technology." Many thanks to Rep Tim Burns: |
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(Note: VOBB can not provide any engineering, architectural or insurance services by law, as we are not registered to provide these professional services.}
As per the USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/housing/2007-07-24-katrina-real-estate_N.htm?csp=34
By Kathy Chu, USA TODAY
New Orleans home sellers struggle
"Insurance has never been the type of thing that would make or break the
decision (to buy a house), but now it is," says Peter Ricchiuti, a former
assistant Louisiana state treasurer who teaches at Tulane University's
business school.
Yet the high price of homeowners insurance "is the single most important
factor in the decrease in sales," he says: "In most of the USA, insurance is
secondary, or an afterthought. On the coast, the cost of insurance has
driven up mortgage payments to the point where it's not affordable."
Atchison, who owns an agency in Biloxi, says some clients who have sought a
$400,000-to-$500,000 home on the coast have received insurance quotes of
$10,000 to $12,000 a year - up to three times what they'd have paid before
Katrina.
The Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation is a nonprofit organization created to provide insurance products for residential and commercial property applicants who are in good faith entitled, but unable, to procure insurance through the voluntary insurance marketplace. Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation will:
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Please contact a qualified
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