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Home Fire Property Damage
South Carolina property damage can come in a number of ways and from various sources. South Carolina is well-known as a favorite landing spot for hurricanes – but the kinds of catastrophic events that cause damage to our friends and neighbors are much more varied than just hurricanes. Some South Carolina homeowner insurance claims can be from a single event such as a home fire, while others, as we recently witnessed with Hurricane Irene, can be more complex with wind damage and flooding.
It is important to have an experienced local SC Public Adjuster on your side to provide you with adequate information to maximize your claim. We’re not talking about getting more than you deserve, we’re talking about getting the full benefit of the South Carolina homeowner policy premium that you’ve been paying for years. All too many times, the insurance company’s claims adjuster has a heavy workload and can overlook small items, and even some large ones occasionally, that can add up to a major undervalue problem when it comes time to either repair or rebuild your South Carolina damaged property.
An insurance company claim adjuster’s paycheck comes from the insurance company, so the insurance company claim adjuster has no real reason to do a lot of behind the scenes digging that may be crucial to your claim. For the same reason one doesn’t use the same lawyer as a spouse in a divorce, it just makes good sense to get your OWN advocate in an South Carolina property loss claim.
Let’s look at some of the causes of South Carolina property damage and where American Property Loss local Public Adjuster SC can help you!
Perils, Property Loss Causes and local SC Public Adjusters
A peril, as referred to in an insurance policy, is a cause of SC property loss, such as fire or theft. A South Carolina homeowners policy typically provides coverage for the perils of fire, lightning, and extended coverage. Extended coverage includes coverage for the perils of windstorm, hail, explosion, riot, civil commotion, aircraft, vehicles, smoke, vandalism, malicious mischief, theft, and breakage of glass. Learn more about each peril and how your homeowners insurance policy might handle it.
Hurricane Irene - Damaged Mobile Home in Oriental NC
SC Hurricane Damage Insurance Claims
Hurricanes usually leave whole areas and regions devastated with property damage ranging from, as simple as roof damage, to as severe as complete loss of property. A hurricane is a powerful tropical storm that can produce violent winds, incredible waves, torrential rains and floods. South Carolina is a common target for hurricanes as we saw with Hurricane Irene property damage claims in 2011.
SC Tornado Damage Insurance Claims
Violent storms that leave a swath of property damage and death behind them. Tornadoes occur most frequently in an area called “Tornado Alley,” a strip of land running from Texas South to Minnesota. However, tornadoes can occur in any state, with wind speeds reaching 200+ miles per hour.
SC Fire Damage Insurance Claims
Every year, thousands of homes suffer from fire, soot or smoke damage. Fire in its most common form can result in a blaze, which has the potential to cause physical damage through burning.
SC Lightning Damage Insurance Claims
Often the cause of fires or damage to electrical systems and other parts of a house, lightning is caused when storm clouds cool below a certain temperature, and positive and negative electrical charges in the clouds’ water vapor separate from top to bottom. A single lightning strike can damage all electrical components in a home as well as start a fire.
SC Wildfire Damage Insurance Claims
A wildfire is an unplanned and uncontrolled fire that occurs in the areas where woods and homes overlap. These are not single home fires, but larger firestorms that can threaten multiple homes, and typically burn many acres of forest. Due to ongoing drought conditions in South Carolina, we are seeing a rise in these types of South Carolina property damage claims.
SC Flood Damage Insurance Claims
Devastating floods occur throughout the U.S. every year. Floods cause billions of dollars in property damage in the U.S. every year.
Water Damage Property Loss
SC Hail Damage Insurance Claims
Hail is the result of water droplets that freeze and fall to the ground as chunks of ice, also called stones. The larger the stones, the more harm they can cause to people and property.
SC Ice Damage Insurance Claims
Ice damage can occur when water gets blocked by an ice dam in downspouts or any other way that prevents water from draining from the rooftop. When the temperature drops again, the water refreezes and backs up into the shingles causing roof damage, indoor leaks, mold and mildew and more. In South Carolina, we are frequently hit with freezing rain that can build up on exposed surfaces and cause major problems!
Earthquake Damage Insurance Claims
An earthquake is a sudden, rapid shaking of the Earth that can cause damage to property from ground movement, fire, or even sprinkler leakage. South Carolina is not a hotspot for earthquakes.
Power Outage
Power outages can occur in several ways—weather related, or not. The short-circuiting of electrical wiring, as in a lightning strike or a power overload, may interrupt electricity in your home. Water seeping onto electrical wires or into junction boxes, or falling tree limbs breaking a power line can also cause an outage. Food spoilage is an obvious type of loss due to power outages.
Vandalism/Other
Vandalism has different forms. One is graffiti, which could be in a form of written words or paintings made on the wall without the owner’s consent. Insurance policies also cover theft but there are a lot of limitations for such incident. Vacant homes have different coverage and more limitations than those which are occupied. Vacant homes have higher probabilities of being vandalized or robbed. You should inform your insurance company when you are planning to vacate your house, so that you will be able to discuss your options.
