How to Insure a Kit Car in Massachusetts
Written by Melissa Baker on September 21, 2010 – 12:45 amInstructions
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Get an appraisal for your vehicle. Because you have built this vehicle from the ground up, you will need to get an expert to certify the value in writing. He will take into account the condition of the car as well as any special components or parts that you have added to the vehicle. Be sure to use a local appraiser from Massachusetts as the values of automobiles vary slightly throughout the country based on ZIP code.
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Contact an insurance company that specializes in kit cars and hobbyist items. Both companies Hagerty and American Collectors specialize in insurance for collectible and kit cars. They provide insurance nationwide. Also, Liberty Mutual, which is located in Massachusetts, will provide kit car insurance as well.
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Purchase an insurance policy. Using the appraisal, insure your vehicle for the value as well as the minimum collision requirements according to Massachusetts state law.
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Is Car Insurance Required in New Hampshire?
Written by Melissa Baker on September 19, 2010 – 6:35 pm- New Hampshire drivers are required to either be financially responsible for out-of-pocket auto insurance coverage or possess a state-required auto insurance minimum. According to CarInsurance.com, most New Hampshire drivers choose to purchase the insurance.
- Deemed a 25/50/25 insurance liability state, New Hampshire drivers that opt to buy car insurance must purchase a minimum of $25,000 to cover the damages if they injure one person, $50,000 if multiple persons are injured and $25,000 to cover property damages.
- New Hampshire drivers must also purchase uninsured motorist protection if they do not opt-out of auto insurance. The state’s minimum requirements for uninsured motorist coverage are a respective $25,000 and $50,000 if one or multiple persons are injured at the hands of an uninsured driver and $1,000 minimum for medical bill coverage after an accident with an uninsured driver.
Coverage Requirements
State-Required Liability Insurance Minimums
State-Required Uninsured Motorist Minimums
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Rehabilitation experts join forces to reduce claims costs
Written by Lindsay Torres on September 18, 2010 – 3:12 pmRehabilitation service providers, IPRS and Moving Minds, are joining forces to provide programmes that could improve treatments for the victims of accidents and ill health, and reduce insurers’ costs.
IPRS specialises in musculoskeletal injury management and Moving Minds in psychological rehabilitation.
The partners suggest that all too often in the past, psychological needs have gone unrecognised, delaying recovery for the patient and adding to claims costs.
However, their new approach addresses the interaction between mental and physical health issues and the firms promise “a comprehensive and seamless 360 degree assessment and treatment service for patients, ensuring an individual’s needs are met in the best possible way through evidence-based interventions”.
IPRS group chief executive, David Bingham, comments: “Working closely with Moving Minds, we are now able to offer clients advice from a unified source.”
He adds: “Further assistance in managing insurance cases can also be given to claims handlers and employers, thus easing their workload, and referrers will be made aware much earlier in the rehabilitation process of how successful the ongoing treatment is likely to be.”
Tags: Claims Costs, Costs
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Subsidence: Protecting your holiday home
Written by Kathryn Flores on September 18, 2010 – 12:45 amThe Met Office reported earlier this year that this summer has been the driest since 1964…subsidence could be a very real threat. Subsidence claims can run to tens of thousands of pounds if a property has to be underpinned or rebuilt, so it’s important that your UK holiday home insurance provides suitable protection.
Subsidence and its related perils can cause serious structural damage to a building and it’s prudent to understand just how common they may be in a given area.
Of course, this isn’t just an insurance issue. It’s typically also highly desirable to know about these risks in a location before you decide to purchase a property to begin with.
What is subsidence?
But first of all, what may cause this very-expensive-to-put-right problem?
Subsidence is more common in older houses (pre-1965 but especially Victorian homes) that have shallower foundations. Dry weath
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