Federal rules give you at least nine months to file a written damage claim, but the process works best when you act quickly. Taking photos, saving receipts and keeping damaged items as you found them ...

A step-by-step guide for what to do if your car is damaged by a crash, flood, fire, storm, or other disaster By Benjamin ...

Dave Jones identifies himself to voters as an activist Insurance Commissioner who champions the insurance consumers’ rights. This is the guy who took on the insurance industry practice of side ...

WASHINGTON, June 18-- The office of Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Sens. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts sent a letter to Food and ...

Back in April, a big storm blew through my Missouri neighborhood, and golf ball–sized hail pounded my home with fierce intensity. A little later, I was sitting on my couch when I felt something wet ...

What do you do if your travel insurance claim takes forever to process? Peter Hoagland had to answer that question after his payment request dragged on for months. Hoagland, a consultant from ...

Michelle is a lead editor at Forbes Advisor. She has been a journalist for over 35 years, writing about insurance for consumers for the last decade. Prior to covering insurance, Michelle was a ...