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Do I Really Need a Public Adjuster? Won’t I Save Money by Doing This Myself?

After experiencing damage to their home or property, many homeowners start the rebuilding process by calling their insurance company, filing a claim, and working with the insurance company’s adjuster to determine how much the insurance company will pay them. For a minor claim with a relatively low dollar value, this process can work well. However, […]

Lightning Hit My Home! Will My Insurance Cover This?

The temperature of a lightning bolt can be as hot as 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit, five times hotter than the surface of the sun[1], so it’s no wonder they can cause such devastation. According to the Insurance Information Institute, in 2021, Florida property owners made 5,339 insurance claims for lightning strikes, the highest of any state […]

Reopening A Closed Insurance Claim

After your home experienced a significant adverse event, the insurance company paid your claim, you cashed the check and started on the repair work. But perhaps by the time you completed the repairs, the actual costs to repair your home or replace the broken items exceeded your insurance compensation?  Or, perhaps during the reconstruction process, […]

How to Prepare for a Hurricane

Hurricane season is here again. These powerful storms cause billions of dollars of destruction in just a few hours. It can take significantly longer for insurance claims for hurricane damage to be resolved than other types of claims due to the large number of policy holders simultaneously making high dollar value claims. Your best defense […]

Keep Your Home Safe While You Are Away

The weather is starting to sizzle, so vacation season must be here! Whether you are moving back up north for the summer to escape the heat or visiting family for a long weekend, you need to safeguard your home while you are away. As one of Florida’s leading public adjusters, our team at Get Paid […]

What To Do If Your Business or Home is Vandalized

As you are pulling up, you immediately see that the windows have been completely broken. Shards of glass are everywhere. The inside has been ransacked and covered in graffiti. Waves of panic set in – who did this? How long will it take to clean up? Will my insurance cover this? If your business or […]

The Telltale Signs of Water Damage

The prospect of water damage is terrifying to most homeowners, as it should be – it is the second most frequent loss, topped only by wind and hail claims.  Moreover, the value of the average water damage claim is more than $11,000. How can you tell if your home has water damage? Make sure to […]

Don’t Fall for These Insurance Company Tricks

The primary objective of a homeowners insurance company is to protect you financially in the event of a disaster – right? Wrong! The primary objective is actually to return a profit to their shareholders. When an insurance company pays out a large number of high value claims, that reduces their profitability. So, even though you […]

Fire and Smoke Damage

There are few situations in life scarier than a home fire. Get Paid For Your Claim understands just how devastating a home fire can be. We have helped thousands of homeowners secure funding from their insurance companies to rebuild their lives. If you are the victim of a home fire, call Get Paid For Your […]

Cast Iron Pipes

Was your house built during or before the 1970s? If so, your house may be sitting on a ticking timebomb – cast iron pipes. This type of pipe was regularly installed in Florida’s houses for decades. However, there is a risk that they can literally destroy your home from the ground up. This year alone, […]