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<title>Mold Remediation Companies Restore the Home’s Health</title>
<description>Mold Remediation Companies Restore the Home’s Health

Recent verdicts in favor of mold remediation companies who have been targeted by homeowners seeking compensation for mold-related illnesses and property damages are validating what we’ve been say...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_686213_17.html</link>
<pubDate>12th November 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Why Insurance Fraud Hurts Us All</title>
<description>When anyone commits insurance fraud, be it a one-time padding of a personal insurance claim or a conspiracy to submit false or inflated invoices in an effort to boost profits, guess who pays the ultimate price? The consumer. Sure, the insurance company ma...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_670534_19.html</link>
<pubDate>21st October 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Why Insurance Fraud Hurts Us All</title>
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When anyone commits insurance fraud, be it a one-time padding of a personal insurance claim or a conspiracy to submit false or inflated invoices in an effort to boost profits, guess who pays the ultimate price? The consumer. Sure, the insurance compan...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_670078_19.html</link>
<pubDate>21st October 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Drip, Drip, Drip - You've Got Water Damage!</title>
<description>While floods get all the headlines, water damage affects homeowners across the nation - even in times of good weather. Your home is filled with potential sources of water damage. After all, thousands of feet of pipe circulate water through your home, to t...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_666045_27.html</link>
<pubDate>15th October 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Drip, Drip, Drip – You’ve Got Water Damage!</title>
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While floods get all the headlines, water damage affects homeowners across the nation – even in times of good weather. Your home is filled with potential sources of water damage. After all, thousands of feet of pipe circulate water through your home, ...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_665249_53.html</link>
<pubDate>14th October 2008</pubDate>
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<title>What Do You Need To Know About Flood Clean-Up?</title>
<description>What Do You Need To Know About Flood Clean-Up?

Record flooding throughout the United States followed by a new round of monster hurricanes has Americans wondering what’s next – and will the levees hold?

Whether you live in a flood plain, marshlan...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_647767_27.html</link>
<pubDate>24th September 2008</pubDate>
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<title>What Do You Need To Know About Flood Clean-Up?   </title>
<description>What Do You Need To Know About Flood Clean-Up?

Record flooding throughout the United States followed by a new round of monster hurricanes has Americans wondering what’s next – and will the levees hold?

Whether you live in a flood plain, marshlan...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_647748_53.html</link>
<pubDate>24th September 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Lights Out – Not If You Have Emergency Power Restoration Plan</title>
<description>With another major hurricane battering the Gulf and Atlantic coasts come questions about electric power and restoration, generators, portable power plants, and other means of getting by. Whether it’s a hurricane, earthquake, heat wave, natural disaster,...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_645179_27.html</link>
<pubDate>23rd September 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Water Damage Restoration and Your Insurance Company</title>
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Whether your water heater fell over, the kids forgot to turn off the bathtub faucet, the normally serene river down the road has burst its bank, or a 24-foot storm surge has wiped out your home, water damage happens. In fact, that’s why many homeown...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_644197_18.html</link>
<pubDate>22nd September 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Water Damage Restoration and Your Insurance Company</title>
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Whether your water heater fell over, the kids forgot to turn off the bathtub faucet, the normally serene river down the road has burst its bank, or a 24-foot storm surge has wiped out your home, water damage happens. In fact, that’s why many homeown...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_644193_18.html</link>
<pubDate>22nd September 2008</pubDate>
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<title>San Bernardino</title>
<description>San Bernardino

The county of San Bernardino is located in sunny, southern California. This huge county, which spans over 20,000 square miles, consists of mountain, foothill, and desert communities. Though geographically close to the greater Los Angeles...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_632150_33.html</link>
<pubDate>09th September 2008</pubDate>
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<title>San Bernardino</title>
<description>San Bernardino

The county of San Bernardino is located in sunny, southern California. This huge county, which spans over 20,000 square miles, consists of mountain, foothill, and desert communities. Though geographically close to the greater Los Angeles...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_632142_53.html</link>
<pubDate>09th September 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Hurricane Response Teams-Who are These Responders?</title>
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What happens once a hurricane makes landfall and then slowly moves on? The various hurricane response teams spring into action. Like a well-oiled machine, these teams know their purpose and carry out their missions. Whether the responders are focused ...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_631251_22.html</link>
<pubDate>09th September 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Hurricane Response Teams-Who are These Responders?</title>
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What happens once a hurricane makes landfall and then slowly moves on? The various hurricane response teams spring into action. Like a well-oiled machine, these teams know their purpose and carry out their missions. Whether the responders are focused on...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_631249_53.html</link>
<pubDate>09th September 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Perfect Conditions Make for Perfect Storms - How Hurricanes Form</title>
<description>If you've ever wondered why hurricanes arrive like clockwork during "hurricane season," it's because conditions are just right. With the warm waters of late summer, low pressure systems, and other conditions in place, hurricanes are born.

Hurricanes st...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_630437_22.html</link>
<pubDate>09th September 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Look What Crawled out from the Storm Debris Pile – A Scoundrel!</title>
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Everyone knows that hurricanes and major storms bring with them a rising tide of floodwaters, torrential rains, and high winds. The damage left behind is measured in millions, if not billions, of dollars. While many well meaning people and legitimate co...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_630364_15.html</link>
<pubDate>09th September 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Look What Crawled out from the Storm Debris Pile – A Scoundrel!</title>
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Everyone knows that hurricanes and major storms bring with them a rising tide of flood waters, torrential rains, and high winds. The damage left behind is measured in millions, if not billions, of dollars. While many well meaning people and legitimate c...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_630361_15.html</link>
<pubDate>09th September 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Perfect Conditions Make for Perfect Storms – How Hurricanes Form</title>
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If you’ve ever wondered why hurricanes arrive like clockwork during “hurricane season,” it’s because conditions are just right. With the warm waters of late summer, low pressure systems, and other conditions in place, hurricanes are born. 

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<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_629953_12.html</link>
<pubDate>09th September 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Perfect Conditions Make for Perfect Storms – How Hurricanes Form</title>
<description>If you’ve ever wondered why hurricanes arrive like clockwork during “hurricane season,” it’s because conditions are just right. With the warm waters of late summer, low pressure systems, and other conditions in place, hurricanes are born. 

Hurr...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_629947_53.html</link>
<pubDate>09th September 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Yolo County Flooding</title>
<description>Yolo County, California has a history of flooding including levee breaks, Cache Creek overflows, and numerous floods along the waterways surrounding Yolo county communities such as Davis, Winters, West Sacramento, and Woodland. Like most of the areas near...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_628570_27.html</link>
<pubDate>08th September 2008</pubDate>
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<title>How to document your way to a bigger insurance check</title>
<description>We've said it before, and we'll say it again: document, document, document. This is the key to getting a bigger insurance check. After all, the burden of proof is on you, not the insurance company. So, how do you document your way to a bigger insurance ch...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_628164_19.html</link>
<pubDate>08th September 2008</pubDate>
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<title>How to document your way to a bigger insurance check </title>
<description>How to document your way to a bigger insurance check

We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: document, document, document. This is the key to getting a bigger insurance check. After all, the burden of proof is on you, not the insurance compan...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_627823_19.html</link>
<pubDate>08th September 2008</pubDate>
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<title>How to document your way to a bigger insurance check</title>
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We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: document, document, document. This is the key to getting a bigger insurance check. After all, the burden of proof is on you, not the insurance company. So, how do you document your way to a bigger insu...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_627812_19.html</link>
<pubDate>08th September 2008</pubDate>
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<title>The adjuster has the last word, right? Wrong!</title>
<description>Most people have been brought up to respect authority and follow the rules. For example, if the bank officer says that interest rates on six-month CDs are 3%, you accept that. Likewise, if your child's teacher tells you that your child needs to work on pe...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_626386_19.html</link>
<pubDate>08th September 2008</pubDate>
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<title>The adjuster has the last word, right? Wrong! </title>
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Most people have been brought up to respect authority and follow the rules. For example, if the bank officer says that interest rates on six-month CDs are 3%, you accept that. Likewise, if your child’s teacher tells you that your child needs to work o...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_626088_19.html</link>
<pubDate>08th September 2008</pubDate>
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<title>The adjuster has the last word, right? Wrong!</title>
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Most people have been brought up to respect authority and follow the rules. For example, if the bank officer says that interest rates on six-month CDs are 3%, you accept that. Likewise, if your child’s teacher tells you that your child needs to work...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_626085_38.html</link>
<pubDate>08th September 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Dry the Mold Monster Away!</title>
<description>What's always lurking, just out of sight, waiting to spring up at a moment's notice and rear its ugly head? No, it's not the boogeyman. It's something even scarier: the mold monster. We all know that the boogeyman likes to hide under our beds and is reall...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_625356_27.html</link>
<pubDate>08th September 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Water Damage Repair Requires Quick Cleanup</title>
<description>If you're faced with a soggy, water damaged home or vehicle, time is of the essence. You don't have the leisure of "getting around to it on the weekend." The window of time for drying out the home or car and cleaning up the mess left behind is narrow. In ...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_625216_27.html</link>
<pubDate>08th September 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Dry the Mold Monster Away!</title>
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What’s always lurking, just out of sight, waiting to spring up at a moment’s notice and rear its ugly head? No, it’s not the boogeyman. It’s something even scarier: the mold monster. We all know that the boogeyman likes to hide under our beds ...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_625131_53.html</link>
<pubDate>08th September 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Water Damage Repair Requires Quick Cleanup </title>
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If you’re faced with a soggy, water damaged home or vehicle, time is of the essence. You don’t have the leisure of “getting around to it on the weekend.” The window of time for drying out the home or car and cleaning up the mess left behind is...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_624247_27.html</link>
<pubDate>08th September 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Water Damage Repair Requires Quick Cleanup  </title>
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If you’re faced with a soggy, water damaged home or vehicle, time is of the essence. You don’t have the leisure of “getting around to it on the weekend.” The window of time for drying out the home or car and cleaning up the mess left behind is n...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_624243_27.html</link>
<pubDate>08th September 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Yolo County Flooding</title>
<description>Yolo County, California has a history of flooding including levee breaks, Cache Creek overflows, and numerous floods along the waterways surrounding Yolo county communities such as Davis, Winters, West Sacramento, and Woodland. Like most of the areas near...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_622846_33.html</link>
<pubDate>05th September 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Hurricane Gustav Recovery</title>
<description>Swollen rivers know no boundaries. When the snow begins to melt or heavy rains begin to fall, rivers flow, often with a vengeance. Along the border states, floodwaters go where gravity takes them and now, the Dryout Network is set to follow. Dryout is a U...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_622293_81.html</link>
<pubDate>05th September 2008</pubDate>
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<title>It's your insurance claim; you should get paid for the whole thing!</title>
<description>If you're in the midst of filing an insurance claim, you're likely ready to accept a check from your insurance adjuster and move on. After all, filling out forms and living in a state of chaos is no fun. You want the stress to end and the ability to make ...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_622054_19.html</link>
<pubDate>05th September 2008</pubDate>
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<title>It’s your insurance claim; you should get paid for the whole thing!</title>
<description>If you’re in the midst of filing an insurance claim, you’re likely ready to accept a check from your insurance adjuster and move on. After all, filling out forms and living in a state of chaos is no fun. You want the stress to end and the ability to m...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_621919_19.html</link>
<pubDate>05th September 2008</pubDate>
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<title>It’s your insurance claim; you should get paid for the whole thing!</title>
<description>If you’re in the midst of filing an insurance claim, you’re likely ready to accept a check from your insurance adjuster and move on. After all, filling out forms and living in a state of chaos is no fun. You want the stress to end and the ability to m...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_621918_19.html</link>
<pubDate>05th September 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Hurricane Gustav Cleanup Begins</title>
<description>The nation has learned a great deal since Hurricane Katrina set her sights on the City of New Orleans. A second monster, Hurricane Gustav, put the Gulf Coast on alert just three short years later. With the lessons learned still lingering, a mass exodus to...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_619424_35.html</link>
<pubDate>04th September 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Hurricane Gustav Cleanup Begins </title>
<description>The nation has learned a great deal since Hurricane Katrina set her sights on the City of New Orleans. A second monster, Hurricane Gustav, put the Gulf Coast on alert just three short years later. With the lessons learned still lingering, a mass exodus to...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_619265_53.html</link>
<pubDate>04th September 2008</pubDate>
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<title>How to Boost your Insurance Payout on Property Damage Claims</title>
<description>Filing property damage claims is a complex process that often results in the property owner being shortchanged. First and foremost, insurance companies are for-profit businesses. They aren't in the business for fun; they're in the business to make money. ...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_615086_19.html</link>
<pubDate>02nd September 2008</pubDate>
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<title>How to Boost your Insurance Payout on Property Damage Claims</title>
<description>Filing property damage claims is a complex process that often results in the property owner being shortchanged. First and foremost, insurance companies are for-profit businesses. They aren’t in the business for fun; they’re in the business to make mon...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_614713_19.html</link>
<pubDate>02nd September 2008</pubDate>
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<title>How to Boost your Insurance Payout on Property Damage Claims</title>
<description>Filing property damage claims is a complex process that often results in the property owner being shortchanged. First and foremost, insurance companies are for-profit businesses. They aren’t in the business for fun; they’re in the business to make mon...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_614706_19.html</link>
<pubDate>02nd September 2008</pubDate>
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<title>The Insurance Claim Game</title>
<description>If you've never had to file an insurance claim, consider yourself lucky - in more ways than one. While it's terrific that you haven't suffered a loss significant enough to file a claim, you're also lucky not to have had to suffer through the insurance cla...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_614348_19.html</link>
<pubDate>02nd September 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Do I need Flood Insurance?</title>
<description>Did you know that your homeowners insurance does not cover water damage due to natural flooding? Overflowing rivers, tidal surges, city storm drain backups, and storm driven rain may flood your home but unless you have specific coverage against these peri...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_613350_19.html</link>
<pubDate>01st September 2008</pubDate>
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<title>The Insurance Claim Game</title>
<description>If you’ve never had to file an insurance claim, consider yourself lucky – in more ways than one. While it’s terrific that you haven’t suffered a loss significant enough to file a claim, you’re also lucky not to have had to suffer through the ins...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_613267_19.html</link>
<pubDate>01st September 2008</pubDate>
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<title>The Insurance Claim Game</title>
<description>If you’ve never had to file an insurance claim, consider yourself lucky – in more ways than one. While it’s terrific that you haven’t suffered a loss significant enough to file a claim, you’re also lucky not to have had to suffer through the ins...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_613265_19.html</link>
<pubDate>01st September 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Water Damage and How it Affects Homes</title>
<description>Drip, drip, drip . . . gurgle, gurgle, gurgle . . . sploosh! Whether water gets into your home due to seepage, a slow leak, a plumbing accident, or a natural disaster, one thing is for certain: water damage. In fact, long after the water's been drained aw...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_612203_27.html</link>
<pubDate>01st September 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Water Damage and How it Affects Homes</title>
<description>Drip, drip, drip . . . gurgle, gurgle, gurgle . . . sploosh! Whether water gets into your home due to seepage, a slow leak, a plumbing accident, or a natural disaster, one thing is for certain: water damage. In fact, long after the water’s been drained ...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_611948_27.html</link>
<pubDate>31st August 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Water Damage and How it Affects Homes</title>
<description>Drip, drip, drip . . . gurgle, gurgle, gurgle . . . sploosh! Whether water gets into your home due to seepage, a slow leak, a plumbing accident, or a natural disaster, one thing is for certain: water damage. In fact, long after the water’s been drained ...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_611917_53.html</link>
<pubDate>30th August 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Do I need Flood Insurance?</title>
<description>Did you know that your homeowners insurance does not cover water damage due to natural flooding? Overflowing rivers, tidal surges, city storm drain backups, and storm driven rain may flood your home but unless you have specific coverage against these peri...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_607717_19.html</link>
<pubDate>22nd August 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Insurance and Water Damage Claims</title>
<description>Water damage in the home is often covered by homeowners insurance. For example, insurance may cover your losses due to a burst pipe or leaking appliance. However, if your home is flooded because a nearby river overflowed its banks, you're on your own (unl...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_601882_19.html</link>
<pubDate>17th August 2008</pubDate>
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