What To Do After Storm Damage

• Take pictures of the damage to the business and to its contents.

• Start making a list of items that were in your business that cannot be found or were destroyed.

• Keep all receipts for hurricane related expenses.

• Find your Business Insurance Policy or request a copy from your agent or insurance company.

• Keep written records of any contact with your insurance company, the adjuster or the agent.

• Save all paperwork you receive from your insurance company, the adjuster or the agent.

• Return to your business only after the authorities advise you that it is safe to do so.

Additional Post-Storm Damage Information

• Avoid loose or dangling power lines and report them immediately to the Power Company, police, or fire department.

• Enter your business with caution. Beware of snakes, insects, and animals driven to higher ground by flood water.

• Open windows and doors to ventilate and dry your business.

• Drive only if absolutely necessary and avoid flooded roads and washed-out bridges.

• Use telephone only for emergency calls.

• If you smell gas or hear a hissing noise, open a window, quickly leave and call the gas company.

• If you see sparks or broken or frayed wires turn off the electricity at the main breaker. If you have to step in water to get to the fuse box or circuit breaker, call an electrician first.

• Check for sewage and water line damage. If you suspect damage avoid using the toilets and call a plumber.

• If water pipes are damaged, contact the water company and avoid the water from the tap

Be Aware

If you need to stay at a hotel and/or buy food because your home is not fit to live in due to the hurricane, your insurer should reimburse you.

Removal of trees and other debris should be paid for by your insurer.

 If someone else’s tree did damage to your home or property, your insurance should cover the cost of repair.

Damage to your car should be covered by your auto insurance.

If you replace any damaged property – such as your TV, computer, DVD player, etc. – your insurer should pay for the full cost of replacement.

When insurance company refuse to pay legitimate Orlando, Central Florida & Statewide Storm Damage claims,  makes inadequate claim settlement offers which are less than they knows the claim is actually worth, or denies a claim without adequate investigation, call an experienced Orlando, Florida & Statewide Storm Damage Attorney / Lawyer at Cohen • Battisti @ (407) 478-4878 for a free and confidential case review.

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