source: BFD’s BerkeleyFiresafe.org
BFD’s website
BFD’s website, BerkeleyFiresafe.org, has an insurance section.
This section is worth reading in its entirety.
- In face of the radical increase in insurance non-renewals in some local zip codes, BFD suggests two paths to improve chances to keep our policies:
- certify your home through the new IBHS certification program (WildFire Prepared Home Base designation)
- Implement the 10 recommendations from Safer from Wildfire program of the CA Department of Insurance
- It discusses how to deal best with a non-renewal, and, in case of failure, how to shop for insurance
- It provides lists of resources, also covered here
CalFire’s website
Calfire’s wildfire website, https://readyforwildfire.org/, also has an insurance section focused on insurance preparedness for wildfire.
The insurance section has three primary areas:
- how to do an insurance checkup, to make sure you are adequately covered
- how to do a home inventory, to facilitate filing a claim after a disaster
- how to deal with non-renewal. The nonrenewal tips are solid and worth reading.
In fact, the whole insurance section is worth reading 