Home Insurers Should Raise Deductible: Study

NU Online News Service, Sept. 14, 1:37 p.m. EDT?Home insurers should require higher deductibles and increase their loss prevention efforts to alleviate affordability problems for the line, an insurance association report suggests.[@@]

The study, titled "How to Solve the HO Availability/Affordability Crisis," was written by Bill Wilson, director of the Big "I" Virtual University. VU is an online insurance educational and informational resource program offered by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America, based in Alexandria, Va.

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