Insurers advised customers along the East coast to be prepared for a swipe from Tropical Storm Hanna, meanwhile a catastrophe modeler forecasted that Hurricane Ike may be a bigger concern by next week.

Several insurers issued statements today advising their customers that they are prepared to respond to policyholder's claims reports resulting from a series of tropical storms that are lined up in the Atlantic and aiming for the East coast.

Liberty Mutual Group's regional companies, Ohio Casualty and Montgomery Insurance, said customers in Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia need to be ready with an emergency plan that includes evacuation route, supplies, protection of essential documents, contacts and home preparation.

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