by Vinod Pabba | Mar 2, 2011 | Industry, Personal
For years, the North Carolina wind pool — officially known as the North Carolina Joint Underwriting Association and North Carolina Insurance Underwriting Association (NCJUA/NCIUA) — offered protection limits up to $1.5 million. In those days, agents active in the...
by Vinod Pabba | Mar 1, 2011 | Industry, Personal
Hollywood’s art thief is a suave bon vivant, a dashing type who swoops in to liberate a valuable painting from the wall of a wealthy, boorish businessman. Lurking behind the movie romance is a much grittier reality, however. A glimpse of the case files of the Los...
by Vinod Pabba | Mar 1, 2011 | Industry, Personal
Mind the gap — that is, beware the difference between the cost of purchasing an expensive home that has unique features and the cost of actually replacing that home with all the same features. That ever present gap may widen amid unstable market values, making a...
by Vinod Pabba | Mar 1, 2011 | Industry, Personal
Finding appropriate coverage for high value homes can be difficult, especially when a home’s value exceeds the underwriting guidelines or capacity in a given market. In cases involving a high-profile home, incomplete underwriting information or a negatively perceived...