Possible extended benefits for some Washington wildfire victims.

How long does it take to rebuild a home destroyed by wildfire? Especially if you can't start building until you receive a check from your insurance company. If it takes longer than a year, you might be out of luck. 

If you have insurance to cover the loss of a home, it's possible that your insurance company will only pay living expenses for a year. Now think about those living expenses coming out of your pocket while you're trying to rebuild your home and you see the problem. 

according to kxly.com,
“Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler is calling on insurance companies to extend living expense coverage to people impacted by the Gray and Oregon Road fires in Spokane County last year.” 

Well, this has got me thinking about my home and the insurance that I have covering it so I made a phone call to my insurance agent, Tim, to find out more. Here's what he had to say. The homeowner's policy on my home covers up to two years of living expenses. But he also mentioned that my insurance carrier was considering switching to a hard dollar amount cap. 

Losing your home to catastrophe is devastating to you emotionally And of course, monetarily. Potentially losing everything you own, including the house, I can't imagine how you recover from that. I have one-of-a-kind items in my home that are irreplaceable, I think about some of these things that I have in my house now, and I think maybe I should start distributing them to my kids now, so they are protected if my house is consumed by wildfire.  

I know it sounds morbid but there it is, it's something I need to take care of. 

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