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Homeowners insurance.(your letters)(Letter to the Editor)
Just back from vacation, I leafed through the September issue, including "Surviving the "Hard Market' in Homeowners Insurance," about the 2.5 million families who'd lost their coverage. Moments later, I spied a letter from Allstate. My own policy, which we'd been renewing for 17 years, was being terminated because of just two claims in three years. Ironically, we were paying extra for a premium policy I realize now I am much better off jacking up my deductible.
BEN HENWOOD SEATTLE
It seems to me that insurance companies of all types have ...
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