Agent in Wine Country Makes Argument for Earthquake Insurance

Earthquake insurance is a tough sell even in California, but a new article written by P&C broker Bruce Sackrison, a contributor to the Napa Valley Register, makes a pretty good case in his first column:

[I]Yes, you need earthquake insurance. Besides our August 2014 quake, there is a seven out of 10 chance that Napa gets hit with “The Big One” sometime in the next 30 years. If we do, thousands will be homeless. You could lose everything.

This is a sobering fact. Why do so few homeowners have earthquake insurance? Only 5.3 percent of Napa county homeowners have earthquake insurance. That’s
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