United Policyholders

 

  

Insurance Help Resources
for Arizona Homeowners

Roadmap to Recovery

United Policyholders has been actively helping educate the residents of the Mount Lemmon communities who have lost so much in the Aspen wildfire. Our goal, as always,has been and will be to demystify the insurance claim process and offer practical help on getting fair and prompt insurance settlements. Our approach is outlined in the materials posted at this website.

Our organization is made up of professionals and volunteers with many years of expertise and knowledge about insurance coverage and total loss claims. We are proud to offer the survivors of the Aspen wildfire the benefit of our twelve years of experience throughout the United States. UP will be doing its part to ensure that the survivors of this disaster get the fair treatment and claim service they paid for and are entitled to from their insurance companies.

To help the communities recover, UP has launched FIRE Help, a Discussion Room for disaster survivors to share information, ask and answer questions and support each other. Discussion monitors are volunteers with personal experience in the subject areas of the six forums. Please visit and share your experiences.

We will be updating this website regularly and cosponsoring meetings and workshops with other consumer organizations over the coming months. We welcome feedback and e-mail at info@unitedpolicyholders.org.

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Claims Tips

Start by reading our Fire Insurance Claims Tips for Arizona Residents. This is your Roadmap to Recovery and fair settlement with your insurance company.

In addition, this page contains the following four sections of information we have collected to assist you in your recovery efforts:

  1. UP Aspen Fire Insurance Help Contacts
  2. United Policyholders Documents
  3. Arizona Regulations
  4. Firestorm Information, Contacts and Links

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1) UP Aspen Fire Insurance Contacts:

Local Volunteer
Sabrina Swaim, 520-298-8824

United Policyholders
Marika Roberson, marikaroberson@msn.com
Amy Bach, Executive Director: info@unitedpolicyholders.org

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2) UP Documents

Organizing Carrier-Specific Groups
This document outlines UP's time-tested program for communities hit by disaster. The concept is simple, but it works!

Sample Forms Documenting Your Loss

Resources for Overcoming Obstacles

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3) Arizona Regulations

The following documents relating to Arizona Regulations are available for download:

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4) Firestorm Information, Contacts and Links

INFORMATION:

Aspen Fire Stats
as of 9:15 p.m. July 14, 2003

Location: immediately NE of Tucson
Acreage: 84,750
Structures Lost: 333
Containment: 100%
Cost to Date: $17,000,000
Started: June 17, 2003
Cause: Human, under investigation

LINKS:

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Summerhaven Community Recovery:

  • Rebuilding Summerhaven
    Information on what is going on in the community’s recovery efforts. Resources, messages, links, announcements, information, fundraisers, donations.

Pima County:

Arizona Department of Insurance:

State Bar of Arizona

Arizona Registrar of Contractors:

Contact: Ted Dutiel, Team Leader, Disaster Fraud Guidance Team
Tucson Office: 400 West Congress Road, Suite 212
Tucson, Arizona 85701-1311
Telephone: (520) 628-6345
FAX: (520) 628-6588
Toll-free: 1-800-271-9286
Website: http://www.rc.state.az.us

Volunteer Efforts / Information:

Fire Images/Maps:

Cerro Grande New Mexico Firestorm Recovery:

Arizona Daily Star Coverage:

 

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