I have a small business in New Orleans. I got a letter from Allstate tthat when I renew my business policy in October, they will not longer be covering any damages from windstorms or hail. That is real depresing. Has anyone else gotten any notice of this? If we have another hurricane, this policy change will essentially put the city out of business. Small businesses wil not be able to recover from that type of loss as many of us already have SBA loans from Katrina. I plan on contacting the insurance commissioner. Please feel free to email me if you have gotten notice that your insurance company will do this. If we all contact the insurance commissioner together, maybe we will be heard.
I have a friend who owns a business and had similar insurance issues and found the only way to be completely covered was the insurance offered through the state itself. At first was not very happy at his limited options but when all was said and done they ended up saving money and were apparently had the same level of coverage as they did before.