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Water

By Swartz Restoration
March 13, 2014

Don’t Let Water Stall a Property Sale

When you’re trying to sell property, the last thing you need is water damage. If it’s not handled right, you won’t be able to sell. So you need to act quickly to determine the...

Miscellaneous

By Swartz Restoration
March 13, 2014

Be Sure That First Aid Kit is Properly Stocked

An earlier post listed the recommended contents for an Emergency Supply Kit that included a first aid kit. We received questions asking what should be in that first aid kit, so here’s a list...

Insurance

By Swartz Restoration
March 13, 2014

Insurance Companies Doing Well, But From Investments, Not Underwriting

According to a report by ISO’s Property Claim Services (PCS), private U.S. property/casualty insurers’ net income after taxes rose to $34.7 billion in 2010 from $28.7 billion the year before. That’s a growth of...

Insurance

By Swartz Restoration
March 13, 2014

Do Your Policyholders Have the Right Coverage?

As we work with people as they recover from wind storms, tornados, floods and other natural disasters, we continue to be struck by how little many people know about their insurance coverage. In some...

By Swartz Restoration
March 13, 2014
Miscellaneous

Does Your Restoration Contractor Measure Up?

We trust people that we have never met before, just because they have an MD or Dr. attached to their name. We will let someone fix our broken leg or even give one of...

By Swartz Restoration
March 13, 2014
Miscellaneous

Blake Bartels Named Swartz Contracting Director of Business Development

Blake Bartels has joined Swartz Contracting as our new Director of Business Development. Bartels brings us more than 14 years of marketing and sales experience. Most recently, he worked in the pharmaceutical industry, developing...

By Swartz Restoration
March 13, 2014
Insurance

Do Your Claims Bite?

There’s an old saying that “dog bites man” isn’t news, but “man bites dog is.” That’s true, but how about when a dog bites man to the tune of $90 million? That’s what State Farm...

Miscellaneous

By Swartz Restoration
March 13, 2014

Disasters and Their Terms

In order to understand what you hear on your radio, tv, or computer concerning weather alerts, you may find these terms and their definitions helpful! These categories and terms were taken from FEMA’S website...

By Swartz Restoration
March 13, 2014
Miscellaneous

What Makes Us Different?

There are a lot of restoration contractors out there that you can refer or use, and while we all may seem to offer the same service, there are big differences in how we do...

By Swartz Restoration
March 13, 2014
Insurance

Ohio Spared Worst of Storms, But May Not Escape Insurance Rate Hikes

The Dayton Daily News reports that while Ohio has not been hit as hard as other states during the recent outbreaks of catastrophic storms, state policyholders may feel the effect anyway. With insurance losses...