{"id":358,"date":"2019-07-11T16:24:17","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T16:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edcantuinsurance.com\/blog\/?p=358"},"modified":"2019-07-11T22:37:22","modified_gmt":"2019-07-11T22:37:22","slug":"secure-protection-before-a-storm-hits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edcantuinsurance.com\/blog\/secure-protection-before-a-storm-hits\/","title":{"rendered":"Secure Your Protection Before a Storm Hits!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">An Important reminder from the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association and\u00a0all Texas Coastal Property Insurers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-148\" src=\"https:\/\/edcantuinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/TWIA_Agent_Bulletin-300x56.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"455\" height=\"85\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edcantuinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/TWIA_Agent_Bulletin-300x56.jpg 300w, https:\/\/edcantuinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/TWIA_Agent_Bulletin.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 455px) 85vw, 455px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dear Agent,<\/p>\n<p>We are steadily approaching the height of hurricane season.\u00a0One of the important measures policyholders and agents alike can take to <a href=\"https:\/\/start.emailopen.com\/public1\/r.aspx?s1=1606800&amp;s2=w9XFz65Jaf7B4Yr&amp;s4=172983&amp;s5=24a63e72a8cf463db9802747d89a64f7Xhnn9MX5a0iGVTP.297642814@emailopen.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">be prepared<\/a>\u00a0is to make sure insurance coverage is in place well in advance of a storm that threatens the Texas coast \u2013 many insurance companies, including Texas Windstorm, <u>stop writing coverage when there is an impending storm<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When does TWIA stop writing coverage?<\/strong><br \/>\nAs a reminder, <u>no new or increased coverage applications<\/u> will be accepted after a windstorm designated as a hurricane by the United States Weather Bureau is in the Gulf of Mexico or within the boundaries of 80 degrees west longitude and 20 degrees north latitude.<\/p>\n<p>This rule is in effect until the TWIA General Manager determines that the storm no longer threatens property within the designated catastrophe area of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association.<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n<p>Texas Windstorm Insurance Association<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">This is a great reminder\u00a0for all Texas Costal Property owners.\u00a0 \u00a0TWIA,\u00a0and all other\u00a0insurance companies decline new or additional protection when there is impending storm.\u00a0 Some stop when\u00a0a storm\u00a0is declared a Hurricane and others\u00a0may stop sooner based on their personal preference.\u00a0 Call\u00a0Ed Cantu Insurance\u00a0now\u00a0at (361) 991-1493 to secure your windstorm\u00a0protection.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Because we Care,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em>Ed Cantu<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">P.S.\u00a0 When it comes to flood insurance, impending storm or not, there is a 30 day waiting for Flood Insurance Protection to go into force so if you don&#8217;t have protection, NOW is the time to secure a policy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">P.P.S. Share this vital information with someone you care for&#8230; I just did!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Important reminder from the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association and\u00a0all Texas Coastal Property Insurers. Dear Agent, We are steadily approaching the height of hurricane season.\u00a0One of the important measures policyholders and agents alike can take to be prepared\u00a0is to make sure insurance coverage is in place well in advance of a storm that threatens the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/edcantuinsurance.com\/blog\/secure-protection-before-a-storm-hits\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Secure Your Protection Before a Storm Hits!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edcantuinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edcantuinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edcantuinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edcantuinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edcantuinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/edcantuinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":362,"href":"https:\/\/edcantuinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358\/revisions\/362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edcantuinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edcantuinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edcantuinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}