Building Education Program Started in Mobile, AL Expanded to Four States
The Allstate Foundation and Smart Home America teach volunteers how to build better homes
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Volunteers Learn About FORTIFIED Construction with Habitat for Humanity
Hands-on class shows how new building method strengthens homes and saves money on insurance, all while doing good.
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Homeowners in Alabama, Louisiana and South Carolina Now Have an Affordable, Integrated Way to Strengthen Their Homes Against Hurricane Damage
MyStrongHome Launches Innovative Business to Use Reduced Insurance Premiums to Pay for New Fortified Roofs
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Smart Home America partners with Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium on innovative new position
Partnership to strengthen local communities against storms and floods.
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Alabama Leads the Nation with Largest Number of FORTIFIED Homes
“The Alabama Legislature, regulators, insurers, builders and coastal communities have been very creative in finding ways to make homes, businesses and communities more resilient in the face of more ex...
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PSA Campaign Launches Targeting Alabama and Mississippi Homeowners
Smart Home America and its partners announce the launch of “Don’t Goof When You Re-Roof®”, an education campaign to inform homeowners about the FORTIFIED Home program and how it can protect their home...
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New Insurance Guide to Help Homeowners Save Money and Prepare for Storms
“Some 20,000 homes along Alabama’s coastal counties are not insured for wind damage, and thousands more are functionally uninsured,”
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White House Panel Discusses New Study by UA’s Insurance Research Center
Study shows FORTIFIED Resilient Building Standard Increases Home Value
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2016 Alabama Tornado Preparedness Guide & Insurance Tips
Prepare ahead of time for storms and learn how to work with insurance companies in the recovery process. Also offers facts and information about some of the deadliest and costliest tornado outbreaks.
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