Mackenzie Rideout - Shaw Insurance Broker, RIBO

Stay safe out there, Kingston. 🌧️🌧️🌧️

If you experience flooding in your basement, make sure to reach out to your insurance company! They will immediately advise you on any standard clean-up procedures, contractors to call, and claim procedures. In general:

✅ Make sure to take lots of photos and document items that have been damaged or need to be replaced. Before you head out and start buying new stuff, make sure you are familiar with the coverage you have with your insurer. Keep any and all receipts for emergency work done, purchases, and/or repairs.

✅ Based on your insurance, you may be covered for such an occurrence. Even if you have insurance coverage, the homeowner is responsible for the clean-up, repairs and replacement of lost property.

✅ An insurer is more likely to look favourably on homeowners wanting to undertake work on their own to reduce the likelihood of future flooding. Repeat claims with no efforts to reduce future risk may be sufficient for an insurance company to drop that form of coverage in the future.

Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement advising of heavy rainfall up to 30 mm over the next several hours. Our customers are reminded that any basement is at risk of flooding, even if it’s never happened before.

Know what to do if your basement has flooded. First and foremost, consider your family’s health and safety. Entering a wet basement could be hazardous! When in doubt, don’t enter the flooded area until you are told it is safe by a professional qualified to do so.
If you have any concerns about utility equipment, contact the Utilities Kingston 24-hour line at 613-546-1181.
Take action - Utilities Kingston offers some steps you can take today to protect your home from basement flooding.
https://bit.ly/3PfJJEI

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If you have to drive today, give yourself time and take extra care on the roads. 🚗

Stay safe everyone!

Winter Weather Advisory in effect for Kingston area – Kingston News (Kingston, Ontario) Photo by Jessica Fadel. Environment Canada has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for Kingston, Odessa, and Frontenac Islands. “Lake effect flurries are