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Property insurance provides protection against most risks to property, such as fire, theft and some weather damage. This includes specialized forms of insurance such as fire insurance, flood insurance
This tornado damage to an Illinois home would be covered as a typical named peril.
An 18th-century fire insurance contract
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New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
The Hand in Hand Fire and Life Insurance Society was one of the oldest British insurance companies.
Property insurance
…these would be displayed prominently above the main door to the property in order to aid positive identification. One such notable company was the Hand in Hand Fire & Life Insurance Society, founded in 1696 at Tom's Coffee House in St Martin's Lane in London. The first property insurance company still extant was founded in 1710 as the Sun…
Firemark of the Hand in Hand Fire and Life Insurance Society on a house in Dulwich
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