Jack Hungelmann


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I began writing newsletters for clients and business associates in January 1985. I have written three issues every year since.

My primary purpose for writing has always been to keep my clients up to speed on new laws, new coverages, and new developments, along with my professional advice on each.

Over the years, clients learned about the new Medical Savings Accounts, along with my opinion on their pros and cons. Before heavy rains hit our area, they learned about the pros and cons of the federal flood insurance program, along with the easiest place to buy it. And learned about optional sewer backup and sump pump failure coverage.

Whenever Medicare changed the rules, they received my opinion as to how to best respond. When Kennedy et al passed the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act aka HIPAA, they learned how they could change jobs without losing important health coverage.

Whenever seasons changed, they received appopriate seasonal reminders. Such as auto, property, and health insurance tips for the 18-year-old son or daughter going off to college for the first time. Or why they usually should not buy the optional school accident insurance for their children involved in extracurricular sports.

Click on the index in the left margin to see every topic covered since 1985 that is still pertinent. Or to see copies of back issues.

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Enjoy!


Jack Hungelmann



Selected Works

Books
Insurance For Dummies
A comprehensive consumer guide to buying insurance right and avoiding coverage pitfalls. (Click on the title to find out more about what this book can teach you and to see some reader reviews.)
Magazine Articles
Coverage—and gaps—for boats in the homeowners policy
This article describes the potential gaps in a typical homeowner's policy for renting boats.
An Equitable Solution To The 'Matching Problem'
Using the Pair and Set clause to resolve claim disputes involving mismatched roofing and siding for homeowners
Adapting the HO-6 To Cover Higher Association Deductibles
Protecting yourself if your condo association raises the master policy deductible to $25,000 and makes you responsible!
Amending Coverage When Clients Transfer Property
Avoiding serious coverage gaps when property ownership is transferred to trusts or adult children (American Agent & Broker)
Plugging Coverage Gaps for Owners of Small Businesses
Identifies the property and liability risks that face small business owners and Jack Hungelmann’s recommendation on how to protect themselves from each of them.
Web Site Articles
Choosing the Best Umbrella Policy: Case Study
This is the third and final part of my series on comparing personal umbrella policies. The premise for all three articles is the importance to the personal risk management process of knowing the strengths and weaknesses of the umbrella policies you have access to.
Managing Personal Automobile Insurance Risks Following Death
Identifying and managing auto coverage gaps following the death the named insured.
Time To Standardize Personal Umbrella Insurance Policies
Personal umbrella policies have been around for decades now—much like homeowners policies. But unlike homeowners policies, the insurance industry has failed to agree on standardized umbrella products so that agents and consumers alike know what they're buying.
Risk Management: Protecting Assets When Home Ownership Is Transferred to a Trust
It is becoming more and more popular with estate planning attorneys to try to reduce estate taxes on tangible property by transferring ownership of that property from an individual to a trustee of a trust.
Insurance for the California Wildfires
Answers to questions related to wildfire disasters.
In Praise of Personal Umbrellas
Jack Hungelmann shows readers the different examples of coverage gaps on primary policies that can be plugged by the right personal umbrella policy.
Creating and Using a Personal Umbrella Comparison Form
This article contains the Umbrella Comparison Chart Jack Hungelmann created that he uses to compare personal umbrella policies in his agency.
Managing the Risks of a Household Move
Selling one house and moving to another creates a plethora of added risks in your life. You cannot manage or treat risks unless you have identified those risks.
Umbrella Insurance: An Interview with Author and Insurance Expert Jack Hungelmann
Jack recently participated in a LoveToKnow.com interview and took time to answer a few questions about umbrella insurance.
Managing the Townhouse / Condominium Unit Owner Risk
Jack Hungelmann explains what the coverage pitfalls are of the basic HO-6 policy and addresses how best to avoid those pitfalls.
Creating a Long-Range Insurance Plan for the "Uninsurable"
Long-range life and health insurance planning for those with uninsurable chronic illness.
Government Programs for Uninsurable Chronic Medical Conditions
Jack Hungelmann identifies various laws such as COBRA, HIPAA, etc., that provide some protection for those people with uninsurable medical conditions.
Insurance Products for Uninsurable Chronic Medical Conditions
Jack Hungelmann identifies the various types of individual and group life, health, disability, and long-term care products available on the market.
Helping Clients Make Good Group Insurance Decisions
In a case study, Jack Hungelmann uses his risk management expertise to coach a family on group insurance decisions available to them for health, life, disability insurance from their employers.
Personal Risk Management: Making A World of Difference at Claim Time
It’s not enough for an agent serving as a personal risk manager to identify and treat with insurance from non-insurance strategies the various personal risks in a client’s life.
What Young-Onset Parkinsonians and Caregivers Need to Know about Insurance and Insurance-Related Government Programs
Insurance planning advice for those with any kind of chronic illness that makes them medically uninsurable in the open market
Plugging Liability Insurance Gaps with the Personal Umbrella Policy
A well-chosen personal umbrella policy can plug many of the liability insurance gaps of an underlying insurance program. Twenty coverage gaps are illustrated.
Finding and Hiring a Nanny
Co-authored by 2004 nanny of the year Michelle LaRowe. Practical advice for parents in identifying and managing the risks associated with hiring a nanny.
Writing Your Own Newsletter
Jack Hungelmann explains the importance of writing your own newsletter to agents wanting to offer risk management services to their personal lines clients.
Managing Major Medical Risks Following a Job Change
Risk management case study involving a 60+ year old couple on medical options available to them following change of employment. They are not yet eligible for Medicare, and one is medically uninsurable.
Managing the Nanny Risk
The identification of the risks associated with hiring a nanny and Jack Hungelmann's risk management strategies for handling each risk.
Personal Risk Management: An Overview
Details the 16 added services clients receive from Jack Hungelmann as part of the annual risk management fee they pay



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