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Why Stolen Identity Coverage May Be Your Best Bet

After years of working, planning, and dreaming, you’ve finally moved into your dream home. Everything’s in place under your new roof.

But you’re a planner.  You’re thinking ahead.  What about break-ins?  What about that expensive flat-screen TV you just bought?  What about your jewelry and appliances?

You think, “I’d better get a burglar alarm.” In fact, you already know which one you’ll buy, the kind that “automatically alerts” the authorities in the event of burglary, fire, and so on.

Fast forward.  You’ve just returned home from work to find your front door has been kicked in.  The alarm, while certainly loud and obnoxious to the neighbors for the thirty-odd minutes it was blaring, has since turned off.  No one is around.

You discover that your kitchen has been vandalized.  Your TV is gone.  Your dresser has been ransacked, the good jewelry mostly gone.

What now?