Insurance Companies Add Identity Theft Coverage to Portfolios

By Hank Ezell Cox News Service

We live in a culture that knows there are lots of ogres out there and wants to neuter every last one of them.

That’s why you can buy all sorts of specialized insurance products, one of the most recent being identity theft insurance.

This insurance won’t make you any safer, and it won’t repay bad debts run up in your name by the ID theft ogre.

Instead, it’ll help you with the hassles and expenses of recovering your good name. It might pay, for example, lost wages and fees for legal advice, loan reapplications and credit reports.

The policies of some insurance companies provide help from identity restoration professionals – people who know how to notify the right agencies, file paperwork and monitor your credit records.

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