Category: Central
In relation to my last hurricane blog, Coronavirus Could Complicate Hurricane Season 2020, another complication will be the wave of disaster-related hacking campaigns and scams, according to the federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).
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Category: Business, Central, Commercial, Personal, Prevention, Technology, Weather
Tags: attachments, CISA, cyber, cyber security, CyberScout, cybersecurity, fraud alert, fraud emails, fraudulent account, hacker, hacking, hurricane, hurricane season, links, malicious software, mobile security, natural disaster, phishing, scam, scammers, scams, security system, severe weather, social media
Most of us have seen the meme going around that refers to a couple of life lessons that have reversed course over the past couple of decades: don’t get in the car with strangers and don’t meet people from the…
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Category: Accident, Auto, Business, Central, Liability, Personal, Technology
Tags: auto accident, auto claim, auto insurance, auto policy, bodily injury, car accident, car insurance, carpool, coverage, driver, insurance, liability claims, liability coverage, liability insurance, Lyft, passengers, Personal, personal auto insurance, personal auto policy, personal policy, policy, professional liability, property damage, ride-sharing, sharing economy, transportation network, transportation network platform, travel, Uber
Quarantine fatigue is not only sending people to crowded bars. We’re all getting tired of it—call it quaran-tigue—and that could spell trouble on the cybersecurity front.
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Category: Business, Central, Commercial, Employees, Home, Personal, Prevention, Technology
Tags: cloud based services, cloud storage, computer, cyber, cyber attack, cyber crime, cyber security, CyberScout, cybersecurity, data backup, fatigue, firmware, malware, multi-factor authentication, pandemic, phishing, quarantine, quarantine fatigue, scam, scammers, scams, software, work from home, working from home
You see the blue and red flashing lights in your rearview mirror. You think to yourself, “How fast was I going? I wasn’t going that fast, was I? Oh shoot, I’m being pulled over!” Next flurry of thoughts: safely…
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Category: Auto, Central, myCentral, Service, Technology
Tags: Android, applications, auto ID card, auto insurance, cell phone, driver's license, electronic, iPhone, mobile, Mobile app, myCentral, phone, proof of insurance, smart phone
Commercial insurance is not one-size-fits-all, but there are features that even very different businesses have in common. Offices are an exposure that nearly every business has, from accounting firms to web engineers, and from one-person offices to a ten-story office…
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Category: Business, Central, Commercial, Liability, Risk Management
Tags: building, building contents, building coverage, business income coverage, commercial, commercial building, Commercial general liability, commercial insurance, commercial policies, commercial property, exposure, exposures, general liability, liability, office, office building, offices, property
New challenges arise with each new day as this pandemic continues to take its effect. From day one, our management at Central has been amazing at communicating their expectations for us and providing resources to help us through.
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Distracted driving is something that some of us forget to think twice about. Consider your daily commute or your weekly trip to the grocery store. These are routes you have taken so often and are comfortable with. You probably change…
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Category: Accident, Auto, Central, Education, Personal, Prevention, Saving Money
Tags: cell phone, cell phones, discounts, distracted driver, distracted driving, Distracted Driving Awareness, Distracted Driving Awareness Month, passengers, smart phone, smartphone, teen driver, teen drivers, teenSMART
“Culture is Everything.” It’s a phrase I first heard from Mr. Bill Purmort, current President of Central Insurance Companies, and I think it’s a great way to introduce today’s blog topic…employee appreciation. Why? Because, tomorrow, March 6th, 2020, is National…
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Category: Business, Central, Communication, Employees
Tags: appreciation, corporate culture, culture is everything, employee, employee appreciation, positive workplace, rewarding career, team, teamwork, thank you, workplace
Boiler & Machinery is an antiquated term once used to describe a separate policy that offered coverage for causes of loss such as mechanical breakdown, electrical surges, explosion of steam boilers, steam pipes, etc. This separate policy was needed because…
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Category: Business, Central, Commercial, Loss Control
Tags: commercial, commercial building, commercial insurance, commercial property, coverage, electrical circuits, electrical hazards, equipment, equipment breakdown, equipment breakdown coverage, insurance carrier, loss prevention, mechanical breakdown, preventive measures, property coverage, property policy
If you are a parent with teen drivers in your household, you are probably constantly worried about them on the roads and are concerned about them safely getting from point A to point B. This worry is typically escalated during…
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Category: Auto, Central, Education, Financial, Personal, Prevention, Saving Money, Weather
Tags: driver's education, driving safety, saving money, software, teen driver, teen drivers, teenSMART, winter driving