Many of us are well aware that owning a car can be expensive (especially a new car)! According to a AAA study, the average cost of owning and operating a new car was $773.50 a month in 2019. Expenses like…
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Category: Auto, Central, Financial, Home, Independent Agents, Personal, Saving Money
Tags: deductible, discounts, discounts & credits, independent agent, insurance premium, loss, loyalty credit, package discount, premium discounts, protection, saving money
This weekend, there will be Independence Day celebrations happening across the nation. People are stocking up on food, drinks, sparklers, and fireworks. Speaking of sparklers and fireworks, they can be fun, pretty, and cool, but they can also be dangerous….
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Category: Home, Personal, Prevention
Tags: 4th of July, fire prevention, fire safety, firecrackers, fireworks, National Fire Protection Association, NFPA, safety, Safety Tips, sparklers
A few years ago, my dad started his own archery business out of his and my mom’s garage. He LOVES hunting and has a passion for helping others improve their hunting experiences, whether it’s buying a new bow, fixing a…
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Category: Business, Claims, Commercial, Financial, Home, Household Inventory, Independent Agents, Liability, Personal, Trusted Choice
Tags: commercial, commercial insurance, commercial policy, home business, home business policy, home insurance, home office, home-based business, homeowners insurance, homeowners policy, independent agent, liability, liability claims, merchandise, slip and fall, slip and fall accidents, small business, Trusted Choice
If you’re like many of the people I’ve spoken with over the past couple of weeks, your life is beginning to return back to a revised sense normalcy, which is a good thing considering you’re probably starting to run short…
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Category: Auto, Business, Claims, Commercial, Home, Household Inventory, Liability, Personal, Prevention, Umbrella
Tags: Adequate coverage, adequate protection, agent, annual insurance review, business, business owner, independent agent, independent insurance agent, insurance program, insurance review, liability exposures, owning a business, Personal, personal assets, protection, umbrella, umbrella policy
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
Hurricane season is here. Meteorologists are at work and love to make predictions about how many hurricanes will make landfall and their potential severity. People in high-risk areas will be directly affected, of course, but everyone still needs to pay attention….
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Category: Business, Claims, Commercial, Financial, Home, Risk Management, Weather
Tags: claims, claims adjuster, claims process, claims service, coronavirus, COVID-19, disaster, disaster plan, disaster preparedness, emergency kit, emergency response plan, emergency supplies, FEMA, flood, flood insurance, flood zone, flooding, hurricane, hurricane season, natural disaster, personal pretective equipment, social distancing, storm damage, storms
Subrogation is a common term in the insurance industry but not a common one outside of it. So what is subrogation?
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Category: Business, Claims, Commercial, Home, Household Inventory, Liability, Personal, Prevention, Saving Money, Service
Tags: analytics, artificial intelligence, coverage, damages, premiums, products liability, subrogate, subrogation, third-party
Our office had a couple of interesting conversations regarding digging up yards recently. In one instance, the husband of one of our account managers started to dig up someone’s yard to help them replace sewer lines. To his surprise, when…
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Category: Claims, Home, Personal
Tags: corrosion, coverage, decay, deterioration, drainage system, endorsement, homeowners insurance, homeowners policy, perils, rust, sewer lines, underground piping, utility line, wear and tear
Spring is here and summer is coming. As a suburban dad, this means I only have two things on my mind: lawn maintenance and barbeque. Nothing ruins a good cookout faster than a trip to the emergency room or a…
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Category: Home, Loss Control, Personal, Prevention, Risk Management
Tags: cooker, cooking fire, cooking fires, fire, fire safety, grease fire, grill, grilling, grilling safety, home, outdoor cooking, safety, Safety Tips
Have you noticed that many websites and apps are starting to require more than just a password to login to your account? Do you get annoyed and frustrated and wish you didn’t have to do it? The fact is, more…
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Category: Business, Education, Home, Personal, Prevention, Social Media, Technology
Tags: computer, cyber security, cybersecurity, hackers, identity fraud, mobile security, password, passwords, Personal Cyber Protection, protect online privacy, protecting your data, protection, security, smartphone, strong password, technology, Two-Factor Authentication
