Category: Prevention
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
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
Cyber-scammers and hackers around the world are working hard right now because they know they have a great opportunity to do what they do best. It’s sad, but scammers are using government relief initiatives to scam people of their money…
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Category: Business, Financial, Personal, Prevention
Tags: cyber, cyber crime, cyber criminals, cyber security, cybercrime, CyberScout, personal information, scam, scammers, social security number
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
I’ve written about stovetop fire extinguishers before, but I also want to share some general stovetop and oven safety tips with you. Since I’ve been working from home, I’m cooking a lot more and using my stovetop and/or oven daily,…
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Category: Home, Personal, Prevention, Risk Management
Tags: cooking fire, fire extinguisher, fire safety, grease fire, knife, knife safety, knives, oven, oven safety, safe cooking, stovetop, stovetop fire, stovetop safety
Have you ever seen one of your family members or neighbors at the top of a ladder not being very safe? Maybe they were painting, taking leaves out of the gutters or cleaning windows, but they were making you nervous…
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Category: Home, Household Inventory, Personal, Prevention
Tags: climb, gutters, home, ladder, ladder safety, OSHA, Personal, safety, Safety Tips
If the wind was strong enough to pick up Dorothy and Toto and pull her entire house into a tornado and send them to the magical Land of Oz, there is no telling what it could do to your property….
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Category: Claims, Home, Household Inventory, Liability, Personal, Prevention, Risk Management, Weather
Tags: hail, home, home maintenance, home repair, homeowners policy, property damage, rain, Safety Tips, spring, storm, storm damage, storms, tornadoes, tree, tree damage, tree damage property damage, trees, wind, wind claims, windstorms
Spring has always been one of my favorite seasons. All winter I look forward to planting flowers, the warmer weather, and my birthday! But spring also brings rain, storms, and other perils that could cause damage to your home. Most…
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Category: Home, Household Inventory, Personal, Prevention
Tags: air conditioner, air conditioner maintenance, gutters, home, home inventory, home maintenance, home repair, homeowners, Personal, roof, roof inspection, spring, spring cleaning, storms, trees, windows
COVID-19 has forced people from their workplaces and schools. Working from home and homeschooling means that millions of Americans are using video conferencing for the first time. With this surge in new users, there will be many cybersecurity challenges. Here’s…
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Category: Business, Commercial, Communication, Employees, Personal, Prevention, Technology
Tags: communication, computer attacks, cyber, cyber hygiene, cyber risk, cyber security, cyberattack, CyberScout, cybersecurity, data, hackers, Internet, malware, malware attack, mobile security, phishing, ransomware, scam, secure, security, smishing, vishing, webcam
