Category: Weather
During the winter months, it can be very dangerous trying to navigate on sidewalks, driveways, streets, parking lots, or just about any hard surface if there’s snow and/or ice. Ice is great in our soft drinks and ice teas, but…
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In January 2020, The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released its 2019 Consumer Sentinel Network Report showing that they received a total of 23,963 reports from home repair, improvement, and product fraud. This is a staggering amount of fraud reported…
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Category: Central, Claims, Home, Personal, Prevention, Risk Management, Weather
Tags: fraud, home repair, insurance fraud, roof contractor, roof damage, roofer, roofing scam, scam, storm chasers
It’s that time of year when all the deer are roaming around, so it can be dangerous for people traveling on the road (see our recent blog post Oh Deer! Drive Defensively this Season). We also know that ice and snow are coming…
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Category: Accident, Auto, Personal, Weather
Tags: auto insurance, collision coverage, comprehensive coverage, deer, deer crashes, personal auto insurance, road conditions, road safety
I don’t know about you, but fall is my favorite season. The weather is perfect, the leaves turn beautiful colors, and it means the holidays are quickly approaching. The worst part about the autumn season is that it goes too…
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Category: Home, Personal, Prevention, Weather
Tags: air filter, cleaning gutters, exterior faucets, freezing pipes, freezing weather, heating system, salt, smoke alarm, smoke detector, snow shovel, winter preparation, winter weather, winterizing your home
As the end of summer is approaching, now is a good time to revisit the phenomenon of hail and the possible damage it can do. As the National Severe Storms Laboratory indicates, hail is a form of precipitation consisting of…
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Category: Claims, Home, Personal, Weather
Tags: hail, hail damage, hail storms, hailstones, home, homeowners insurance, homeowners policy, roof, roof damage, severe weather, weather losses
It sure does feel like July outside! With temperatures nearing or exceeding 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 degrees Celsius) for large portions of the country, sometimes, managing to stay cool only means being in the water or inside in the AC….
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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
As the weather heats up, many people are getting excited to head to the lake, river, or ocean to go boating! While there is nothing more enjoyable than a day on the boat, a good time can quickly go bad…
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Category: Personal, Prevention, Risk Management, Umbrella, Weather
Tags: boat, boat inspection, boat insurance, boat safety, boating, boats, first aid kit, inspection, life jacket, safety kit, Safety Tips, sailboat, US Coast Guard, water safety, watercraft
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
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
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