Posted on by Central Insurance
By Tobi Haynes As if 2020 didn’t have enough problems, it appears to have also caused a drastic increase in catalytic converter thefts. You may wonder what the pandemic and the catalytic converters have in common, but to law enforcement…
Read MoreCategory: Auto, Claims, Home, Personal Tags: car part theft, catalytic converter, crime, theft, valuable metals
Posted on by Marc McNulty, CIC, CRM
If you’re like many business owners, once you get past the initial sigh and/or eye roll that accompanies the word “insurance,” you immediately start to think of property coverage as well as liability insurance. However, you probably don’t give much…
Read MoreCategory: Business, Central, Commercial Tags: burglary, business, computer fraud, crime, crime insurance, embezzlement, employee dishonesty, employee theft, forgery, robbery, social engineering, theft
Posted on by Sara Beining
Several of my neighbors were robbed recently. They live less than a mile from my house. With these robberies and everything else that is going on in the world today, all that’s on my mind is how do I protect my home, my family,…
Read MorePosted on by Todd Barickman
I recently handled a theft claim where a home was broken into while the insured and her husband were running errands. The burglars broke in through an exterior door in the back of the home and took twenty years’ worth of…
Read MoreCategory: Central, Claims, Home, Household Inventory, Personal Tags: burglary, catalog, claim, document, home inventory, household inventory, theft, total loss, valuables
Posted on by Scott Mills
With so many of us using social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus and others, privacy, security, and identity theft are concerns. What can you do to protect yourself and still post, comment, and tweet?
Read MoreCategory: Central, Risk Management, Social Media, Technology Tags: burglar, date of birth, Facebook, friends, Google Plus, home, identity theft, place of birth, post, privacy, profile, security, share, social media, theft, thief, Twitter
Posted on by R. J. Coleman
When you need to file a claim, your insurance company wants to reach a fair and quick resolution as much as you do. Here are a few tips that you can follow to help speed up the claims process.
Read MoreCategory: Accident, Central, Claims, Household Inventory Tags: accident, claims, claims adjuster, claims process, fire, household inventory, insurance adjuster, theft