September 2015
Home Damage and Replacement Costs
For many people, their home is their greatest asset, so it is crucial to avoid being underinsured. To protect their investment from disasters, homeowners should update their insurance regularly to include improvements, major purchases and increased rebuilding costs. Since the end of the Great Recession in June 2009, despite the major drop off in construction …
Be Prepared for Emergencies, Help is Here
Are you prepared to deal with a flood? How about a power outage? What’s your plan if there’s a hurricane coming? (Planning a hurricane party is not the correct answer.) If you have never planned for disaster, this is your time. September is National Preparedness Month, and the theme is designed to motivate. “Don’t Wait. …
Keeping Bicyclists Safe
We live in a so-called sharing economy, so why are drivers so unwilling to share the road? Ours is a state where pedaling a bike on the roadway is dangerous to one’s health. Florida has the highest death rates in the nation for bicyclists, 10 times higher than the safest state (Vermont) and more than …
Don’t Forget Your Grandparents Today!
If you are lucky enough to have them, be sure and visit or call your grandparents today!
Am I Insured for Water Damage?
Flood damage is excluded under standard homeowners and renters insurance policies. However, flood coverage is available in the form of a separate policy both from the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and from a few private insurers. Congress created the NFIP in 1968 in response to the rising cost of taxpayer-funded disaster relief for flood …
Labor Day is Here Again!
Courtesy of http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/236953