Have you been in an accident recently? You probably found yourself trying to sort through many details that go hand-in-hand with getting the repairs done. Here is a quick tip to help easy your car repair process. The idea of needing multiple estimates is an old idea. Nowadays, you really only need one. Now before […]
Unemployment: Business Owner or Employee
The number of unemployed Americans is at a record high right now due to the COVID-19 pandemic. An estimated 3.3 million people filed for unemployment just in the last couple of weeks, and that number is still climbing. That blows the previous record of 695,000 unemployed Americans from 1982 out of the water. The 2009 recession […]
It’s Hail, but is it Urgent?
Welcome to Spring & Early Summer in the Mid-West, which means the possibility of severe weather. For us, in Indiana, it is this time of year that we are most alert about weather conditions. It is often that during these storms we see hail too. This happened here in Central Indiana on Saturday, March 28. We […]
Home Tour: Sump Pump
We are on to our third stop for the #InsuranceHomeTour2020, and this time we are talking everything Sump Pump related! Spring is almost here, and living in Indiana, you know that spring means rain. With excess rain, there is often flooding, and sometimes that means flooding in your basement, which is not the place we’d […]
Batteries – Flashlights – Candles Oh MY!
Spring is almost here. Luckily for us, this winter was not as harsh as what initial predictions were discussing. However, with Spring around the corner, that means rain and thunderstorms. This month we have two stops on the #InsuranceHomeTour2020. We will be talking about batteries, flashlights, and candles, and Sump Pump, be sure to read […]
Home Tour: Water Shut Off Valve
Here in the next couple of months, we are going to be sending you on a Home Scavenger Hunt. Whether you just moved in or you’ve been in your house for years, it is still important to refresh yourself on where some essential things are in your home. Finding them now is a time of […]
House Fire
So you read the smoke detector blog already, so the batteries were changed, right? That blog probably got your brain turning thinking about what else you’ve been putting aside, that could cause a fire. When was the last time you checked your dryer vent? Did you replace that light switch in the garage that’s been […]
Removing Kidds Off Your Auto Policy
As parents, we track our kid’s milestones from when they are infants up to being grown. Some of them we jot down in memory books, others we hold close to our hearts. Remembering how much they weighed at birth, their first word, when they lost their first tooth, taking pictures of their first day of […]
Don’t Play the Flame Game
Fire Prevention Week is coming up, October 6-12. We’ve all grown up hearing: Stop – Drop – Roll It’s engraved in our heads as a safety tip if your clothes catch on fire. Let’s back up a bit though to before the fire starts. More specifically, before a home fire starts. It is code to […]
ICE CUBES go well with everything on a warm sunny day, except hardwood floors.
As you know, we try to be your resource when it comes to handling or preventing a claim. This one, however, was one that had not even crossed our minds until last month. We had never gotten calls about “Ice Cube” damage, and recently we have heard stories of two instances. One call came in […]