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Increase Your Home Security with These Tips
Home break-ins are all too common, especially during the daytime on weekdays when most people are away at their jobs. Home break-ins are also most frequent during the warm months of the year. However, many break-ins are preventable by increasing your home security. Use these tips to protect your property. Install a Home…
July 8, 2021
Practical Ways to Reduce Healthcare Costs
Increasing healthcare costs have most people concerned about keeping expenses low, even leading some to pass up health insurance because they think they cannot afford it. Under the Affordable Care Act, everyone must purchase healthcare coverage or risk paying a fine to the government. Truth is, even if you have to pinch pennies for a…
July 6, 2021
Business Insurance Premiums are Affected by Business Practices
In your efforts to obtain the best insurance policies for your business, a major concern might be the premium you will have to pay. Insurance companies use many factors when calculating your premium, including claims history and the risk associated with your business. Let’s look at a few ways business insurance premiums are affected by…
July 1, 2021
How To Know You Are Too Tired to Drive
Safe drivers are cognizant of the risks of the road, aware of their surroundings, and committed to paying attention to the changing situations around them. Still, many people get behind the wheel when they are too tired to be truly committed to their driving. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates nearly 700 drivers were…
June 29, 2021
Preventing Slip and Fall Risks in Your Business
Everyone has seen a few online videos of someone slipping and falling in a random store (overturning a shelf in the process). We might laugh at the video, but we are forgetting to realize that after the camera stopped rolling, the victim might have sustained a severe injury. The ramifications of these accidents might represent…
June 24, 2021
Life Insurance Can Protect Your Family’s Savings
It’s never a good thing to lose someone you love. Along with grieving might come new responsibilities that survivors will have to shoulder. They might have to adapt to no longer having the financial security that you used to provide, and this might prove very worrisome. Life insurance is a critical benefit to…
June 22, 2021
Does Home Insurance Cover Septic Tank Spills?
If your home has a septic tank, then you are aware that the system is going to create quite a few maintenance responsibilities over the years. After all, in the event of a septic tank problem, you are going to face a smelly, nasty, and expensive cleanup process. In some situations, your homeowners…
June 17, 2021
Protecting Your Home from Spring Floods
Everyone knows that their home is not immune to water damage, and you must do all you can to protect your property against any eventuality. While your homeowners insurance might cover damage from burst pipes, damage from weather-related floods will not have coverage at all. Either way, by minimizing the chances that water will do…
May 25, 2021
How to Stay Healthy at Work
As the U.S. continues to reopen after the COVID-19 pandemic, American workers are beginning to return to their offices after working from home for the better part of a year. Still, even if you continue to work from home part-time, you might worry about many of the routine health effects that might arise from going…
May 20, 2021
Pest and Mold Security Tips for Homeowners
Though durable, your home is not immune to damage, sometimes from the smallest invaders. Bugs, termites, other vermin and mold could look harmless, but if ignored they could do a lot of property damage in a short time. Unfortunately, homeowners insurance might not cover these damages. Therefore, homeowners must do all they can to minimize…
May 11, 2021
