How To Protect Your Stuff While in Storage
Posted: October 15, 2015
How to Protect Your Possessions While They're in Storage Have stuff you need to store? You're not alone. According to the Self Storage Association, 10% of American households currently rent some type of storage unit. And many of them overlook a very important factor in storing their possessions. Insurance. Here are some important questions to ask: Does the storage facility offer coverage? Most do offer...
What is an Insurance "Floater"?
Posted: October 12, 2015
Do You Need a Policy to Insure Your Special 'Floater'? Are you a musician? Do you collect art? Is your jewelry of the diamond and pearl variety? If so, you might consider a floater policy to protect your prized electric guitar or great-grandmother's earrings. Often there are limits to your homeowners insurance policy that will make the coverage insufficient for these types of items. They...
Why You Need Title Insurance
Posted: April 12, 2015
Inherited a Home? Make Insurance Job Number One During times of grief, insurance and taxes are the farthest things from your mind, but they must be dealt with at some point. If you've recently inherited a home from a loved one, there are some important details that you may not have considered. Think insurance first One of the first things you'll need to do is...
Smart Homes= Lower Insurance Rates
Posted: March 24, 2015
Smart Homes May Lead to Reduced Premiums When the auto industry introduced smart cars, the insurance industry had to figure out how to insure them. Luckily, engineers intended smart cars to be safe cars. Recently, the 2014 Smart Fortwo and the Scion iQ received "Good" scores in three out of four crashworthiness tests conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). This certainly makes...
How to Handle Homeowners Policy Exclusions
Posted: February 17, 2015
Car-less But Still Need to Drive? Only have a business auto policy? Paying for one's own vehicle in addition to gas and insurance is just too costly for many Americans today, according to Matt Moore, vice-president of the Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI). As a result, the number of people who are using other methods of getting from place to place - such as car...
