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    Insuring Jewelry: How to Know if Your Coverage is Enough

    A ring from a loved one. A bracelet handed down through generations. A watch or necklace marking a special occasion. Every reason why you treasure a piece of fine jewelry is a reason why it should be insured. However, calling it “jewelry insurance” may be a stretch. You don’t need a separate policy to insure […]

    September 12, 2017

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    How to Choose the Right Life Jacket

    You can lower your risk of drowning by wearing a life jacket — but it can’t be just any life jacket. To truly be effective, a life jacket needs to be the right type and fit correctly. You probably know you should wear a life jacket when you’re on the water, and you probably know […]

    August 28, 2017

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    Three Ways a Pool May Affect Your Homeowners Insurance

    That oh-so-covetable experience of taking a dip in your very own pool? Millions of American households enjoy it, at least when the weather’s nice. With the summer heat ratcheting up, you may be coming down with a serious case of pool envy, obsessed with having a pool right outside your door for cooling off and […]

    August 14, 2017

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    Easy to Forget Cleaning Projects

    As a busy homeowner, it is easy to fall into the trap of pushing off tasks that maintain the long-term value of your home in favor of more pressing problems. That’s OK, to a point, as certain house-cleaning projects should be in the “long-term maintenance” category. But putting them on hold for too long can […]

    July 17, 2017

  • Wonder why your auto rates are going up???

    These statistics give us a pretty good picture as to why we see our auto rates go up.  More cars on the road make for more of a chance of an accident. Since buying a car is more expensive than ever and they have so much technology built into them, the cost to repair them […]

    July 7, 2017

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    Think Renter’s Insurance is Only for Your Stuff? Think Again!

    Clients often think they don’t need renters insurance — “Nothing I have is worth that much,” they’ll say, or “I don’t have a lot of stuff.” That’s how most people think of renter’s coverage: protection for stuff, and nothing more. After all, it’s inexpensive and it doesn’t even cover the structure itself. So how important […]

    June 29, 2017

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    Heavy Rain? Be on the Lookout for Heavy Damage

    Your home protects you from the elements, but heavy rains can weaken that protection. With a little maintenance and a lot of vigilance, it’s not hard to stay safe and dry. Spring rainstorms are a fact of life in many areas of the country, and they help keep things green, even if they keep you […]

    June 15, 2017

  • Flood Insurance for Berea, Ohio

    Did you know that flooding is not covered by your typical homeowner insurance policy?  Flooding is NOT defined as water in your basement.  Flooding is when surface water from outside enters more than one home or more than 2 acres of land and this can happen from several different causes. Flash flooding is one. Every building, home, apartment, business is in […]

    June 8, 2017

  • Drone protection

    Drones have grown in popularity in the last few years. Everyone can own one these days, but did you know if you are a business owner that uses a Drone getting insurance to protect your business and the Drone was very difficult, until now. Insurance companies didn’t want to get involved in the, what they […]

    June 7, 2017