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A Happy Holiday Is a Safe Holiday!

It’s the most wonderful time of the year-unless you fall prey to one of the many perils unique to the holiday season! It’s no joke: while holiday decorations, parties, and gifts all contribute to make this the happ-...

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Why Today’s Homes Burn Faster

From building materials to furnishings, many of the things in your home likely aren’t as flame-resistant as those from yesteryear. A fire in a modern home is a “perfect storm,” according to safety consulting and...

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The Power of Fraud Awareness Week

Organizations worldwide lose an estimated 5 percent of their annual revenues to fraud, according to the 2016 ACFE Report to the Nations on Occupational Fraud and Abuse. The median loss per fraud cause is $145,000. More...

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How to Lower Your Auto Insurance Bill

It’s easy to lower your insurance costs - especially if you have a great driving record, or don’t mind having higher deductibles. Who doesn’t want to pay less for car insurance? Billions of dollars are spent on ad...

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Have a Safe (and Fun!) Halloween!

How to make sure your Halloween is all treats and no tricks? A good place to start is following these Halloween safety tips! They’ll help protect visitors to your home-and help prevent any resulting liability claims,...

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Do You Need Umbrella Insurance?

One of the most certain things in life is uncertainty. Your dog could bite the neighbor’s kid. Your teen driver could hit a cyclist. A guest could fall down your stairs. A rainy morning commute on worn-out tires could...

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Hosting a Blood Drive at Your Organization

Did you know that 40,000 pints of blood are needed every single day? And did you know that you and your organization could help contribute to that large bottom line? It doesn’t take much time or energy to organize a...

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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...

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Keeping an Eye on Confined Space Risk

Every workplace exposes its workers to certain risks. Heck, even an accountant is at risk for musculoskeletal disorders from repetitive motions-using that adding machine and filling out spreadsheets! While not every...

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Easy to Forget Cleaning Projects

As a busy homeowner, it's 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...

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A Kit + A Plan = Disaster Preparedness

Yes, this is the month we celebrate our nation’s independence. But there’s another commemoration in July that you may be less familiar with. This is Disaster Education and Awareness Month. Okay, we get it: talking about...

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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...

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The Time of the Season... for Safety!

It’s official: summer is here! And that means it’s time for barbecues, swim parties, and road trips. It’s also time for food poisoning, injuries, and car trouble. How can you get the most out of the season, without...

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Want a Safer Home? Consider these Inexpensive Fixes

Home improvement: It’s a never-ending process for many people, and for those of us who aren’t necessarily handy, it can be a hassle, too. But there are plenty of simple maintenance tasks and other improvements you can...

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How to Celebrate Physical Fitness Month

We all want to be healthy and fit, right? But we don’t always want to put the work into getting that way! That’s where May can really play an important role. This month just happens to be National Physical Fitness and...

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Help Your Dog Love Apartment Living

Apartment living can have many advantages: low maintenance, close to work and entertainment, and ease of changing residence. But, if you’re a dog owner, apartment living can present some difficulties. You probably won’t...

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Working at Stress Reduction

Does your job (or your manager, or your colleague, or your commute) stress you out? Odds are, you’re thinking, “That’s a dumb question!” After all, the American Institute of Stress points out that work leads the pack...

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Love Bites – Get Umbrella Coverage

In today’s economy, everyone is pinching pennies. So why worry about umbrella coverage? Shouldn’t a home and auto policy leave you adequately covered? Unfortunately, we live in a world of lawsuits. Large damages can be...

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How to Handle Your Spring Allergies

Spring has sprung and the hills are alive with beautiful flowers. In other words, it’s the most miserable time of the year for those of us with seasonal allergies. As trees, flowers, and grasses release pollen to...

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Teen Driving Safety

Talking to Your Teen About Safe Driving When teens begin to drive, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the National Safety Council, the sobering statistics start to pile up:Car...

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The Perfect Time to Sharpen Your Time Management Skills

Are you looking for a team-building project to draw your workers closer together? Do you have hopes of making 2017 your company’s most productive and profitable year yet? Well, February is the month you can start to...

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Car Shopping With Safety in Mind

You’ve heard all the talk about driverless cars. Yet we’re still years away from living in a world where you can just tell your car where to go and then kick back and relax with a book or your phone. Even still,...

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The Best Way to Celebrate Get Organized Month

Happy New Year and Happy Get Organized Month! Is there a better time of year to focus on getting your ducks in a row? You’re resolved to make this a great year—and we’re resolved to help you do it! Here are a few points...

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7 Driving Habits That Are Bad for Your Car

No matter how safe you are behind the wheel, you’ve probably done things like: Shift into drive while the car is still rolling backward. Ride the brakes on steep hills. Roll into the gas station on empty. Guilty? If so,...

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