Auto insurance companies spend millions on TV, Internet, and print advertising telling you how much you’ll save by choosing them versus the competition. While they all want a competitive price advantage, auto insurance premiums should remain stable in 2011 at best, and continue their consistent increase in recent years. Contemplate these issues. Newer car prices [...]

While cruises are statistically the safest form of vacation travel you can take, there are a few health and safety considerations you should be aware of. Make sure your cruise is happy and healthy with cruise insurance and some consideration of cruise safety. As soon as you reach your cabin, familiarize yourself with the safety [...]

Car insurance premiums have risen by more than 40 per cent over the past year, taking the average cost of a policy to £892, according to a closely watched index. This is the biggest annual increase ever recorded by the AA Insurance Index, which has been tracking the quarterly movement of car and home insurance [...]

Tornadoes are affectionately called “wind events.” Unlike hurricanes and floods, evaluating covered tornado damage is rather easy to assess. Most good home insurance policies include coverage for wind damage. See also: Common exclusions for homeowners insurance When you compare home insurance rates, try to be sure wind damage is covered in your quote. When evaluating [...]

Safe and sensible travelers make sure their international travel insurance and their vaccinations for travel are up-to-date before a trip. It’s common to be immunized against hepatitis, typhoid and tetanus but should you include yellow fever immunization in your travel preparations? Yellow fever is a virus spread through the bite of an infected mosquito and [...]

Why making the close is only one part of agency management In the marketing of insurance, jumping right for the paperwork probably isn’t your best move too early in the sales conversation. That needs to come after you spend a little time easing the customer into the process. You need to take a piece-by-piece approach [...]

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) is pushing for long-term reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), and recently testified before congress stating its case. “As the leading advocate for housing issues, NAR strongly supports reauthorizing the NFIP for a minimum of five years, and before the program is set to expire later this [...]