Author: Evie Wise

Commercial Insurance and Sexual Harassment

A wave of sexual harassment claims began last year from women coming forward to name the men who harassed them; Harvey Weinstein, Bill O’Reilly, Matt Lauer, and countless others. These courageous women provided the foundation giving birth to the #MeToo movement, something that should have happened a long time ago. Commercial insurance companies believe this movement may lead to a wave of employment practices liability claims.

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Personal Liability Oriented Home Insurance Options

There are three areas or categories home insurance options tend to fall into. Last week I opened this series with a look at property-oriented options. These options provide additional coverage that either extends the base limits of coverage contained within a home, renters, or condo insurance policy, or they provide additional coverage that isn’t a part of the base policy. In this week’s post, we’ll examine options that provide coverage for personal liability.

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Mojo, an App That Can Reduce Distracted Driving

What do you do while driving? I know I don’t always pay attention like I should. I may be having a conversation with one of my assistants or answering a client’s questions about their policies. I check email and text messages at lights, confirm directions if I’m headed to someplace for the first time, and listen to books on Audible. I guess this means I’m driving distracted, and I know I’m not the only one. But there’s a new app from TrueMotion that may make each of us a better, less distracted, driver.

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Property Oriented Home Insurance Options

Home insurance has several options which can be added to a home or condo policy. Some may even be added to a renters policy. These options provide additional coverage to further protect the home or the owner’s contents. Some options may provide additional liability coverage or enhance the protection of the policy holder’s financial status. We’ll examine each of these three areas over the next couple of weeks.

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Replacement Cost Home Insurance and the Other Kind

Over the past few weeks, I’ve written about home insurance covering traditional homes, condos, and town homes, as well as, renters insurance. In all the posts, I’ve mentioned the term replacement cost. On a renters policy, this refers to contents or personal property, while on a home, condo, or town home policy this refers to the actual structure and the contents. Let’s examine what replacement coverage is and how it’s different from the other type of coverage.

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Home Insurance Three Broad Coverage Areas

Home insurance can cover a lot of different things depending on the options offered by the company and selected by the homeowner. There are three broad areas that are common to most policies regardless of the home insurance company. These are coverage for property, personal liability, and policy extensions.

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Renters Insurance and What the Property Manager’s Requesting

A friend of mine’s son called me to request a quote on renters insurance. It’s an exciting time for him as he’s moving out from living with his mom and getting his own place. When I asked him how much coverage he needed, he let me know the property manager at the apartment complex told him was he needed $100,000 in coverage per the terms of the lease, but what does that mean?

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Sound Rules for Electric and Hybrid Cars

If you’ve ever stood on a sidewalk curb or walked across a parking lot when an electric or hybrid car drives by, you may not know they’re there unless you’re looking at them. One of the benefits of electric and hybrid cars is they’re quiet. That’s also one of the downsides if you’re a pedestrian or cyclist who’s not paying attention!

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The What and Why of Renters Insurance

If you’re renting your first apartment or home, it’s a good bet your landlord may require you to have a renters insurance policy. While that may seem like an unfair request or requirement for them to make, and one you may not have budgeted for, renters insurance is important. Let’s delve into what it is and why it’s important.

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