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The 2 ½ types of life insurance

?Say the words “life insurance” and most people will scatter faster than you can say multi-level marketing! Why is that? They’ve either been sold or over promised or made to feel guilty or scared by people that should be there to help them. The goal in our blog is to demystify, explain and empower each person so they can make informed decisions that are in their best interest.

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An introduction to flood insurance

There are a number of perils, types of things that can happen to your home, that aren’t covered by your home policy. The same is true for renters, condo and town home policies. One of those perils is flood. Hurricane Sandy, and even Irene from 2011 are great reminders that flooding happens. Damage to your home and even your personal property or contents is not covered if it’s lost or damaged by a flood.

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Should you buy life insurance for children?

If you pack a room with financial planners and life insurance agents and then ask this question, you’ll have some great entertainment. It will be on a par with a professional wrestling match or an MMA cage fight. Not to be one for the faint of heart, I thought this would make for an interesting topic.

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The top 10 US cities with the worst drivers

?I’ve lived in Texas for 32 years. On more than one occasion, I’ve heard people describe Texas drivers as aggressive, bad, you name it. None of the descriptions were “complimentary!” But guess what my fellow Texans? No city in Texas made Allstate’s top 10 list for worst US drivers.

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Hurricane Sandy numbers & initial lessons

?There are always an interesting set of numbers about any storm like Sandy. Here are some of the ones I thought to be interesting,
– 932 – The number of miles across / wide for the storm. This distance is about the distance from New York to Jacksonville, Florida. At its largest, Sandy would have covered almost 1/3 of the United States.
– 13.88 – The height in feet for the storm surge that occurred from the wind pushing the water that high.

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