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Converted School Buses and Car Insurance

I received a call a couple of weeks ago from someone who’d been referred to me. The caller needed car insurance for a Blue Bird bus he and his wife were buying. Their plan is to convert it into an RV and live in it as they drive to different parts of the country where they’ll live and work for varying timeframes. The question is what kind of car insurance would they need and who’d write it?

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Why Home Insurance Rates Change Every Year

Many people are surprised to learn their home insurance rate will change from year to year. Many times, there will be an increase as we’ve seen in the past few years, and sometimes there will be a decrease. Rates fluctuate, so let’s examine why!

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Business Insurance Considerations for Solopreneurs

I had a fun phone conversation last week with a social media solopreneur about business insurance. Ruby’s business has grown, the clients are getting larger, and she wanted to get a handle on the business insurance she should be considering for her growing enterprise. I believe our discussion provides a great framework for solopreneurs and small business owners contemplating their business insurance needs.

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Hail’s Continued Impact on Texas Home Insurance

Summer’s here and while our hail storms are probably behind us, its impact continues to unfold for homeowners in the Dallas / Fort Worth metroplex and San Antonio. Home insurance companies paid an unprecedented amount in claims and tallied up losses from the storms. The impact goes beyond insurance companies balance sheets, it’s being felt by homeowners and buyers in both north and central Texas as insurance companies consider their options. The responses include moratoriums, increased deductibles, increased rates, and coverage shifts.

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Can You Really Get Car Insurance for $25 a Month?

My office is in east Dallas one of the melting pot areas of the metroplex. Across the street on both corners are two insurance agencies which advertise car insurance for as little as $25 to $30 a month. You may wonder if it’s a sweetheart deal that no one really gets, so I thought I’d answer the question in this post which wraps up a look at liability oriented car insurance. The answer is yes, no, and what are truly getting or giving up!

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How Does Credit Impact the Cost of Your Insurance?

How would you like to pay less for your home and car insurance? I don’t know of anyone who wants to pay more than they need to! Most people I talk with realize paying less for their insurance is attainable simply by improving your credit, or insurance, score. People with good credit pay less for their insurance than someone with not so good credit.

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