August is here and it’s hot! The forecast for the next week, and probably the rest of the month, is 100 + degree days and no rain. It makes me miss the rain we had in May that erased the drought conditions we’d experienced the past three years. August, however, usually means little to no rain and with the clay content of our soil, it’s time to review foundation care.
The Dallas Morning News recently published an article which stated most Americans are not saving for elder care. The article listed several interesting statistics and common misconceptions worth reviewing, and which should serve as motivation for all adults to develop and include in a financial action plan.
Imagine you’re driving down Interstate 35 at 70 miles per hour just outside of Dallas when your car begins to spray wiper fluid continuously on your windshield while the windshield wipers are flailing madly away. Or your stereo starts blaring a local radio station and you’re unable to turn down the volume, change stations, or turn it off. Maybe your air conditioner turns on at full blast but you didn’t touch anything, or you start slowing down and you’re unable to accelerate even when the pedal’s floored.
No one wants to pay more for their Texas home insurance than they have to. What people want is to pay a fair price for their home insurance without being over or under insured. With that in mind, here are 13 ways you can save on your Texas home insurance.
College is a wonderful and sometimes slightly scary time for most parents. Their son or daughter is spreading their wings, stepping out on their own, and beginning to prepare for life as an adult while they figure what their future holds. It is also a time when a son or daughter begins to make decisions for themselves, some of which have adult level consequences.
Car insurance company statisticians and actuaries, along with members of the US Department of Transportation were warning of a coming tsunami of senior drivers in the early 2000’s. One of the predictions was 2015 would be a watershed year of fatal crashes involving senior drivers.
There are a number of things most people don’t know about flooding of flood insurance, such as flooding is the top natural disaster in the US, and that flash floods are the top weather related killer, or that 20% of all flood claims are from low and moderate risk flood zone areas (see https://wiseinsurancegroup.com/texas-floods-and-flood-insurance/). There is one other thing most people don’t know about flood insurance, and that is there are limits on how much a policy will pay on a claim.
A colleague called me a few weeks ago. He was helping a new client who was relocating to Dallas with their home and car insurance. My friend asked me if I would quote the family’s boat insurance. It turns out, the insurance company my friend is with doesn’t write a standalone boat policy, they place it as option on the home policy. This approach raised the home insurance too high and caused the mortgage ratios to be out of whack
There are a number of items I cover with someone when quoting their home insurance including square footage, number of stories, room configuration, floor coverings, and grade of finish out in the kitchen and bathrooms. I also review what updates have been made to the home. The updates insurance companies focus on are plumbing, electrical, heating and cooling, and the roof.
I had two conversations with two different clients over the last two weeks about teen drivers and their car insurance policy. One client has a daughter that’s turning 16 so we worked through the steps of when to add her to the family’s policy. The second client has a daughter that’s turning 15 and will get her learner’s permit. In this instance, the mom wanted to know when she should add her daughter to the family’s insurance policy, as well as, whether it make a difference if her daughter takes a driver education class that’s instructor led or parent led.
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