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Insurance and Tailgating Fails: Five Amazing things Your Insurance Will Pay For


Tailgating season is upon us. Well, more like it’s always on, but it gets the most attention in football season. It’s one of the grand traditions of being a sports fan – getting together with a few thousand people in a parking lot and grilling some good eats. It’s come a long way from a […]

Reporting an Auto Insurance Claim Step By Step


Even if you have never had an accident, knowing how to report a claim can save you a lot of trouble and hassle. When to File a Claim If your car has been in an accident, whether or not there were injuries or other parties. If your car has been stolen. If your car has […]

Save the Date: Help the Miami Diaper Bank on November 17


Anyone who has ever been a parent remembers that babies go through a lot of diapers, and diapers cost a lot of money. Not many people who are not parents know that most day care centers will not accept an infant unless the parents furnish their own diapers for their child. Moreover, clean and dry […]

Flood Insurance: We Hate to Say that We Told You So


But we told you so, and told you so, and told… you get the idea. Matthew is on target to become one of the costliest storms on record with hundreds of millions of dollars in claims filed, and on the Gulf Coast a visit from Hermine in September has FEMA looking at buyouts of homes […]

Top Miami-Dade Schools: Get an A!


When buying a home, one of the most serious considerations for any family is what schools in the area are the best for their children. Taking a look around Miami-Dade, it’s hard not to be impressed with public school choices like Design and Architecture Senior High – the #20 high school in US News and […]

Florida Insurance Scam Alert!


Just in time for a renewal of hurricane season, along come the scammers. You have to admit, this time they aimed high by impersonating Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier himself. These emails were first brought to everyone’s attention on September 8, but as with all scams the news rarely gets to the people it needs to. […]

2016 Workers’ Compensation Rate Hike


The good news: It was not a 20 percent rate hike as previously proposed. The “eh” news: The rate hike was 14.5 percent and takes effect on December 1 of this year. The rate hike has had a fraught history since its introduction in May, and needed a revision based largely on two interim court […]

4 Reasons Why Miami Renters Are Not Buying Homes in Miami


Bluntly? You reap what you sow. The economy depends on young people entering the housing market as a young family, buying starter homes, freeing up another family to move into a bigger house. Right now homeownership is at a 50 year low, and student debt is at an all-time high, and though people may hesitate […]

Tech Moves Forward: How Will Insurance Catch Up?


The era of the automobile is coming to an end, and the era of the autonomous vehicle is just beginning. With what seems like breathtaking speed, vehicles have gone from being a sci-fi staple to being a tangible reality. With companies such as Tesla and Google at the top of the list to develop autonomous […]

Home Fire Sprinklers Save Lives


You might not know this, but your home is more than likely without some very vital fire prevention equipment. You might have fire extinguishers, you might have your escape routes all planned out, and you may even change batteries in your smoke detector every six months, but if you don’t have a sprinkler system, you […]