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How to Reduce Home-Yard Risks

When the warmer seasons are in force, it’s the time to enjoy the great outdoors to the full extent. These days, homeowners are taking more advantage of their yards by installing all types of family entertainment. From...

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Insurance Claim: How to ensure your Auto Accident is Covered

Often, when involved in a minor accident the two parties decide on their own to handle the damages without filing a police report or making an insurance claim. This may seem the logical choice to avoid a rate increase,...

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A Synopsis about Flood Insurance for the Property Owner

In 1968, the US Congress created the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) to shield property owners from the risks of flood damage. The NFIP offers flood insurance to home and property owners, renters and business...

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Will Insurance Cover Business Losses from a Measles Outbreak?

Measles has been off the radar in the US for decades. However, a recent outbreak attributed to unvaccinated travelers and those known as ‘Anti-Vaxxers’ has brought it back. Health officials are in an uproar. The City of...

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When Insurance Covers an Auto-Bike Accident

Spring and summer’s irresistible pull to the great outdoors includes bicyclists. The added traffic strain on the roads, however, places drivers of all types of vehicles at risk of a related accident. MORE: when the...

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Will Travel Insurance Cover a Cancelled Trip due to Airline Closure?

“Passengers are advised to check available flights with other airlines,” says the suddenly defunct WOW Iceland airline that has left thousands of passengers in the lurch. Will your travel insurance protect you in the ...

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How to Salvage a Flood-Damaged Motorcycle

Nebraska and many parts of the Midwest are reeling from the recent floods, but the effects of such disasters are not exclusive to that area. Cases in point, of course include FL, TX and other states impounded by...

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The Staged Auto Crash: How to Recognize the Signs

The insurance industry is very vigilant about fraudulent claims. One of the most cunning examples of auto insurance claim fraud involves something known as a staged crash or collision where it is not just the insurance...

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How to Prevent Pipe Bursts in Your Commercial Building

Polar Vortex Alert from PRIME Insurance and The Hartford - One of winter’s most expensive insurance claims involve burst pipes. Extreme cold has resulted in hundreds of thousands of dollars in losses for businesses, but...

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How Do I Make Sure My Child is Buckled Safely in the Car Seat?

On January 14, 2019, a Minnesota motorist’s video captured the heart-stopping episode: a car seat with a toddler strapped into it tumbled from a moving car. Miraculously, the child was uninjured and was saved from a...

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How to Handle an Earthquake Situation when in the Car

Earthquakes and resulting damages have been on record here in the United States since 1900. Being that the natural disaster can occur at any moment without warning, you may be anywhere – even in the car – when tremors...

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Insurance Matters When the Accident is a Hit and Run

Tell Andrew Sipowicz of Buffalo, NY about hit and run accidents and he’ll likely go on about it on a personal level, as broadcast on his twitter account. While surveying the damage done to his red 2012 Ford Mustang on...

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How to Prevent or Handle a Gas Explosion

When a sewer line contractor working in the heart of a residential area in Lakewood, NJ struck a gas line, it sparked an explosion and prompted dozens of home evacuations. RELATED: testing for radon in your home In view...

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Workers Compensation: When Fraud is Uncovered

We’ve highlighted workers compensation fraud and how it hurts us all before. The following are two examples of fraud uncovered. RELATED: When Workers Comp Discounts Are Available Workers Comp Fraud in TX - Gary Hunt...

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Will Insurance Cover a Car with Flood Damage?

With scenes of cars enveloped by floods in the aftermath of hurricanes and tropical storms on the public radar, the headline on this blog begs for answers. Will insurance cover a vehicle damaged by flood water? Auto...

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Does Your Homeowners Insurance Protect from Lightning Strikes?

One in 200: those are the chances of your home being stuck by lightning, as per the National Lightning Safety Institute. The statistic, along with a 2015 insurance study citing related damages above the $825 mark, is...

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Can Insurance Protect a Restaurant from a Lawsuit, Fire and More?

We’ve recently heard about restaurants that have been in the media’s spotlight for asking certain patrons to leave based on political leanings and for taking other actions that may be the basis for a lawsuit. Restaurant...

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Someone Damaged my Mailbox, Will Insurance Compensate?

Newly built homeowners join millions of other Americans who collect their mail from curbside boxes. For the US Postal Service that instituted the change, it translates into a multi-billion cost-saving effort. RELATED: ...

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Is it Always Good Policy to File an Auto Accident Claim?

While driving down the street, a woman was hit by a teenage driver. Though no one was hurt and the scratch the boy made to her car did not really amount to much, it was an eyesore. The boy’s parents immediately came...

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Small Business: How to detect Workers Comp Fraud

A former NY Port Authority officer pleads guilty to workers comp fraud after getting caught singing in a band while collecting disability from the police department for an injured arm... An actor dances energetically in...

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How to Keep Your Business a Safe Place for Your Employees

According to a 2017 Liberty Mutual study, the ten most common causes for serious employee injury come with a hefty bill: more than $60 billion associated with medical and loss of wages payments. Add that to the indirect...

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How to Protect your Auto Shop Property

- Get Good Business Insurance Coverage! - There are so many auto repair shop owners like you that are worried about liability risk exposure. See why getting a tailored NJ commercial insurance policy is your best...

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5 Sure Steps to Protect Against a Tornado

Property insurance exists because damages do occur. Tornadoes such as the most recent ones, for instance, are known to incur tremendous losses. Weather News Coverage Recap A powerful tornado flipped a tractor-trailer...

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How to Best Protect Your Junior Sports League

- Insurance for Non-Profit's Risk Exposure - There's nothing like getting the kids into organized sports activities. But when it comes to little leagues, there's a whole lot more than good fun that's up to bat. RELATED:...

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Own an Entertainment Center?

- Amusement Parks, Theaters, Etc. Need Specialized NJ Insurance - Owning an amusement/entertainment center involves more liability risk exposure than most industries. Your operation needs special business coverage if it...

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Going away for the Holidays?

- Secure Your Home from Burglary - The holiday season is a perfect vacation time. But while you’re away, you worry: is it possible for intruders to break into your home? Will your absence increase your exposure to...

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Holiday Cooking and Home Fires

How to Avoid the Risk Exposure - Happy Holidays! As you gear up for family fun and celebration, you’ll be spending a lot of time preparing time-honored holiday meals. In terms of national statistics, you’ll be putting...

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Are You a Healthcare Facility Struggling With Insurance Issues?

You Are Not Alone - Coverage Difficulties - Healthcare facilities, such as nursing homes, aging facility services, mental institutions and the like, share common insurance hurdles. These include: Rising costs High claim...

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Attention Adult Day Care Owners!

- Question: Is your Professional Liability Policy written on a Claims Made Form or on an Occurrence Form? - Some may not even know the answer, but this query highlights a prime example why an adult day care owner may be...

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Do You Understand Insurance?

- Do You WANT to Understand Insurance? - Based on years of experience with dealing with all types of folks, PRIME Insurance has learned that today’s customers are different than those of yore. Today, customers want to...

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Own a Pet Care Store?

- Make sure you have the right insurance coverage! - You deal with a variety of pet related products. You’re used to lively human chatter along with the all types of animal sounds that accompanying four-legged friends...

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Good thing there’s coverage for lawsuits.

Outrageous Stories About Ridiculous Lawsuit Cases Drunk Driver Gets $300,000 After Crashing Car Linda Hunt of Ontario, Canada, drank one too many at an office party. Following the shebang, she crashed the car she was...

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MetLife Auto & Home Insurance Company and PRIME Insurance Agency

- Leading Insurance Company Selects Top Agency to Serve Business Owners - It’s true! MetLife has recently announced its entrance into NJ’s business insurance market. As its horizons open to include superior products in...

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Hot Enough For ‘Ya? Get the Tips to Cool Down!

Back in January, how we longed for those deliciously warm days of summer! The thought of stepping out of our homes minus any need to wear hats and coats or scrape the ice off the car seems to always bring a wistful...

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Your NJ Homeowners Policy: Are you aware of what it covers?

- Home Owners Insurance. It’s All the Same, Right? - WRONG! Never assume anything - unless you are familiar with the coverage. Standard Homeowners Insurance - What You Can Expect - In a standard policy, you may be...

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“If not for my Umbrella Insurance… My NJ business would be in ruin”

How insurance foresight saved my life’s ambition. I worked long and hard to become a leader in my particular industry. Nonetheless, with each notch to the top, I never lost sight of the fact that I could easily tumble...

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How Insurance-Smart are you?

“INSURANCE DEDUCTIBLE” EXPLAINED - We all know that every insurance policy out there comes with a policy deductible. Depending on the policy, your deductible may be in the form of a standard flat fee, such as $1,000 or $...

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