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How To Practice Defensive Driving on Winter Roads
When winter arrives, so do challenging driving conditions. Snow, ice, and reduced visibility can make the roads treacherous. To ensure your safety and that of others, you must practice defensive driving on winter roads. Continue reading to learn more.
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Preparing for Winter Disruptions To Boost Business Resilience
You don't really know how hard winter weather will hit your area. So, how can you prepare for unknowns? Create a winter business continuity plan that helps you mitigate risks and ensure operations continue without interruption. Continue reading to learn more.
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It's Time to Protect Your Car From Winter Ice Road Salt and More
Do you take time to prepare your car for winter and reduce the impact of damage caused by extreme weather? Regular maintenance and protective measures can go a long way in safeguarding your vehicle during the winter months. Continue reading to learn more.
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Seasonal Affective Disorder: How Dark Winter Days Might Impact You
Do you struggle with the change of the seasons? When the weather changes, the feeling of exhaustion, depression, or unmotivation may kick in for seemingly no reason. While everyone has emotional or low-energy days, not everyone has winter blues that last for most of the fall and winter months. Continue reading to learn more.
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Sixteen Home Maintenance Tasks You May Be Neglecting
As a homeowner, keeping up with regular maintenance can be challenging. Home repairs, updates, and inspections take time and cost money. Some of the least exciting tasks are ones that homeowners forget to do when checking their homes. Continue reading to learn more.
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Seven Things You Should Know About Winter Car Safety for Your Pet
Each season poses different risks to your pets. This blog explores how to keep your pet safe around your vehicle as temps start to dip. Continue reading to learn more.
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Quick Guide To Winterizing Your Landscaping
Maintaining your gardens and yards through the winter helps ensure beautiful curb appeal and easier growing season come spring. As the weather shifts, it's time to start preparing your yard. Here are tips for winterizing your yard this fall and winter. Continue reading to learn more.
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Ways To Prepare and Respond To an Earthquake
While you may think earthquakes occur only on the West Coast, 45 U.S. states and territories sit in an earthquake zone. Before the next earthquake strikes, know your risk and access the Earthquake Notification Service for your area. Continue reading to learn more.
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Earthquake Preparation: What To Do if You Live in an Earthquake-Prone Area
It is estimated that there are about 500,000 detectable earthquakes every year ' and while only about 100 of those are strong enough to cause damage, there is no limit to the devastation that a particularly powerful earthquake can cause. Continue reading to learn more.
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How to Prepare Your Business and Staff for an Earthquake
Earthquake planning stages primarily need to account for personnel safety, but there should also be contingencies to protect the equipment and bottom line of the business. Continue reading to learn more.
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Is Your Car Protected From Earthquake Damage?
Protecting your car as an asset is important if you want to avoid unnecessary expenses. In addition to practicing proactive care, you should have adequate insurance to cover the value of your vehicle in case of disaster scenarios. There are several things that you could cover. Continue reading to learn more.
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Earthquake Recovery: What's Covered for My Home?
According to FEMA and the United States Geological Survey, earthquakes cause an estimated $14.7 billion in damage every year in the United States. Given the destructive potential of these seismic events, ensuring that your home and property are covered against earthquake damage is important for anyone who lives in a quake-prone area. Continue reading to learn more.
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Steps For Recovery Immediately After An Earthquake
An earthquake can wreak havoc on your home, lawn, neighborhood, and town. Learn what to do immediately after an earthquake as you strive to keep your family safe and begin the recovery process. Continue reading to learn more.
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Preparing Your Home for a Flood: What You Need To Know
Because many factors can affect an area's flood risk at any given time, it's important that everybody educate themselves on flood preparation and safety. Continue reading to learn more.
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Flood Preparation: How to Keep Your Car Safe From Damage
Along with putting together a plan to protect your home and ensure everyone there stays safe, it's also essential to prepare your vehicle anytime there is the potential for flooding. Here are four tips for keeping your car safe from flood damage. Continue reading to learn more.
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Flood Preparation for Your Business and Office
Flooded property is never convenient, but when it comes to your business, it could also mean business interruption and lost revenue. If your business or office is at risk, it's important to take steps to properly prepare it. Continue reading to learn more.
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Flood Preparation: Are You in a Flood Zone?
Floods are the most common type of natural disaster in the world, with about 40 percent of all natural disasters involving flooding. However, some regions are much more prone to flooding than others. Where you live will ultimately determine how many precautions you need to take. Continue reading to learn more.
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Flood Preparation: Where and When to Evacuate
Hhow do you know when it's time to evacuate? And if you do decide to evacuate, where should you go? To help you keep yourself and your family safe, let's explore the answers to these two fundamental flood preparation questions. Continue reading to learn more.
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Flood Recovery: What's Protected for My Car?
It's only natural for auto owners who experience flood damage to wonder about their insurance coverage. In this post, we'll discuss how a flood car is defined, how to find out if you're covered and what to do. Continue reading to learn more.
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What's Covered in My Home After a Flood?
What exactly is flood insurance and what does it cover? Having a better understanding of this unique type of coverage will help you better protect what matters to you. Continue reading to learn more.
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What To Do (And Not To Do) After a Flood
By understanding what to do (and what not to do) after a flood, you can keep yourself safe while working to regain some sense of normalcy. Continue reading to learn more.
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Hail Preparation: How to Protect Your Home and Car From Hail
There are some steps that you can take to protect your own home and vehicle(s) from expensive hail damage. The key is to think ahead and be as proactive as possible. Continue reading to learn more.
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Hail Preparation Steps That Protect Your Business and Office
A hailstone can measure from pea-size to grapefruit-size, can travel as fast as 100 mph, and cause extensive damage to your office business. The following steps could protect your employees, company and bottom line. Continue reading to learn more.
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Is Hail Repair Covered Under My Car Insurance Policy?
When hail can fall as fast as 40 miles per hour and the largest hail stone ever recorded was nearly eight inches in diameter, we'll examine whether your carrier will cover your car during the storm. Continue reading to learn more.
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Hail Recovery: How to Determine Whether You Have Hail Damage
More than ever, homeowners need to make sure their insurance policies include coverage for hail damage and know how to identify such damage after a major storm. Continue reading to learn more.
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How to Protect Your Home This Hurricane Season
To protect your property and your family, it's important to be prepared for storms that may take shape quickly, move unpredictably, and hit hard. Here are some ways you can prepare your home for hurricane season. Continue reading to learn more.
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Is Your Car Ready for Hurricane Season?
While most living in hurricane zones know the importance of preparing their homes for stormy seasons, readying cars is also a good idea. Here are some tips to ensure your vehicle is ready to weather the storm. Continue reading to learn more.
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