
Insuring Your Bicycle — Why It Might Be a Good Idea
Summer is a lovely time to get outdoors and bike with your family, but before you go, you’ll want to consider protecting the investment you’ve made in recreation vehicles. Bikes are much easier to steal than cars, as even heavy duty locks can be compromised with the...

Rental Insurance Basics for College Grads
Whether you’ve just graduated from college or are the parent of a recent college grad, here’s a fact you need to know: only 37 percent of today’s renters have rental insurance. This means millions are only one fire, natural disaster or burglary away from the financial...

Preventing Accidental Poisoning
America’s poison help lines received over 3.1 million calls in 2013 alone. While accidental poison exposure of children younger than the age of 6 accounted for nearly 50 percent of incidents, kids weren’t the only ones in harm’s way. Ninety-two percent of reported...

Should You Buy Disability Insurance?
What would happen if you were permanently injured or became too ill to work? You might qualify for disability payments from Social Security, but would you be able to survive on the average payout ($1,165/month as of April 2015)? Maybe you have some savings, but would...

Home Window Safety
You expect your home to be a safe place for your children—maybe even the safest. However, according to recent data from Safe Kids Worldwide, 2,200 children die each year from injuries sustained in the home. Caregivers take another 3.5 million kids to the ER after home...

Buying Cruise Insurance
From weather delays to onboard mishaps, protecting yourself and your vacation is something you should consider before you set sail on your next cruise. Covered Events The unfortunate events covered by cruise insurance vary depending on policy. Common ones include...

Buying a Used Car? Look Out for VIN Cloning
While car theft has been a great concern for car owners, it is less of a concern because of the improvement in technologies such as transponder keys, tracking and recovery systems, improved integrated active alarm systems, etc. But while car theft has dropped, car...

Why to Choose a Safe Deposit Box Over a Home Safe
Whether you want a safe place to stash heirloom jewelry from your great-great-grandmother, a treasured collection of rare coins, stacks of savings bonds or your last five years’ worth of tax returns, a safe deposit box at the bank is a better choice than a home safe...

Dog Bite Prevention
Americans love their dogs. According to the American Pet Products Association, more than 56 million U.S. households included at least one canine companion in 2014. Unfortunately, raising a pooch isn’t always just wagging tails and slobbery kisses. The Centers for...

Before Tossing Those Electronic Gadgets Consider This
You’d be surprised to know that simply tossing away electronic gadgets can potentially inflict damage including large financial losses In the age of hard drives and solid-state memory and its humongous capacity to store information, a lot of details about one’s self...