Category: Insurance Quotes
Posted by Kai Bavin May 15, 2012 No Comments »
Your windshield does more than keep rain out your face and bugs out of your teeth. According to the Automotive Glass Replacement Safety Standards Council, that piece of glass provides up to 45% of the
structural integrity of your passenger cabin in a front-end crash. That rises to 60% in a rollover. The correct installation of your windshield and side windows also affects the deployment of your airbags. All good reasons to be extremely careful about who you trust with your auto glass repair and replacement.
Auto glass fraud is on the upswing, especially in Florida, South Carolina and Kentucky, the three U.S.
Posted by Kai Bavin May 07, 2012 No Comments »
Traversing over 225 miles, the Red River Waterway has become a strategic cargo and customs hub for the South. It is linked to the Mississippi River and Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and it also sits amidst a Louisiana Highway system, major interstate highways and Louisiana’s railway system, which can deliver cargo to any city in the United States within 7 days. Along the River, there are a series of 5 lock and dam structures that perform a stair step effect on the river, creating controllable pools and passageways for river traffic. T
Posted by Noah Bardsley Apr 14, 2012 No Comments »
Blue skies, warm sun, gentle breezes… Britain has basked in unseasonably warm weather of late, allowing drivers of convertibles to put the roof down at last. And, as the school half term and Easter approach, many drivers will be fitting bike racks and roofboxes to carry holiday luggage.
But summer driving also brings with it a raft of new risks – here we take a look at the insurance implications.
Luggage and possessions
If you are taking stuff away on holiday, bear in mind that the typical limit for personal possessions on a car insurance policy is usually between £250 and £500. <
Posted by Kai Bavin Apr 10, 2012 No Comments »
In January, we posted that Alabama may consider licensing public insurance adjusters, and while a bill has been proposed, it appears critics are trying to dissuade Alabama from licensing public adjusters.
According to the Insurance Journal article, “Alabama Seeks to License Public Adjusters,” Ragan Ingram, the Alabama Department of Insurance chief of staff, thinks the law is necessary because the department could then regulate and educate the adjusters.
Posted by Kai Bavin Mar 22, 2012 No Comments »
It was just last week that I discussed the importance of crop insurance to farmers still suffering from the effects of last year’s record drought. And wouldn’t you know it, while I was thumbing through the , I found an article which provides a closer look at how the drought affected Texas.
William Pack of the Houston Chronicle reported this past Saturday that crop insurance indemnity payments in Texas have set a record this past year with $2.5 billion in claims paid through March 12, 2012. The article notes that as time went on, yields got worse and worse and at least one livestock expert expects livestock and crop losses to get worse. Pac