USAA, the nation’s fifth-largest auto insurer, confirmed Tuesday it will keep covering COVID-19 auto cleaning through June 30. “We're extending cleaning through June 30, 2021,” USAA spokeswoman Lara Hendrickson wrote within an email each day before what would have been the last day's such reimbursement. This news follows at least...

Beginning today, July 15 through July 21, state troopers and local law enforcement across Florida are cracking down on speeding drivers. "If you have a lead foot, decelerate or you will get stopped," says Ellsworth Buck, Vice President of Insurance, Florida's largest independent auto insurance agency. "Operation Southern Shield 2021"...

NJM Insurance on Tuesday said hello discarded its March 31 deadline for COVID-19 vehicle cleaning charges and instead would reimburse the operation “for that near future." The insurer as late as Friday was declaring it would not pay for the work effective April 1. "Effective 4/1/2021, NJM won't be accepting...

Our favorite fictional characters have a tendency to live quite dicey and dramatic lives – it's part of their allure and charm, in the end. However, these risky endeavors come at a price, and it's one which puts their loved ones' futures at risk. As these T.V. characters combined have...

Most Floridians do not look forward to the sweltering heat that comes with August. "Our instinct is to crank the AC and resign to cover it later," says Ellsworth Buck, Vice President of Insurance, Florida's largest independent home insurance agency. However, you can cool your home off without emptying your...

Have you heard about the recent shopping trend, that customers want experiences, not products or things? That's been the inclination the last few years, and that i bet it can even be translated to the insurance world. So whether your consumers are buying a service or a product, make sure...

An insurance trade group including major national carriers on Monday told Texas lawmakers it had no issue with the idea of requiring OEM repair procedures. But the Texas Coalition for reasonable Insurance Solutions still opposed House Bill 1131 on grounds including a desire for parts competition, Executive Director Beaman Floyd...

Monday morning a tragic scene occurred whenever a blaze started in Scottsboro, AL at a marina that accommodates boats, houseboats and pontoon vessels. According to USA Today, eight individuals are confirmed dead, while 35 vessels burned. Some boats sank at the dock while some drifted from their moorings and sank....

As the top of operations at Haven Life, I see a number of people buying term life to financially protect their families. Individuals with different backgrounds, occupations, and family structures - all coming together for that common good of financial planning. What's interesting about term life insurance, versus other products,...

An LKQ representative a week ago argued that a Texas bill’s proposed meaning of “like kind and quality” alternative parts unfairly required matching internal automaker specs no OEM will make open to aftermarket vendors. But Tracy Law Firm owner Todd Tracy told the Texas House Insurance Committee it was “disingenuous,”...