The Insurance Artist at SentryWest Insurance
A recent Insurance.com survey of 500 drivers found that respondents could only correctly answer three out of 10 multiple-choice questions about the coverage offered by their auto policies. The results show motorists are likely making mistakes when purchasing policies, especially if they do so through increasingly popular online services that cannot offer tailored guidance like an [...]
It’s been nice to pay a little less at the gas pump lately. But, you may be feeling the squeeze in other places – like your insurance premiums. According to MarketScout, property / liability insurance premiums continued to increase through 2012. Homeowners premiums were up 4-5% and Automobile premiums were up 3%. Compared to the [...]
According to statistics from the National Survey of Family Growth, over the past 30 years more and more people live with someone with whom they have a relationship with prior to or instead of getting married- including about half of all men and women under 44 in the most recently available data. No matter the reason, [...]
As sure as the swallows return to Capistrano, all over America the latest migration of students prepares to descend on college campuses. Depending on whether your student is facing year one or is farther along the higher education highway, their individual stress levels may range from sheer terror to borderline boredom. For you, concerns may [...]
Today more than 43 million Americans are operating full- or part-time businesses from the comfort of their homes, and these numbers continue to grow every year. One of the secrets to running a successful home-based business is being able to separate your business activity from your home activity. Jon Jepsen of SentryWest Insurance in Salt [...]
It’s a rite of passage for college students to don cap and gown and march for graduation ceremonies- in fact, according to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), nearly 1.8 million students will graduate with a bachelor’s degree in 2012. As those 1.8 million make the transition from undergraduates to careers, pursuit of advanced [...]
As the holiday season approaches, millions of Americans will take to the roads to visit family and friends. Since many will make the trip in a rented car, it’s an appropriate time to discuss one of the most frequently asked questions of agents and brokers all over the country: “Should I buy the insurance from [...]
If a tree falls… Find out the insurance answers to what happens when your (or your neighbor’s) tree falls. Insurance Information Intitute’s Michael Barry interviewed by NBC: http://www.nbcnewyork.com/video/#!/news/local/Who-Pays-When-a-Tree-Falls-/132955043
Here are three crazy stories: • A driver claimed they were leaving for work one morning and drove into a school bus parked at the end of their drive. A claim was filed against the bus driver, since the bus was five minutes earlier than they had expected and therefore obviously at fault. (as told by [...]
According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, “Teenage drivers have the highest crash risk per mile traveled, compared with drivers in other age groups. The problem is worse among 16 year-olds, whose driving experience is the most limited and whose immaturity often results in risk-taking.” The following is a great video that teen drivers and [...]
