When something bad happens we always hope there is a way to take care of it. Large companies look for bailouts from the government. The small guy usually hopes his insurance will cover it. What happens though if you are in an accident and realize your policy has lapsed or you forgot to call and […]
::iimageright(“accident.jpg”,”Photo by Hans van de Bruggen”):: The Wall Street Journal recently reported that more and more drivers are letting their insurance lapse or reducing their coverage as the economy sours. As you are driving, what are the chances that the guy coming up behind you does not have insurance? By not having insurance he not […]
::iimageright(“Pedestrian.jpg”,”Car vs Pedestrian Accident”):: It scares me as I watched people walk on the snow covered streets because the snow plows have covered the sidewalks with a foot or more of snow. What amazes me is that everyone I have seen doing this is on the wrong side of the street. Instead of facing traffic […]
My wife and I are spending this Super Bowl weekend at the Suquamish Clearwater Casino Resort with a ([not-so-sexy->Sexy Insurance! Social Networking for the Insurance Industry]) bunch of insurance agents. Each year members of the Special Risk Agents Association (SRAA) of Washington and representatives from the companies we represent get together for an annual meeting […]
::iimageright(“SexyInsurance.jpg”,”Sexy Insurance”):: You may think I am joking, but I am not. Sexy Insurance! bills itself as the world’s first international social networking site for the sexiest industry on the planet! I think it was the marketing department and not the actuaries who came up with that last statement. The site is designed to help […]
::iimageright(“reject67.gif”,”reject67″):: Have you seen the TV ad with the young lady talking about how the insurance companies “killed” her dad, the firefighter, by denying his claim? Did it pull at your heartstrings? What if you found out the whole thing was false? That the referendum would have no impact on this situation? In what way […]
My wife continues to shatter my altered reality and remind me that I am getting older. It is sad but true, yet getting older does beat the alternative. We have decided it was time to work on our will. To do that I will probably have to sit down with someone, and they will look […]
Our office lease was up at the location we had been at for the last 7 years. Our new office will not be ready for another 4 months. The landlord wants to charge us for 12 months rent to stay 4 more months. What to do? Moving, Moving, Moving. We decided to move down the […]
::iimageleft(“UnitrinSL.jpg”,”Unitrin in Second Life”):: According to Investor’s Business Daily, many ‘real world’ companies are acquiring property and generating a presence in the Second Life virtual world. Second Life claims to have 3.3 million registered users and is adding 230,000 users per week. The companies include some biggies like IBM, General Motors, Toyota Motor, Dell, Cisco […]
Have you had an accident or done something stupid and want to sue somebody? Here is the company to call. I especially like the last line of the ‘commercial’.