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Two Important Reasons to Buy Mexico Car Insurance

Written by Scott Boren on . Posted in Car Insurance 101.

Two Important Reasons to Buy Mexico Car Insurance If you’re going to drive your vehicle in Mexico, you need to buy Mexico car insurance. It’s pretty simple. This isn’t salesman talk. Let me share a little story. Many years ago, during my first year of college, a good friend and I took a trip to Cabo San Lucas for a summer of sun and fun. Part of the quest was to witness a once-in-a-lifetime...

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Four Reasons Convertibles Are Expensive To Insure

Written by Scott Boren on . Posted in Car Insurance 101.

Four Reasons Convertibles Are Expensive to Insure You live in sunny California, where the sun shines 68% of the time. Life is good. It’s time to take advantage of all this sun and get that nice convertible you’ve always wanted. I know exactly how you feel. Back in 1999 when I had the opportunity to buy my first convertible, I got a fun convertible Mustang GT, just like this one. Think of it....

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Ten Ways to Protect Against Identity Theft

Written by Scott Boren on . Posted in Family, Lifestyle & Home.

Ten Ways to Protect Against Identity Theft Do you worry about identity theft? As it turns out, many of us do. According to a 2014 Gallup Poll, “Hacking” tops the list of crimes consumers are most concerned about. As companies push more commerce toward the internet, protecting our online data is becoming big business. Even for insurance agents and underwriters, the reality of cyber-crimes and...

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The latest Auto Theft Statistics for 2014

Written by Scott Boren on . Posted in Family, Lifestyle & Home.

The latest Auto Theft Statistics for 2014 We recently published a fun post about the top 10 insurance myths people tend to believe, and one of those myths had to do with vehicle theft. That’s when it hit us, we’ve never done a proper post about auto theft statistics. Shame on us! As insurance agents selling auto insurance, this is a critical piece of information we should be sharing...

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The Ten Myths about Insurance People Believe

Written by Scott Boren on . Posted in General Insurance.

The Ten Myths about Insurance People Believe As a young man fresh out of college, I didn’t see myself working in insurance, let alone as an insurance agent. It’s not because I thought it was beneath me, I simply wasn’t informed about the industry. In hindsight it’s easy to understand why I was so ill-informed, there isn’t much education about insurance in our intermediate or higher education...

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Will Lemonade be the Uber of the Insurance Market?

Written by Scott Boren on . Posted in General Insurance.

Will Lemonade Insurance by the Uber of Insurance? We often marvel at the clever entrepreneur who comes up with a new product or service, especially one that disrupts an established industry. Today, it seems that technology, combined with social media and peer-to-peer networks, is combining to offer disruptive new products and services that challenge the economic models of traditional business...

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Have You Assessed Your Cyber Liability Risk?

Written by Scott Boren on . Posted in Business Insurance.

Have You Fully Assessed Your Cyber Liability Risk? When small business owners review the questions they have before they buy business insurance, they frequently don’t consider the cyber liability threat. In fact, many pay little attention to potential cyber-attacks and don’t buy cyber liability insurance. Why? Maybe it’s a feeling that most businesses are too small or insulated...

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Should You be Concerned about Social Media Liability?

Written by Scott Boren on . Posted in Business Insurance.

Should You be Concerned about Social Media Liability? When we think of social medial liability, most of us are thinking of ways to protect our digital identity or manage our kid’s screen time. We’re not thinking of buying business insurance. Most business owners aren’t thinking of the risks they’re taking when they use social media. Businesses are making use of social media...

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Did You Buy a Nonstandard Auto Insurance Policy?

Written by Scott Boren on . Posted in Car Insurance 101.

Did You Buy a Nonstandard Auto Insurance Policy? In a recent post we talked a lot about a segment of the auto insurance market called nonstandard auto insurance, and it struck me … many of you may not be familiar with the term nonstandard auto insurance. Why would you? When I began my career in insurance, I was a product analyst for a private passenger auto insurance carrier and at the time I...

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Acoustic Crazy by CeeLo Green & Daryl Hall

Written by Scott Boren on . Posted in Acoustic Guitar Clips.

Acoustic Crazy by CeeLo Green & Daryl Hall As much fun as it is to write about Real Estate Agent E&O Insurance or California home insurance, we normally take a break from normal insurance-related topics each month to share an acoustic or particularly good live performance by a pop, R&B, or rock artist. I’m not getting any objection from the staff or our readers, so we’ll continue the...

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