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Candle Safety Tips
For homeowners who use candles, taking extra care can mean the difference between a comforting, pleasant experience and a damaging fire. Learn more about how the dangers of candle-based fires, as well as how to safely burn candles in your home.
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Summer Grilling Safety Tips
To make sure your outdoor entertaining goes exactly as planned, make sure to take a few extra precautions before firing up that grill.
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Tips For Putting Together A Complete Home Inventory
Keeping a thorough inventory of your valuables is crucial in the event that you need to file a homeowner claim, or police report, in the event of a break-in. Keep reading to learn how to successfully complete a home inventory.
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Pet Damage and Homeowners Insurance Coverage
Adopting a pet can be exciting, but also comes with a lot of responsibility. Read on to learn whether potential damage is covered under your homeowners insurance, and tips to keep your pet from causing damage in the first place.
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Learn To Use Your Fire Pit Safely
Fire Pit Safety Tips
Making sure that you're using your fire pit safely can mean the difference between an enjoyable night and a dangerous situation. Read on to learn some safety tips before, during and after you light that crackling fire.
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Protect Your Home During The Holidays
Help Prevent Theft During The Holiday Season
With so many traveling during the holidays, this creates an opportunity for thefts to occur. Follow these tips to help keep your property safe while you're away.
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Be Sure Your Vacation Home Is Covered
Insuring Your Vacation Home
Be sure that it is protected from any unforeseen damage. Learn more about why you should be sure that your vacation home is protected, in addition to factors that might influence the cost of your insurance.
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Getting Your Vacation Home Ready For The Off Season
Prepping Your Vacation Home
If you own a vacation home, taking the time to get it ready at both the beginning and end of the season can be crucial. Continue reading to learn more.
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Learn More About The Dangers Of Carbon Monoxide
Protect Yourself From Carbon Monoxide
Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless, poisonous gas that is released when fuels are burned. Learn more about the dangers of carbon monoxide and how to protect yourself and your loved ones.
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Prevent Sewer Backups In Your Home
Tips to Prevent Sewer Backups
When heavy rains fall, especially in the spring and summer months, homeowners might be most concerned with issues like a leaking roof or overflowing gutters. Sewer backups, although not as common, can often accompany heavy rains, and can easily cause thousands of dollars in damage to floors, walls and even furniture. Learn more about what causes sewer backups, as well as how you can protect against this type of damage in your home.
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Vacant/Unoccupied Home Insurance: Do I Need It?
There are a number of scenarios where you might find your home empty for a certain period of time, and it's important to make sure you have the protection you need in the event of unexpected damage. Learn the difference between a vacant and unoccupied home, scenarios where additional coverage might be necessary and why you might want to consider purchasing this coverage.
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Summer Power Outage Tips
What You Should Do During a Summer Power Outage
Regardless of the time of year, a power outage can be a major hassle for homeowners. And although winter power outages can be more concerning, summer power outages can be unpleasant as well. Make sure you know what to do in the event that the power goes out during the hot summer months.
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Cook-Outs: Ways to Safeguard Your Home While Entertaining
According to the National Fire Protection Association, fire departments respond to nearly 9,000 home fires each year that involve grills, barbecues, or other outdoor cooking devices. Continue reading to learn more.
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Fall Home Upkeep and Maintenance Tips
With the arrival of autumn, it's time to brush up on your maintenance to-do list. Here are nine tips to incorporate into your list this season. Continue reading to learn more.
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Four Tips for Successful Home Renovations
Whether you are hoping to create a more functional living space or enhance the aesthetic beauty of your current home, renovations can be exhilarating and exhausting. Many homeowners take the DIY approach, finding great satisfaction in the remodeling process. Continue reading to learn more.
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Be Safe During Pool Season with These Tips
Jumping into a swimming pool can be one of the quickest and most pleasurable ways to cool down on a hot day. But that fun water recreation can turn tragic in seconds if an accidental drowning occurs. Continue reading to learn more.
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Tips To Protect All Your Plants From Summer Heat
Jumping into a swimming pool can be one of the quickest and most pleasurable ways to cool down on a hot day. But that fun water recreation can turn tragic in seconds if an accidental drowning occurs. Continue reading to learn more.
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Five Tips for First-Time Home Buyers
Buying a home can be an investment in your future and the fulfillment of a dream. But before you start your house search, consider these five helpful tips for first-time homebuyers. Continue reading to learn more.
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Five Solar Panel Tips to Help You Save Money
Over the course of their lifetime, residential solar panel systems can often help homeowners save thousands of dollars on their energy bills. With a few helpful tips and tricks, though, a solar panel system might be able to save you even more money. Continue reading to learn more.
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My Basement Just Flooded: Now What?
As you might imagine, a basement flood can be one of the more common property losses that homeowners face. Continue reading to learn more.
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Homeowners Insurance and Mobile Homes: What You Need to Know
Mobile homes are a popular housing choice, with approximately 22 million Americans living in these dwellings throughout the United States. From affordability to fast installation, there are numerous benefits to owning a mobile home. When it comes to insuring this type of property, there are a few important differences to keep in mind. Continue reading to learn more.
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Roof Maintenance 101: How to Make Your Roof Last
On average, it costs $8,600 to replace a home's roof, and it's possible to spend as much as $45,000 or more. This staggering price tag makes it essential to properly maintain your roof so that it lasts as long as possible. To help you keep your home's roof in great condition and free of costly damage, here are five roof maintenance tips to keep in mind. Continue reading to learn more.
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The Top 5 Causes of House Fires (And How To Prevent Them)
In 2021 alone, there were an estimated 1.35 million fires in the United States, resulting in a little over $15.9 billion in property loss and 3,800 deaths. Even sadder than these statistics is that the vast majority of these fires likely could have been prevented with the right safety precautions. Continue reading to learn more.
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Sixteen Home Maintenance Tasks You May Be Neglecting
As a homeowner, keeping up with regular maintenance can be challenging. Home repairs, updates, and inspections take time and cost money. Some of the least exciting tasks are ones that homeowners forget to do when checking their homes. Continue reading to learn more.
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Quick Guide To Winterizing Your Landscaping
Maintaining your gardens and yards through the winter helps ensure beautiful curb appeal and easier growing season come spring. As the weather shifts, it's time to start preparing your yard. Here are tips for winterizing your yard this fall and winter. Continue reading to learn more.
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Ways To Prepare and Respond To an Earthquake
While you may think earthquakes occur only on the West Coast, 45 U.S. states and territories sit in an earthquake zone. Before the next earthquake strikes, know your risk and access the Earthquake Notification Service for your area. Continue reading to learn more.
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Earthquake Recovery: What's Covered for My Home?
According to FEMA and the United States Geological Survey, earthquakes cause an estimated $14.7 billion in damage every year in the United States. Given the destructive potential of these seismic events, ensuring that your home and property are covered against earthquake damage is important for anyone who lives in a quake-prone area. Continue reading to learn more.
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Preparing Your Home for a Flood: What You Need To Know
Because many factors can affect an area's flood risk at any given time, it's important that everybody educate themselves on flood preparation and safety. Continue reading to learn more.
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Flood Preparation: Are You in a Flood Zone?
Floods are the most common type of natural disaster in the world, with about 40 percent of all natural disasters involving flooding. However, some regions are much more prone to flooding than others. Where you live will ultimately determine how many precautions you need to take. Continue reading to learn more.
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Flood Preparation: Where and When to Evacuate
Hhow do you know when it's time to evacuate? And if you do decide to evacuate, where should you go? To help you keep yourself and your family safe, let's explore the answers to these two fundamental flood preparation questions. Continue reading to learn more.
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What's Covered in My Home After a Flood?
What exactly is flood insurance and what does it cover? Having a better understanding of this unique type of coverage will help you better protect what matters to you. Continue reading to learn more.
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Hail Preparation: How to Protect Your Home and Car From Hail
There are some steps that you can take to protect your own home and vehicle(s) from expensive hail damage. The key is to think ahead and be as proactive as possible. Continue reading to learn more.
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Hail Recovery: How to Determine Whether You Have Hail Damage
More than ever, homeowners need to make sure their insurance policies include coverage for hail damage and know how to identify such damage after a major storm. Continue reading to learn more.
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How to Protect Your Home This Hurricane Season
To protect your property and your family, it's important to be prepared for storms that may take shape quickly, move unpredictably, and hit hard. Here are some ways you can prepare your home for hurricane season. Continue reading to learn more.
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Hurricane Preparation for Your Family: When to Leave and Where to Go
Hurricane prep starts with protecting the safety of you and your family. No matter how fortified a home is, it may need help to stand up to the forces outside. We'll look at what you should know about evacuating. Continue reading to learn more.
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Hurricane Recovery: What's Covered for My Home?
Explore what may be covered on your homeowner's insurance plan and how to start the recovery process. Continue reading to learn more.
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Hurricane Aftermath: The Cleanup of Tree and Fence Damage
Ensuring the safe removal of trees and efficient restoration of fences is crucial for post-hurricane recovery, for both safety and the restoration of affected areas. Continue reading to learn more.
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Hurricane Recovery: What to Do if Your Home Floods
Dealing with flood damage is often one of the most challenging and costly obstacles. To help you deal with this difficult situation in the best way possible, here are four tips for what to do if your home floods due to a hurricane. Continue reading to learn more.
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Safety Checklist for After a Hurricane Hits Your Area
If you are ever in the path of a storm and have to evacuate, you'll probably want to get things back to normal as quickly as possible. However, before you start, check out this safety post-hurricane cleanup checklist. Continue reading to learn more.
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Storm Preparation For Your Home
Severe weather events such as floods and tornadoes are more common during the spring and summer than any other time of year. Before you can take shelter from a storm, you need to know it is headed your way in the first place. Continue reading to learn more.
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Storm Recovery: What's covered for my home?
From minor damage to catastrophic weather events, it is important to understand what your homeowners' insurance policy covers and what it does not. Continue reading to learn more.
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Storm Recovery: Impacts of Tree Falling on My Home or Car
In this post, we'll discuss the impact of tree damage on your car or home, what type of insurance covers it, and more. Continue reading to learn more.
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Tornado Preparation for Home
If a tornado warning is issued in your area, be sure your home is prepped, and you're ready to get to safety. Continue reading to learn more.
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Tornado Recovery: What's Covered for My Home?
One of the most important parts of recovering from tornado damage is filing a claim on your homeowner's insurance policy. Continue reading to learn more.
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Tornado Recovery: Understanding the Impacts of Tree and Fence Damage
To help anyone who might be recovering from tornado damage, let's consider the impacts of tree and fence damage caused by tornadoes. Continue reading to learn more.
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Wildfire Preparation for Home
Here's what you might do to prepare your home for a wildfire. Continue reading to learn more.
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Wildfire Recovery: What's Covered For My Home?
Make sure that your home is adequately protected in the event of a fire. Continue reading to learn more.
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Top Ways To Prepare Your Home For Winter
To keep your family warm and safe all season, consider winterizing your home. You could take several steps as you inspect all areas of your house before the first winter storm hits. Continue reading to learn more.
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Winter Preparation: Prevent Pipes Bursting in Your Home
In this post, we'll cover why pipes burst, how to prevent them from bursting, and what to do if they burst. Continue reading to learn more.
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Winter Preparation: Home Maintenance Prior to Winter
In this post, we'll discuss some home maintenance tips to follow prior to winter. Continue reading to learn more.
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A Guide to Fixing Ice Dams on Your Home
The snow and ice during winter can also create many problems. One such problem is ice dams, which can cause significant damage if left unaddressed. Continue reading to learn more.
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How Moving Can Impact Your Home and Auto Insurance
By understanding the factors of home and auto insurance rates, you'll have a better idea of what to expect. Continue reading to learn more.
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Setting up a Home Gym: Where to Start
Here's how to set up a home gym designed for the fitness training you want to do. Continue reading to learn more.
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What to do after a Power Surge?
Power surges are largely unpredictable, so it's important to take measures to manage them properly. Continue reading to learn more.
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