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Hail season is once again upon us. Here are some tips you can use to limit the impact hail can have on you.

- Leave your car IN your garage. Clean out your garage, carport or whatever you have to keep your vehicle in a covered space. You don’t want your car looking like this guys!

- If you have no garage or carport try to park under a large roof or a stable tree that may keep some of the hail off your vehicle.

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The Insurance House

Hail season is once again upon us. Here are some tips you can use to limit the impact hail can have on you.

• Before a Storm happens be sure your trees are well maintained and your gutters are clean from all debris. Bring any exterior property and lawn furniture inside or under a roof.

After a Storm

• Inspect the damage and check for leaks; put a tarp over the damaged or leaking area asap....

Tips on How to Recover and Survive and Disaster!

Step one is you need to take action!

Be aware of what could possibly happen around you, like if you live by the ocean get educated on flooding, if you live in a forest be aware of the risk of forest fire.

Sometimes you have to abandon your home for an extended period of time and you need to be aware of that fact and prepared to do so.

Have a support network.

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Water damage is the second most common home insurance claim in the United States with an average of 1 in 50 homes filing some sort of freeze

or water damage a year. The cost of these claims on average is just under $10,000 and the time it takes for a company to come and completely

dry out your home approximates to 3.5 days. The costs financially, and to ones time, of water claims is so great that taking a little effort to mitigate

these types of risks are well wort...

Tom Traub and Kevin Moynihan: Posted on Tuesday, May 02, 2017 5:05 PM

What you think you know about distracted driving

Have you ever texted, talked, fooled around with the radio, or turned to chat with those around you while driving? Should that be the case, you could be exposing yourself, your travel mates, and others using the road to possible harm. The NHTSA says distracted driving was reported in 3,179 accidents that killed people in 2014...