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Types of Homeowners Insurance Policies
Finding home insurance that truly protects your home and belongings means navigating standardized policy “forms” and fast‑changing market conditions. Policy types like HO‑3 (the most common homeowners form per NAIC) or HO‑6 (for condos/co‑ops) are matched to the kind of home you have and the coverages you need. In 2025, availability, pricing, and terms are ...
Comparing the safest and most dangerous states for driving in 2025
Quick facts The ten safest states for driving: The ten most dangerous states for driving: Here’s some good news for anyone getting ready to drive: After pandemic-era peaks, U.S. roadway deaths declined in 2023 and continued trending down in early 2024. In 2023, yearly deaths from motor vehicle crashes fell compared with 2022 and the ...
Our 6 Secrets for Work-from-Home Success
We've been working from home since 2013. Here's what we've learned about staying as happy, healthy and connected as possible....
Tips for Building Your Home Security System
Home security spans professionally installed, monitored systems and modern DIY kits. Adoption continues to rise, with about four in ten U.S. internet households reporting a home security system and a growing share choosing self‑installed options for lower cost and flexibility (Parks Associates). Satisfaction is most influenced by reliability, price/value, ease of use/app experience, and responsive ...
Negotiating For Your Home During the Pandemic
As of 2025, the U.S. single-family market features near-record home prices, gradually improving but still lean resale inventory, and sales volumes below pre‑pandemic norms; new construction plays an outsized role compared with the 2010s. National price indices from S&P CoreLogic Case‑Shiller and FHFA show year‑over‑year gains into 2025, while NAR reports subdued existing‑home sales and ...
Insurance Companies Can See Your Social Media. Time to Scrub Your Profiles?
Insurance is not an industry known for tech innovation or startup unicorns. Yet over the past few years insurers have modernized core workflows (e.g., automated underwriting, electronic health records, model governance) while keeping tight controls on data sources that can affect eligibility and price—especially social media, which regulators now treat as a high‑risk “external consumer ...
What Car Insurance Discounts to Look For
Auto insurance is mandatory in most states, but you can still lower what you pay by choosing a carrier that pairs competitive base rates with strong, verifiable discounts. In 2025, widely available savings include multi‑policy bundling, multi‑vehicle, accident‑free/good driver, approved driver training/defensive driving, good student/distant student, vehicle safety/anti‑theft, usage‑based insurance (UBI), and billing/processing credits such ...
How to Add A Teen Driver to Your Car Insurance
Reviews Report On average, adding a newly licensed 16-year-old to a married couple’s full coverage auto policy typically raises premiums by about 80%–100% nationally, with higher increases for male teens and in high-cost states; in some scenarios, the jump can exceed 120% (see recent analyses from Bankrate, Forbes Advisor, The Zebra, and NerdWallet). There is ...
What to Do After a Car Accident
Reviews Report Latest finalized national totals show about 6.10 million police‑reported crashes and about 2.38 million people injured in 2022; NHTSA’s early estimate projects 40,990 traffic deaths in 2023 with a fatality rate of 1.26 per 100 million vehicle miles traveled (BTS/NHTSA Table 2‑17; NHTSA; FHWA). 6.13 auto collision claims per 100 car years is ...
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