Check out our winter tow truck gear guide.

Winter Weather Gear Guide for Tow Truck Drivers

It’s that time of year again for tow trucks to break out their winter weather gear. The roads are getting a little icier, a little dicier, and a lot more accident prone. So, it’s important when you’re coming to the rescue of a stranded or crashed vehicle that your tow truck is prepared for the special kinds of hazards you can face in winter weather. Check out our winter tow truck gear guide to keep your tow trucks and drivers safe in colder weather.

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You might want to consider getting insurance for your business event.

Do I need insurance for my business event?

Running a business means keeping an eye on company culture and employee morale. So, things like company picnics, office Christmas parties, and get-togethers throughout the year can be a great way to bring your staff together. But if something happens when your employees are enjoying themselves at a venue outside the office, your business could take a major financial hit – even if you have business insurance. Here’s why you might want to consider insurance for your business event.

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Getting home insurance for a hard to place home can be a challenge.

Why is my home “hard to place” for insurance?

If you have a home and you’re having trouble getting home insurance for it, you might be ready to start throwing things across the room. You understand the importance of having insurance – your house is a big investment. So, you’re willing to pay for insurance, but you keep getting turned down. What gives? The reason for your home insurance difficulties could be that your house is considered “hard to place” or “hard to insure.”

But why would your house be considered hard to place? It didn’t do anything wrong. Well, we have a few reasons that your house could fall into the hard to place category, and we’ll explain a possible solution.

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It's important to protect your identity when you're shopping online on Cyber Monday.

Cyber Monday: 11 tips for identity theft prevention

’Tis the season for online shopping, right? With a delicious Thanksgiving dinner behind us, it’s time to turn to the next big day on the calendar – Cyber Monday. There are a lot of deals to be found online on Cyber Monday, and if you’re planning on getting a head-start on your holiday shopping you’re probably gearing up to brew some coffee, put on your glasses, and stare at the computer for a few hours.

The only thing is that online shopping can put your credit card information and identity at risk. Sure, there are lots of great things about online shopping, but you have to be careful to keep your personal information, well, personal. Check out these eleven tips for preventing identity theft on Cyber Monday.

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Check out these business tips from two towing veterans

Top business tips from towing veterans

It’s no secret that towing isn’t exactly the easiest industry to get into. It takes a lot of hard work and dedication to launch a successful tow truck business and keep it growing and thriving – there’s a lot that goes into running a successful towing business. We caught up with two towing veterans to ask for their advice on running a towing business – Bob Lantis of First Call Towing (based in Alabama) and Charles Hopper of Hoppers Tow and Recovery, LLC (based in Mississippi.) Check out what they had to say about running a towing business.

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Our Client Portal is a helpful tool for commercial insurance clients.

Commercial insurance clients, check out our Client Portal!

Here at InsuranceHub, we’re always looking to make insurance easy for our clients. When we’re helping people get quotes, we put our all into making the process go as smoothly as possible by striving to deliver a head-ache free insurance experience.

But we also want to make insurance easy for our current commercial insurance clients, and one way that we do that is with our Client Portal. If you’re a current client and you haven’t gotten the chance to check it out yet, we encourage you to do so. And if you’re not our client yet, we invite you to find out how our Client Portal can make your life easier if you decide to work with our team!

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Stay safe if you're deep frying a turkey this Thanksgiving.

7 Safety Tips for Deep-Frying a Turkey

The National Fire Protection Association reports that over the Thanksgiving season, fire departments respond to an average of 1,000 turkey frying incidents. These accidents also cause about $15 million of property damage each year. Besides having a stellar home insurance plan, it’s important to know the other preventative measures to take before, during, and after frying up this famous Thanksgiving fowl. Here are some tips for deep frying your turkey so that you don’t have to make an emergency call to your fire department or your home insurance agent.

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Becoming a professional organizer

5 tips for becoming a professional organizer

So, you’ve always been the master of organization. A tidy room where everything has its place gives you true joy. Now you want to harness your organization skills for good and help others keep their homes and/or offices orderly and neat by becoming a professional organizer. You love helping people take control of their space. But aside from making the decision, there’s a lot you have to do to make your dream a reality. Here are our main tips for becoming a professional organizer.

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property manager insurance

What kind of insurance do I need as a property manager?

Taking on the role of a property manager can be a big responsibility.  Maybe your small apartment complex has turned into a franchise with multiple locations and you need a property manager to, well, manage it all. But how do you start? How do you know that your business and your employees are protected? Here are some vital insurance policies to consider if you’re becoming a property manager.

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You can offer voluntary benefits to your employees.

Group health insurance: What are voluntary benefits?

“I volunteer as tribute!”

Okay, voluntary benefits aren’t quite a fight to the death to see which of your employees gets the best insurance plan. However, if your company does already offer group health benefits, offering voluntary benefits can give you a bigger fighting chance when recruiting top talent. It will also give you a hand in creating an environment full of happy, healthy, and therefore, loyal employees. Here’s how.

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