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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Professional organizers face plenty of risks.

What are the risks of being a professional organizer?

Whether you’ve studied design theory and ergonomics or your hobby has turned into a career, you’ve now started your professional organizer business. However, many people who start a professional organizer business fail to properly plan for all of the risks in their industry – especially when operating from a home office. So, here are 6 risks professional organizers should look out for.

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We've got some tips for filing a home insurance claim.

How to deal with a home insurance claim

If you ever find yourself in the position of having to file a home insurance claim, you might be feeling a little stressed out. Whether it’s a fire, water damage, a fallen tree that damaged your roof, or a burglary, filing that home insurance claim might have you pulling your hair out a little. It might seem like a very intimidating thing. Maybe downright scary. But we’ve got some pro tips to help you through the process of filing a home insurance claim.

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A speeding ticket may have an effect on your car insurance rates.

Will a speeding ticket raise my insurance rates?

So, maybe you’re jamming out to your car playlist a little too hard. Or you’re late for a very important date. Or you just like to put your pedal to the metal. In any case, now there’s flashing blue lights behind you.

You pull over, and your sweaty palms grab the steering wheel tighter than when you first took your driving test.

“Do you know how fast you were going?”

We may not know the answer to that question, but we can tell you if your car insurance premium will go up from a simple speeding ticket.

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