Distracted Driving
Posted: April 17, 2019
April has been designated Distracted Driving Awareness Month. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, a division of the United States Department of Transportation, distracted driving is defined as “any activity that diverts attention from driving, including talking or texting on your phone, eating and drinking, talking to people in your vehicle, fiddling with the stereo, entertainment or navigation system—anything that takes your attention...
Choosing Life Insurance
Posted: April 2, 2019
The landscape of planning for the future is regularly changing, which is why it’s important to get solid advice from those whose business it is to monitor those changes. Life insurance may not seem as urgent a need as automobile or homeowners, but not having it can make a huge difference when it comes to what may happen to your family should something happen to...
Insuring Your Residential Rental Property
Posted: March 21, 2019
One popular way to increase one’s income is to purchase residential rental property. According to The Rental Protection Agency, there are over 23 million landlords in the United States, 544 people become landlords each day, and a new rental unit is created every 80 seconds. Trans Union reports that almost three quarters of rental properties are owned by individuals. Income properties are often a wise...
Determining Car Insurance Rates
Posted: March 15, 2019
Clarksville, Tennessee lies 50 miles northwest of Nashville and near the Kentucky border. The fifth largest city in the state has seen a lot of growth over the years, but that has not boded well for residents in some regards. Nashville NBC-affiliate Channel 4 recently reported an increase in car accidents in the area, which can ultimately lead to increased car insurance rates for all,...
Renters' Insurance
Posted: March 5, 2019
On the southwestern border of Tennessee lies the city of Memphis, the second-largest metropolitan area in the state after Nashville. Memphis-area CBS-affiliate Channel 5 reported on the recent arrest of a suspect in a series of burglaries at a local apartment complex. One of the victims told the reporter, “It’s the invasion of privacy. Your home is your shell, so to have somebody come in like...