Having the right kinds of insurance — including good medical, disability, automobile, homeowner, long-term care, life, and even travel insurance — is key to good financial planning. This page about insurance gives you the lowdown on how to successfully navigate the often perplexing world of insurance coverage.
How to Resolve a Claim Dispute with Your Insurance Provider
How to Resolve a Claim Dispute with Your Insurance Provider By Linda Rey I love getting to know my clients and working with them to provide an insurance portfolio that meets all of their needs, but some clients are more difficult than others. I’m sure this is the case for anyone whose job has a [...]
4 Ways to Make the Claim-Filing Process Easier
4 Ways to Make the Claim-Filing Process Easier By Linda Rey Sometimes the hardest part of the insurance business is the waiting game. You file a claim, and then you receive a check to cover your claim—right? Anyone who has filed an insurance claim knows it’s not always so easy. You can do everything right, [...]
Protect Your Big Day with Wedding Insurance
Protect Your Big Day with Wedding Insurance By Linda Rey “I do” are the two most important words in the wedding ceremony. They can also answer other marriage questions: Do you think about getting married? I do. Do you want to get married? I do. Do you think insurance can help in the process of [...]
Evaluating Your Insurance Portfolio: What Do You Really Need?
Evaluating Your Insurance Portfolio: What Do You Really Need? By Linda Rey If you’re like many of my clients, you may worry at different points in your life that you don’t have the right insurance, or enough insurance. Everyone has different insurance needs at different times. To determine if you might be missing something in [...]
Clean Up Your Homeowner’s Insurance Policy for Spring
Clean Up Your Homeowner’s Insurance Policy for Spring By Linda Rey Are you as ready for winter to be over as I am? The first signs of spring send me into spring cleaning mode. As you’re cleaning out your closets, take some time to think about everything that remains and how you can give a [...]
Let’s Stop Denying It: We Need to Buy Earthquake and Flood Insurance—Now!
Let’s Stop Denying It: We Need to Buy Earthquake and Flood Insurance—Now! Guest Blogger: Loretta Worters, Insurance Information Institute The tragic March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan is a harsh reminder that the United States is also vulnerable to natural disasters. Yet Americans continue to deny this, and it shows by our lack of [...]
Save Money on Your Insurance Premiums by Changing Your Deductible
Save Money on Your Insurance Premiums by Changing Your Deductible By Linda Rey During these tough times, people are looking for different ways to reduce the increasing cost of insurance. One of the first places to look is the deductible. A deductible is the amount of money the insured pays before the insurance company pays [...]
4 Questions My Insurance Clients Never Ask—But Should
4 Questions My Insurance Clients Never Ask—But Should By Linda Rey Wouldn’t it be nice to have a crystal ball to predict when an emergency will strike, so we could buy just the right amount of insurance at the exact moment it’s needed? Alas, it’s not possible. My clients don’t always want to face their [...]
3 Things That May Not Be Covered by Your Homeowner’s Insurance— But That You Still Need!
3 Things That May Not Be Covered by Your Homeowner’s Insurance— But That You Still Need! By Linda Rey Don’t you just love buying insurance? OK, probably not, but don’t you just love when you have the right insurance in an emergency? No one wants to find out at the wrong time that what they [...]
Four Ways to Protect Your New Construction or Renovations from Liability
Four Ways to Protect Your New Construction or Renovations from Liability By Linda Rey If you’re building a new home or renovating an older one, you may have the line from “Field of Dreams” running through your mind: “If you build it, he will come.” Sure, they came to Kevin Costner’s magical baseball field, but [...]