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The deadline to apply for the Cares Act Payroll Protection Program has been extended. Take a look here for details. That’s a link to the SBA. I have heard of pretty good and quick success [...]

What happened on April 12, 1945? President Franklin D. Roosevelt died of a cerebral hemorrhage at the retreat he called his “Little White House.” Between 1921, when first struck by [...]

What happened on April 3, 1882 in St Joseph Missouri? An unarmed Jessie James was shot in the back of the head by Robert Ford, one of his own gang, ending the life and career of the legendary [...]

What happened on March 30, 1842 in Jefferson Georgia? Crawford W Long, a twenty-six-year-old physician, performed the world’s first surgery with anesthetic when he administered ether gas to [...]

We are all thinking about wildfire right now and for good reason. As I write this article there are 10 wildfires burning in Colorado. Wildfires have been an increasing cause of catastrophic [...]

The best restaurant insurance is the one that provides the coverage you need at a fair price. Whether you have owned a restaurant for decades or days, you should read through this to make sure [...]

It’s no secret that auto insurance rates have been rising consistently over the past few years. At the end of the day there is only one reason an insurance company will raise rates, their [...]

Sorry – Not Sorry A recent call to my office was from a 70-year-old retiree on a fixed income. She asked about life insurance and whether she could do better than what she had. Since she did not [...]

As an independent insurance agent I get information from a much broader slice of the industry than I did when I was captive to one company. Sometimes this information helps me find better [...]

We all pay for insurance and most of us just expect that claims will be paid when we file them. However, insurance is a legal contract and payments will be made according to the contract. Here [...]