We hope it never happens, but when you suffer a loss, you’ll have to file a claim to receive payment from your insurer. Here’s how the process works, and how to handle it to your best advantage. Continue reading “How To Handle a Claim”
Target and its customers are continuing to feel the repercussions of a massive data breach, where hackers gained access to data from some 40 million debit and credit cards of Target shoppers during the holiday season. The lesson for other businesses is clear: If the country’s third-largest retailer, with its resources and sophisticated systems, can have a data breach, any business can. Continue reading “10 Cyber Security Tips for Small Business”
Each record of sensitive personal information stolen or compromised costs companies an average of $201. That adds up to $5.9 million for every organization that had a data breach.*
When people trust you with their personal information, they expect you to protect it. Continue reading “Why You Need A Data Management Plan”
Life insurance does more than protect families from the financial costs of a breadwinner’s untimely death. It can also help individuals make a substantial bequest to a favorite charitable organization and possibly enjoy a tax break as well. Continue reading “Using Life Insurance for Charitable Giving”
Many newer cars have automated driving safety devices ranging from back-up cameras to automated parking systems. Google has been testing driverless cars on public highways, and soon most cars will include event data recorders, similar to the “black boxes” in aircraft. What will these developments mean for your auto insurance? Continue reading “Safety Devices Will Change Auto Insurance as We Know It”
Shopping for auto insurance can be difficult if you’re lucky enough to have a fancy sports car in the garage — or unlucky enough to have an accident or speeding ticket on your driving record. Continue reading “High-Risk Drivers Have Many Insurance Options”
In 1980, 38 percent of private industry workers had a defined benefit pension plan. By 2011, that percentage had dropped to only 14.7 percent. The rest will have to live their retirement on Social Security and their own savings.
Continue reading “Annuities: The DIY Pension Plan”
The debate over gun rights often pits the individual’s right to bear arms and the rights of private property owners, such as employers, to prohibit firearms on their premises.
Continue reading “Gun Rights vs. Employer’s Property Rights”