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Safest Cars of 2021
Thursday, March 11, 2021
For safety-conscious drivers, the 2021 Insurance Institute for Highway Safety TOP SAFETY PICK awards represent a wealth of choices. Each year, the IIHS, a nonprofit research and education organization, conducts tests to...
Sinkholes and Insurance
Friday, February 26, 2021
Imagine this: You’re leaving your house, ready to tackle the working day, only to discover a large, inexplicable hole where your car is supposed to be. That’s the thing about sinkholes. They’re just baffling. At first...
Check your property After a storm
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
How to Check Your Property for Damage After a Storm When a big storm hits in home town, you hunker down inside, relying on your home to protect you and your family. Once that storm passes, though, it’s time to repay...
Keeping Student Athletes Safe
Tuesday, August 25, 2020
7 Tips to Help Keep Student Athletes Safe Your household may be one of the millions this fall in which student athletes are dreaming of victory on their school playing fields. Of course, we here at Advanced Insurance...
Get to know: Tracy Hartman, office manager and personal lines agent
Monday, June 25, 2018
Where did you grow up? Pine Grove Can you tell us a little bit about your family? I am married to Chris Hartman, 20 years. We have two children, Samantha and Nathan. Samantha just completed her first year at the...
Mow-mentum: 8 items for your summer home maintenance to-do list
Monday, June 11, 2018
Summer’s for getting away, having fun in the sun, relaxing with a cold beverage. But while it’s nice to take a vacation from home maintenance, methodically tackling a summer to-do list will ensure that your house looks...
Protect your pet this summer with these hot-weather safety tips
Tuesday, May 29, 2018
In July 2016, he was a neglected 7-week-old puppy clinging to life. He was severely underweight, dehydrated, and had open wounds infected by maggots. His rescuer described him as “like a scabby little alien,” too weak...
Here's how you can keep your cool this summer without having to crank up the A/C
Monday, May 14, 2018
Three-fourths of American homes have air-conditioning, according to the U.S. Department of Energy website, energy.gov. That cooling consumes approximately 6 percent of all energy produced in the United States, at a cost...
Millennials tend to wildly overestimate the cost of life insurance
Monday, April 30, 2018
In “Star Trek” lore, a Vulcan salute – hand raised, palm forward, fingers split to form a V – is accompanied by the words, “Live long and prosper.” When we’re younger, the future can seem boundless. Even though we know...
Be kind to your car’s engine: check the oil
Monday, April 16, 2018
The host of the British TV series “Fifth Gear” conceded that what he was doing was “cruelty to cars” and should be an arrestable offense. But he did it anyway. He drained the oil from a car’s engine and then took to the...