Entries by Derek Kartchner

5 Ways to Save on Your Insurance

No one likes to pay more than absolutely necessary for insurance. It’s one of those necessary evils, until that is you have a claim. Then it’s heaven sent. So how do you save on your insurance premiums. We have had many a client try to negotiate with us, unfortunately insurance rates are filed with the […]

, ,

What have you done this summer

Do you need to update your insurance policy? Ahh summer time. A time of fun, sun, and DIY projects around the house. The extra light in the evenings lends itself to getting stuff done. So, I have a question: What did you do this summer? Maybe you’re not a DIY sort of person. Maybe you […]

All homeowners insurance is the same, Right?

5 Coverage options to ensure you have on your policy! Homeowners insurance is all the same, right? So, I should always buy on price, right? Wrong. It’s true that most stick-built homeowner’s insurance policies have a similar base. It’s called an HO3 policy form. It covers your house and other structures for everything, unless its […]

,

Who we represent and why?

  The insurance industry is weird or is it? Like any industry there are those that want to sell direct through exclusive distributors, those that wholesale through non-exclusive distributors, and those that sell direct online to the consumer. As an independent agent we work with companies that wholesale non-exclusively. Here we try to introduce you […]

Scheduled Personal Property

Yes is Matters For some, this article will not make any sense whatsoever. Everything you own is cheap, and nothing you own is worth anything. Put me in that camp. Maybe it was my upbringing, or maybe its because I live in a rural town with Walmart and Home Depot. In short, a dollar in […]

Communicating with your insurance company – You have options

Insurance companies can rightly be described as technological dinosaurs. I mean for years one company has been extolling the virtues of getting a quote in 15 minutes. On a side note did you know you can get a quote from multiple companies on GilaInsurance.com in just a few minutes as well? Again, dinosaurs. I mean […]