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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 applying through smaller institutions rather than larger banks. The larger banks seem to have too much infrastructure for this quick nimble process. …
President Franklin D. Roosevelt died of a cerebral hemorrhage at the retreat he called his “Little White House.” Between 1921, when first struck by polio, and his death, Roosevelt made forty trips to the healing mineral springs. He arrived for the last time on March 30, 1945, exhausted from the Yalta summit and worried about …
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 outlaw. The James gang had been chased by US marshals, Pinkerton detectives, and local authorities for well …
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 James Venable before removing a cyst from his nick. Long, a bachelor who attended parties where ether was used “recreationally,” noticed that revelers under the influence of …
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 losses in recent years. Spurred by the lack of precipitation, wildfires have become a greater and greater threat. It is a helpless feeling when …
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 you have asked all the right questions of your insurance provider. (As a side note it may seem strange to ask …
06/13/2018 – I woke up this morning to news of a major hail storm that came through the Southern part of our city in the early hours. These storms that are bringing baseball size hail are so common now that insurance companies are treating the Front Range, the area along I-25 East of the mountains from Pueblo to Fort …
This is a recent email I received from one of our valued clients. We take pride in making sure that the policies we sell will provide the protection that our clients expect and need. I think the interaction speaks for itself. ============================================ Dear Kearson, Everything regarding our claim continues to go very smoothly. The mitigation …
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 are some common reasons claims might be denied: The coverage was not accepted. If an agent offers coverage but the …
“I had a claim and my agent didn’t help.” This is a complaint that I hear from new insurance shoppers pretty often. It’s unfortunate but it happens. Insurance agents are less involved in the claims process than they once were. Companies have added efficiency that means there are specialists taking the claim information, explaining the …
I can’t insure my home! If you own a home in a hilly or more forested area you may already have run into a new insurance underwriting tool being used called the Fireline Score. To learn more details about the score itself you can check out this link: http://www.veriskclimate.com/solutions/riskscape/wildfire-risk-scoring-fireline What I want to focus on here …
…If my insurance company makes money? I hear it often if not every day “Insurance companies are all about making money, they take your premiums and then deny your claims.” The second part of this sentence will be the subject of a future blog. But the first part is what I want to address here. …
