The amount of women in leadership positions today highlights the need for coverage even more. Also, the women who stay at home to care for their families still need coverage. If a woman who stays at home to care for her family dies suddenly, there is still the need for child care expenses and possible expenses to keep up the house while her spouse continues working. The services provided by women who stay at home to care for their families are expensive to pay for out of pocket. In some cases, the surviving spouse must hire someone for child care,…

If you've been insuring your vacation rental with a standard homeowner's policy, it likely won't be enough to cover the various types of damage that are inherent when renting out property, like a guest accidentally breaking that $3,000 65-inch flat screen while playing catch in the living room. And it also won't cover any injuries that your guests sustain on your property, or lost income should it be rendered un-rentable for a period. The answer is vacation rental property insurance, which you can think of like a homeowner's policy with some added protection for contents and liability. Even if you…

Thanks to technology you can make your home safer than ever before for you, your family and your possessions. The standard home protection for decades has included smoke detectors, window locks, a basic home security system and sometimes a neighborhood watch program. But, we now have sophisticated alarms and multiple cameras that you can monitor with your smartphone, as well as other devices that are not too expensive and that can give you peace of mind. Oftentimes too, insurance companies will give you discounts on your homeowner's insurance for installing these devices. If you want to make your home more…