Insurance
Protect Yourself From Theft and Fire Hazards This Holiday Season
The holidays are meant to be relaxing and enjoyable. However, incidence of fire and theft claims rise over this exciting season. Many of these claims are preventable so taking a few extra precautions can assure you and your family have a safe and happy holiday season. More and more people...
How Creating a Home Inventory Can Help With Insurance
Not everyone has a home inventory but, as far as insurance companies are concerned, everyone should. A home inventory is a detailed listing, often with photos, of all personal property in and around your home. This inventory can not only help you keep track of just how much coverage you need...
How Do Canadians Buy Insurance?
By asking their friends, of course. A recent study commisioned by PC Insurance concluded that people like to ask friends, family memebers, and coworkers about where and what insurance to purchase. This makes logical sense. We want to make the right decision about our insurance and we tend to...
How do you Make Wearing a Seatbelt a Fun Experience?
The seat belt. Up until recent years it has always been a surprisingly contentious issue in vehicles. The first cars never had seat belts and when the first prototypes were shown, they were immediately dismissed as unnecessary. Drivers didn't want to wear them. Car manufacturers didn't want...
Forget Speeding Tickets, How About a Lottery for All Those Who Obey the Law?
A past winner of "The Fun Theory" contest, the lottery is an innovative idea around speeding drivers. In Regina we've just had an addition of a couple more radar cameras and we will continue to see more added to our Saskatchewan highways. If you speed through construction zones in...
9 Things You Didn't Know About House Insurance
1. If a summer storm thunders thru and the fists of Thor strike down your roof, are you covered? Yes, yes you are. This season for Regina has been particularly busy for Mother Nature. Catastrophic amounts of rain, extremely high winds and lightning shows that put Gene Simmons to shame. You'll...
Volkswagen Says Keep Your Eyes on the Road
As the video states, texting is now the leading cause of dealth while behind the wheel. We need to be doing everything in our power to remind people that one time is too many. And the more innovative companies can be to spread that message, the better for all of us. The more in your face...
5 Infographics on Health, Home, and Travel Insurance
If a picture can tell a thousand word an infographic must tell a million! Over the past few years, data represented by flashy designs and beautiful layouts have spawned a niche online that has yet to slow down. Enter the world of infographics. The insurance industry is no stranger...
How Does Hole-In-One Insurance Work?
What is Hole-in-one insurance? Golf tournaments often offer a large prize (car, vacation, cash, etc.) if a golfer can get the ball in the hole within one shot. This is usually placed on a par three as a marketing opportunity for a company. The tournament organizers or sponsors don't...
How to Avoid Business Insurance Claims
Your Business Insurance doesn’t cover everything. I know, it may sound a little weird coming from your insurance broker, but we want you to know your coverage. The fact is that, while you might be compensated for part of your loss, your insurance may not cover things such as loss of business,...
An Insurance Claim for the Titanic, Up For Sale?
She carried 2,224 passengers and crew, but had lifeboats for only 1,178 of those people. More than 1,500 people died when the Titanic sunk to the bottom of the icy Atlantic Ocean. Yet another fascinating tale of an outlandish insurance claim that proves to be true. Yes there was insurance...
The Most Deadly Mountain in the World: the story of K2
On Netflix there is a documentary called The Summit. It's the story of, up until April 19, 2014, the deadliest mountain climbing expedition in history. The event became quite controversial afterward as 11 people lost their lives. On April 20, 2014, 13 people died on Mt. Everest making that the...