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Freelancers and Insurance

Freelancing is on an upward trend. The number of U.S. workers in home offices reached 55 million in 2016, up from 53.7 million the year before. Making up 35 percent of the workforce, the...

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College Insurance

Insurance for renters sounds like a nice thing to have, right? But when disaster strikes, renters insurance suddenly becomes the best decision you ever made – at least as a renter. Then you...

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Insurance And Your Life

Change is the only constant in life and when your life changes, so do your insurance needs. The complexity of the industry isn’t always easy to grasp, making it unclear what kind of insurance...

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Wedded + Insured Bliss

Inspired by the love birds around me getting married, I took the serious responsibility to research one of the least appealing aspects of life: insurance. Homeowners and renters insurance...

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Renting in San Francisco

Based on the age of the building they’re renting in, San Francisco has two kinds of renters. The lucky ones are those who live in a building predating June 1979, because they enjoy the...

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Insurance advice for renting out your home

There is a myriad of reasons you might want to rent out your home. Maybe you have a second home that you lease to tenants, want to rent a spare bedroom in your house through Airbnb, or make...

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Renters insurance vs bed bugs

We’ve been making lists with all the scenarios covered by the renters insurance policy, but you might have noticed something missing: bed bugs (add cockroaches and rats, while we’re at it)....

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Renters insurance reality check

For most of those who rent apartments in the United States, renters insurance is still a concept rather than a priority. Many believe that their belongings will be covered under their...

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Why Millennials lack insurance

The American Millennial generation includes more than 83 million people, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Besides being the largest generation yet, it is also the most racially diverse...

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Avoiding Insurance Gaps

Over the last decade, the number of tenants with renters insurance has grown to approximately 40%. Renters should exercise caution to avoid being uninsured for a potential risk. In these...

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Home security for renters

A study released by the Consumer Electronics Association shows that only 12 percent of renters have a security system. This statistic gets even scarier when you consider that renters are 85...

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7 Reasons Why Millennials Need Renters Insurance

As you’ve probably noticed in your group of friends, most Millennials rent, rather than own their home. There are many benefits to renting, but not needing insurance isn’t one of them....