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Insurance News / 08.02.2016

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Insurance News / 07.02.2016

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Teenagers happen and you ask yourself, “What were they thinking?” Scientists tell us that the brain does not fully mature until the early twenties and even then, there are no guarantees we’ll always act responsibly. That’s why the stories we tell our parents...

Insurance News / 06.02.2016

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Insurance News / 05.02.2016

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Insurance News / 04.02.2016

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Insurance News / 03.02.2016

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Hackers can guess 76 percent of the passwords in a data breach according to Agent & Broker magazine. Someone scratching at your online door with lots of determination may be able get at your passwords so why make it easy. Password strength can...

Insurance News / 02.02.2016

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] According to WIRED, “Google’s autonomous cars have driven 1.3 million miles since 2009. They can recognize hand signals from traffic officers and “think” at speeds no human can match. They’ve been involved in 17 crashes, but have never been at fault. Google’s previously...

Insurance News / 01.02.2016

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Insurance News / 01.02.2016

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Insurance News / 31.01.2016

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] The issues that keep us awake at night are the ones over which we feel the least control: health, employment, retirement, money, relationships. How about changes in leadership? Does that trigger the anxiety button? Someone unexpectedly gets fired, hired, promoted, leaves or dies. For...

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