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Going Green With your Business
Social responsibility is the watchword for the modern business. While profit, expansion, and other traditional goals will always be the major motivation behind any enterprise, more and...
Is it Time for your Home to go Solar?
Depending on where you live, you might have noticed a change in the skyline. More and more, private homeowners are installing solar panels on their roofs, dotting neighborhoods with new...
Easy Tips for a Greener Household
We all want to do our part for the environment these days but it can be tricky to know where to start. The truth is, making your home greener doesn't take heroics or any kind of major...
Your Finished Basement could be a Nightmare in Waiting
The basement used to be the forgotten room of the house. The dusty storage facility stacked with old bicycles, tool boxes with missing pieces, and long forgotten guitars, drum kits, and...
Canadians can expect more, and worse, floods in the near future
The past five years have seen some of the worst flood activity in Canadian history. From the slow disaster of Richelieu, Quebec in 2011 where record high water levels dragged on for 37...
How to Detect, Prevent, and Recover from Water Damage
Nothing will send a chill up a homeowner's spine faster than the words "water damage.” It's one of the most insidious, and potentially costly, threats facing your home. The major...
The vital Difference Between Flood and Sewer Backup Insurance
This summer was a real eye-opener for many homeowners in Ontario. Watching footage of Toronto, the largest and busiest city in Canada, brought to a standstill by sudden and dramatic...
The Most Common Neighbourhood Disputes and How to Deal with Them
Unless your neighbour's name is Ned Flanders, chances are they're probably going to do something you don't like at some point. In fact, chances are, you're going to do something they don't...
Keep an Eye on your Credit Card Statement for Post-Holiday Surprises
After the Holidays are over, checking your credit card bill might be the last thing you want to do. "Santa” was very generous this year and while he might get to fly back to the North Pole...
Warm in the Winter: Wood Stove and Fireplace Safety
There's nothing better than cuddling up in front of a nice wood-burning fireplace or stove when the winter starts to get chilly. Tucking under a blanket with your significant other while...
Don’t let the Grinch steal your Christmas!
Alright, it's the last few weeks before Christmas, and yet again you've left it till the last minute, but it's okay. In this last, frantic day of sharp elbows and shoving crowds, you've...
Deck the Halls! 10 Tips for Safely Decorating your Home for the Holidays
As the holiday season approaches, many homeowners will soon be hard at work putting the finishing touches on their decorations. Decking out the home with Christmas lights, wreaths, and...
4 Tips to keep your home Safe while on Christmas Vacation
Christmas is on the horizon and, for many of us, that means travel plans. Whether you're heading out to stay with relatives, or fleeing the chill and snow of Ontario for sunnier climates,...
‘Tis the Season for Fraud Awareness
Many of us look forward to the holiday season all year long. It's a time to get together with family, reconnect with friends, and spend some time with the most important people in our...
Winter is Coming, so be Prepared
For Canadians, "winter is coming” isn't just a pop culture catchphrase but a reality we live with every single year. In fact, meteorologists are warning that after getting off with a...
Nature, UNLEASHED!
Earthquakes. Hurricanes. Tornadoes. Our planet has more than a few ways to turn your life upside down in an instant! As an insurance brokerage, it's our job to be there when that happens -...
Taking your Dog to the Lake? Here are some Tips to Keep them Happy and Safe
It's Canada Day weekend, and many of us will be racing off to cottage country and camp sites around Ontario, eager to squeeze in as much fun in the sun as possible. For most of us, that...
Bonfire Safety this Long Weekend
Canada Day is coming up and many of us are looking forward to a relaxing long weekend of fun and celebration. Whether you'll be staying at home or heading to camp or cottage country, many...
So Someone has Stolen your Name: What to do if you are the Victim of Identity Theft
As you know from last week, March is National Fraud Prevention month. Today, we want to talk about one of the most common and insidious types of fraud in North America today – identity...