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Apr 17

9 Home Security Tips

By Joseph W. McCartin Insurance Home Insurance, home safety, Personal Insurance

Employing and engaging in some basic best practices around home security is the first step to help create a secure environment for your loved ones. While you’re thinking about your home security, why not take the opportunity to review your homeowner’s insurance? Home Security Tips

Mar 27

Organize Your Garage Like A Pro

By Joseph W. McCartin Insurance Homeowners, Personal Insurance, Spring Cleaning

Somewhere around 30% of all garages are used for household storage instead of vehicle parking, according to organizing professionals. Make sure your home and garage (and everything stored in them) are properly covered with homeowners’ insurance you can trust. Organize Your Garage

Mar 20

How to Protect Your Most Valuable Assets: Your Key People

By Joseph W. McCartin Insurance Business Insurance, Life Insurance

Most business owners have insurance to protect buildings, vehicles and other important assets, but few consider insuring their greatest asset: their people. Key Person coverage is a type of life insurance designed to help your business recover from the loss of a person whose role is critical to your success. Key Person Insurance

Mar 13

What’s a Coverage Review (And Why Do I Need One?)

By Joseph W. McCartin Insurance Auto Insurance, Home Insurance, Insurance Review, Personal Insurance

A coverage review is a general check-in with your insurance agent. During the review, you’ll meet with your ERIE agent and share any life changes that could affect your insurance needs. In an ideal world, you’d call your insurance agent every time you finished a home renovation, bought a new vehicle or got a new job. But life is busy. That’s…

Jan 17

Charging and Use of Lithium-ion Batteries

By Joseph W. McCartin Insurance Auto Insurance, Home Insurance, Personal Insurance

What do smartphones, snow blowers, toothbrushes and electric cars have in common? They’re all being powered by lithium-ion batteries these days. To help you get the most life out of your battery-powered devices, follow these tips on the proper storage, charging and use of lithium-ion batteries. Lithium-ion Batteries

Jan 10

Fast Fix: How to Defog Your Windshield

By Joseph W. McCartin Insurance Auto Insurance, Personal Insurance, Seasonal Tips

A car windshield fogs when there’s a significant difference between the temperature and moisture content of the air inside and outside your vehicle. Maintaining good visibility is one of the most important elements of safe driving. Try these quick tricks to defog your windshield. Defog Your Windshield

Jan 03

Preventing Frozen Pipes in Your Business

By Joseph W. McCartin Insurance Business Insurance, Seasonal Tips

Commercial properties are susceptible to the same sorts of dramatic changes in temperature as residential properties. In fact, they can be even more vulnerable since business facilities are often unoccupied during off-hours and weekends. Frozen Pipes in Your Business

Dec 27

The Ultimate Guide to Company Vehicles: Purchasing, Maintenance and Resale

By Joseph W. McCartin Insurance Auto Insurance, commercial insurance

Business fleets come in many shapes and sizes from two or three sedans to hundreds of commercial delivery trucks. But they all have one thing in common: they meet the essential transportation needs of the companies they serve. When managed correctly, a fleet of vehicles can help you reduce expenses and improve the efficiency of your business. But if you…

Dec 20

Ask Erie: Whose Insurance Pays When Your Friend Crashes Your Car?

By Joseph W. McCartin Insurance Auto Insurance, Car Accident, Personal Insurance

If you own a car, there's a good chance you've let a friend or family member borrow your vehicle every now and then. Maybe they were running a quick errand, their vehicle was in the shop or, perhaps, they were picking up your children from school. Whatever the reason is, did you know that in the event the person borrowing your…

Dec 06

Debunked: The 10 Biggest Winter Driving Myths

By Joseph W. McCartin Insurance Auto Insurance, Personal Insurance, Seasonal Tips

To help drivers navigate the challenges that come along with cold, ice and snow, there’s no shortage of winter driving tips. But unfortunately, not everything you’ll hear is really advice worth following. To help you separate fact from fiction, here’s the truth behind 10 of the biggest winter driving myths. Winter Driving Myths

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