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Insurers Are Spying on Your Home From the Sky Companies are using drones to check out roofs or to spot yard debris and undeclared trampolines.

Now that Snowpocalypse has passed for 2024, time to review what is needed to do before the next one hits!

Insurance agents can help customers protect pipes from winter weather | PropertyCasualty360 How can you best prepare clients who may assume they are safe from bursting pipes?

On Saturday, December 30, 2023, the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Unit will conduct a sobriety checkpoint beginning at 10 PM on Carothers Parkway near Cool Springs Blvd.

This multi-jurisdictional operation will include Brentwood and Franklin Police Departments.

The Williamson County Sheriff’s office will also provide additional deputies on patrol to deter impaired drivers and enforce impaired driving laws throughout the holiday
weekend.

Here’s Why You Should Always Open Your Car Door with Your Right Hand Opening the door with your right hand can save a biker's life and make the roads safer for everyone. So, why don't we teach it in America?

Get Financial Help for Those Lost to COVID-19

Do you need help covering the financial costs of funerals for loved ones who died of COVID-19? To help ease the financial burden and the stress of the pandemic, FEMA is reimbursing up to $9,000 for funeral expenses related to COVID-19. Check eligibility requirements and see how to apply for FEMA’s COVID-19 funeral assistance program

COVID-19 Funeral Assistance f you are covering the cost of a COVID-19 funeral, FEMA may be able to help.

Updated Flood maps coming out in Nashville.

Hundreds in Nashville to get notice their home is officially considered in a flood plain. Now what? This week, roughly 1,000 property owners in Nashville will learn they need to buy flood insurance if they don't already have it. According to FEMA, anyone in a high-risk flood area with a mortgage from any regulated or insured lender has to be covered.

Do you have life insurance? Because if you do, you could always use a little more. Am I right or am I right, or am I right? Right, right, right.
—Ned Ryerson, Groundhog Day

Not really the intent of the sign.

Always think of the value

A Burst Washing Machine Hose is a Top Homeowner-Insurance Claim
If your washing machine is connected to bare rubber hoses, you’re risking thousands of dollars’ worth of water damage. Under constant water pressure, these hoses are prone to leaks or even bursting.

It’s a good idea to replace them with no-burst washing machine water hoses which are encased in a woven metal sleeve that prevents weak spots in the rubber from developing into leaks.

Apple warns against using devices near certain medical devices.

About potential magnetic interference with medical devices Many consumer-electronic devices contain magnets or components and radios that emit electromagnetic fields.

Everyone (of any age) should set up a "My Social Security" account. https://www.ssa.gov/myaccount/retire-calc.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=cm-fb-mysocialsecurity&utm_content=piggybank-learnmore&fbclid=IwAR3QLMjVwIjVzFRjwYqHZyX-hS0Qn6ekpr8hlNBbn_mX8qp4I_Hl_4rWBks

Estimate Retirement Benefits | SSA Estimate your retirement benefit based on your personal earnings with the my Social Security retirement calculator.

Your Medicare Coverage Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID 19) tests

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) tests
Medicare Part B (Medical Insurance) covers a test to see if you have coronavirus (officially called coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19).
Your costs in Original Medicare
You pay nothing for this test when you get it from a laboratory, pharmacy, doctor, or hospital, and when Medicare covers this test in your local area.

What it is
Tests done to help your health care provider diagnose or rule out COVID-19. In some circumstances, a home health nurse, laboratory technician, or an appropriately-trained medical assistant may collect your specimen in your home for this test.

Things to know


Note
Medicare Advantage Plans can’t charge copayments, deductibles, or coinsurance for clinical lab tests to detect or diagnose COVID-19.

When tests are available for you in your state, Medicare covers and you pay nothing for:
Tests to diagnose or aid the diagnosis of COVID-19
Some tests for related respiratory conditions to aid diagnosis of COVID-19 done together with the COVID-19 test
Medicare covers these tests at different locations, including some “parking lot” test sites.
Medicare also covers COVID-19 antibody tests, COVID-19 monoclonal antibody treatments, and COVID-19 vaccines.