Auto Insurance Policies: Full-Coverage or Liability-Only?

When it comes to auto insurance, it can be difficult to know what type of policy to purchase.  The law says that everyone driving must have some kind of coverage.  But what type of policy is best for your needs?  Let’s take a quick look at what Full-Coverage or Liability-Only polices do for you. Liability […]

Personal vs Commercial Auto Insurance

Thanks to the ever-changing economy, many people nowadays work more than one job. And because of this, a lots of them using their vehicles for work. It is for this reason that the thin line between personal and commercial auto insurance gets blurred. Most car owners who use their vehicles each and every day as […]

Myths About Car Insurance

Let’s face it, buying car insurance can be about as exciting as watching your phone battery charge. People have all sorts of questions, which is fine. We’re here to answer those. A lot of people have certain assumptions too, though, so we’d like to take a minute to dispel some popular myths about car insurance. […]

Summer Driving Dangers

Everyone knows that driving while it’s icy outside can be dangerous, but most people don’t think about the dangers of driving during the summer months. Here are a few things to watch out for. The causes break down into two main categories: summer vacation and warmer weather. Summer Vacation School’s out! That’s great for kids […]

What Will You Do in an Autonomous Vehicle?

While they’re still not exactly mainstream, self-driving, autonomous vehicles are here and they’re becoming more popular. Eerie Insurance and Harris Poll conducted a survey to get people’s ideas on what having an autonomous car might mean. 59{66506b27ca8f5234034d808fc0aabc14bc16ceb45d71027974b073b60f711cfe} said they thought distracted driving would become a thing of the past since the driver would be able to rely […]

How Your Phone is Hurting the Insurance Industry

Everyone knows you shouldn’t text and drive. Nor should you play Pokemon Go (do people still do that) or check email or any other distracting activity on your phone while driving. As if endangering yourself and other people wasn’t incentive enough to keep your eyes on the road, distracted drivers also just cost 4,200 people their […]

Pedestrians Beware!

We’re taught from the time we’re little to look both ways before crossing the street. Increasingly, that’s not enough to keep pedestrians safe. Pedestrian deaths rose a whopping 11{66506b27ca8f5234034d808fc0aabc14bc16ceb45d71027974b073b60f711cfe} from 2015 to 2016 across the US, and it’s increasing at an alarming rate. The numbers are estimates, but we’ve gone from 4,100 pedestrian deaths in […]

No-cost Safe Driver Training

Nearly 3,500 people were killed in distraction-related crashes in 2015, an increase of 8.8{66506b27ca8f5234034d808fc0aabc14bc16ceb45d71027974b073b60f711cfe} from 2014. The latest data also shows 431,000 people were injured from crashes involving distracted drivers over a one year period.* April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month, and Philadelphia Insurance Companies (PHLY) is offering an online distracted driver training course to […]

Uber Pays $20M for Misleading Drivers

You’ve probably heard of Uber.  It’s a ride-sharing service where people use an app to announce they need a ride somewhere.  A nearby driver gets an alert and shows up within a few minutes in their own car.  The rider is then charged through the app and the driver gets paid.  Doesn’t sound like a huge deal, […]