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How to Properly Protect Your Home from Wild Fire in Marin County

How to protect your Marin home from a wildfire. A simple and detailed action plan to assist consumers in protecting themselves during these changing times. Our article will show you what you can do as well as some of the potential insurance changes that need to be made.

Is Pet Insurance Worth It?

Is Pet Insurance Worth It? Americans love owning pets. The American Veterinary Medicine Association found in 2012 that 36.5% of households owned a dog, over 30% owned a cat, and thousands of households owned everything from rabbits to snakes. All told, roughly half of all American households have a pet of some kind. What most […]

Life Insurance Marin County

Life Insurance Marin County is different for a full variety of reasons.  Therefore your choices different and more unique. First off, Marindependent, is not an insurance broker that will try and oversell you some overpriced whole life insurance policy that you do not need.   We specialize in affordable and simple Term Life.  We are open […]

Will Home Insurance Become More Expensive in California

With the recent massive fires that have ravaged Napa and Sonoma and now the horrific fires in Los Angeles, is it likely that Fire Insurance Rates will Go up? A Quick Review of how Home Insurance Works with Brevity: Fire insurance is typically sold under the name of homeowners or home insurance in the US.  Home […]

California Affluent Insurance

Think things are different for the 1%, imagine their insurance scenario. Unlike most Americans, Affluent Americans need to consider insurance from a much different angle. A typical middle class american may use insurance to cover both the financial loss and the financial cash flow, but for affluent Americans this may not be the best play. […]

Why Not? With Earthquake Insurance

The Earthquake Problem: Californians are at risk to a huge potential problem.  However, many of us are hiding our collective heads in our shaking soil. The Golden State may have the sun combined with a healthy economy, but there is a significant danger lying out there for owners of homes.  Earthquakes. Although significant advancements have […]

Apartment Building Private Flood Insurance

Apartment Building Private Flood Insurance is typically required of buildings that carry a mortgage and that are located in high hazard flood zones.  By FEMA definitions these flood zones basically include the A and the V zones.   There are variations of these two types of flood zones, but essentially if your building is in […]

Qualify for Cheaper Flood Insurance through the Newly Mapped Program

Want to check to see if your home qualifies for the newly mapped flood insurance program? Qualify for Cheaper Flood Insurance ? Need to Check an Address?  Want to see if you can save money on FEMA Flood Insurance? What is the NFIP Newly Mapped Program? The National Flood Insurance Newly Mapped Program is a process […]

Why the Wealthy should Really Consider Earthquake and Flood Insurance

“Earthquake Insurance is too expensive”   “Why would I need Flood Insurance?” Wealthy Earthquake and Flood Insurance. Truly Affluent homeowners, that is, people that both own Luxury Property AND have paid them down, need to consider insuring their homes in a different manner. Insurance for the Affluent: Frequent Readers of my blog posts and articles will […]

Dog Breeds Insurance Companies Don’t Like

What dog breeds do Insurance Companies not like? Which breeds of dog likely will not allow you to get preferred home insurance? What to do?  Certain Dog Breeds Insurance Companies don’t like and what to do about it. First off, lets be clear – there is no ONE LIST of Dog Breeds that all Insurance […]

Why New Parents Shouldn’t Be Worried About Lowering their Auto Insurance Rates

I know you hear it all the time.  You could save 15% in ten minutes or less.  Are you paying too much or auto insurance?  But for new parents auto insurance is not necessarily the right place to cut your costs.  After all, when first time parents have twins, for example, they are over night doubling […]

Commercial Private Flood Insurance

Commercial Private Flood Insurance is a serious option for owners of Apartment Buildings.   The cost savings combined with flood coverage should be discussed with an experienced independent insurance agent. Own a Apartment Building and Want to Save on Flood Insurance? Considering Cheaper Flood Insurance for a Commercial Building? Can you purchase Non Admitted Flood […]



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