How Spring Cleaning Can Help You Avoid Home Insurance Claims

Learn how spring cleaning and home maintenance tasks can help you avoid filing home insurance claims. Now that spring has finally sprung, you might be gearing up to do some spring cleaning.  While spring cleaning and maintenance is designed to take care of and refresh your home after a long winter, did you know that it can also help you avoid damaging insurance claims?  Here's how spring cleaning and maintenance can help you reduce risk around your property. Liability Issues Completing Read More

When You Should Call Your Home Insurance Agent

These are some of the situations in which you need to call your home insurer immediately. While you probably have the right homeowners insurance in place, this doesn't mean that you want to access your coverage.  However, there are certain scenarios where you cannot afford to keep your insurer in the dark.  Here are some of the situations in which you need to give your home insurer a call. Someone Injures Themselves on Your Property While you don't need to call your insurance provider Read More

Do I Have Enough Personal Liability Coverage?

Understanding the personal liability coverage provided by your homeowners insurance. As a homeowner, one of the most serious and expensive claims that you can face revolves around personal liability issues.  This is why it's so important to make sure that you have adequate personal liability protections in place.  While most individuals have this type of coverage through their homeowners or renters insurance policy, many do not understand what their liability insurance covers and do not know if Read More

Wishing You a Safe Holiday Season from ISU-Wissink Insurance

Happy holidays from our family to yours. With the holidays nearly upon us, we at ISU-Wissink Insurance would like to take this opportunity to wish all of our loyal clients a happy, healthy, and safe holiday season. As an experienced insurance provider, we are aware that the holiday season introduces some unique risks. This is why we encourage you to try out these safety suggestions to protect the people and things you love most. Fire Safety Do not leave your oven or stove unattended Read More

Tips to Help You Stay Safe While Shopping Online

Don't fall into a cyber criminal's trap this holiday season. In recent years, shopping online has become a regular activity for many people. However, it's important to remember that this practice does carry some risk. This is especially true during the holiday season when criminals become more aggressive in their attempts to access your financial and other personal information. In order to protect yourself as you do your holiday shopping online, take these precautions. Stick to Familiar Read More

Homeowners, Here’s What You Can Learn from California’s Wildfire Season

Takeaways from the 2018 wildfires. When wildfires raced through California, they left millions of dollars in property damage in their wake. With thousands of homeowners suffering from homelessness and severe property damages, it's no secret how devastating this year's fire season was. However, even amidst all this devastation, homeowners across the state and even the across nation can learn from it. Here are some of the things you can take away from California's wildfire season. Be Read More

Steps to Get Your Home Ready This Halloween

Try out these Halloween home safety tips. Halloween is almost upon us! While Halloween night is supposed to be spooky, the risks that your home and visitors face are downright terrifying. Luckily, there are steps you can take to secure your home and keep trick-or-treaters and party guests safe. Here are some of the safety tips you should try around your home. Clear Your Pathways On Halloween night, you are sure to receive many visitors. Whether it be trick-or-treaters or party guests, Read More