Over at Jalopnik, Justin Hyde asks a great question: would you be willing to let your insurance company monitor your driving habits if it means lower insurance rates? Progressive Insurance already has about 100,000 customers signed up for its Snapshot (formerly known as MyDrive) device. It’s a dongle that plugs into a vehicle’s diagnostic port,…
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Tom Greenwood at the Detroit News reports on a new study showing that traffic may flow up to 15% better if both lanes are used up until the last minute. Counterintuitive, no doubt, especially for all of the “early mergers” who have watched other speed by in the open lane up to the merge point.…
Halloween is just around the corner and many consumers may not realize how scary this night might really be for their personal safety, their property—or their pocketbooks. To help families and businesses have a good time and protect themselves against more scary Halloween risks, offer the following safety tips to consumers via your website or…
It’s Halloween season – always a good time to make sure you are protected from the horrible results of a zombie attack. Be sure to check out the good folks at myzombieinsurance.com for help if you need it.
Great info from WXYZ and JoAnne Purtan today regarding the risks from a faulty water line to your fridge. These lines are typically made of a plastic that can become brittle over time, leading to a LOT of water in your home. It is not uncommon to have losses above $20,000 from these types of…
Just a few words on good service. During today’s power outage, I called our phone carrier to forward calls to our main number to a cell phone. Because of a similar power outage two weeks ago, I knew the routine and expected the forwarding to happen quickly. Boy was I wrong! After a brief wait…