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5 Tips For Safe Winter Driving
Most of us have a love/hate relationship with winter, but no matter where you find yourself on that spectrum at the time you’re reading this, one thing is certain: winter driving is more dangerous than summer driving. We want to keep you safe this season, so we’ve...
Prepare Your Home For Cold Winter Weather
October was, for the most part, unseasonably warm - so warm, in fact, you might not have thought to prepare your home for the winter. We hope you took a look at our fall outdoor checklist for homeowners - we think you’ll find it pretty useful if you’ve still got a bit...
Factors That May Affect Your Car Insurance
Sometimes it can feel like your car insurance premiums are set at random. You can compare your rates to those of another driver with the same driving record, and find you’re paying more than they are. You might even have the exact same make and model of vehicle, with...
What Is Tenant’s Insurance & Do You Really Need It?
A two-fold question today, and one that we hear a lot. You’re renting a place - you don’t have to worry about losing hundreds of thousands of dollars if it burns to the ground. That may make insurance seem like a questionable purchase. What does tenant’s insurance...
Fall Homeowner Outdoor Checklist
The leaves are changing, the geese are getting ready to migrate, and the temperatures are starting to drop. You know what that means - It’s Pumpkin Spice Season. Seriously though, it’s fall. And fall is one of the best times to inspect your home and do a little...
Tips For Closing Up Your Summer Property In The Fall
Well, we’re here. It’s the middle of September, the leaves are all changing colours and beginning to fall and that means, for those of us who aren’t lucky enough to have all-season cabins, it’s time to close up the cottage. First, the basics: Mind your plumbing. That...
Getting Married? Consider A Wedding Insurance Package
Wedding cancellations are hard. They’re expensive, and they’re often accompanied by some kind of distress - emotional, physical, or otherwise. That’s a fact that far too many people learned in 2020. We won’t dwell on the pain of wedding cancellations for any...
When Should You Update Your Home Insurance Policy?
A lot of us tend to think of insurance as one of those pay-it-and-forget-it bills - a bit like your cable or your cell phone bill. And while you might decide you need to upgrade your cell phone’s data or get a few new cable channels, you might not think of upgrading...
A Manitoban’s Guide To Getting Car Insurance In A New Province
In Manitoba, love it or hate it, we have one provider when it comes to automobile insurance - MPI. This article won’t be a discussion of the benefits and perils of public auto insurance. But it does pay to know that not every province operates the same way - many...
6 Tips For Filing An Insurance Claim After A Storm
The storms in Winnipeg can be awe-inspiring - fortunately, they don’t often cause serious damage to buildings. We’re not in hurricane territory, after all. Nonetheless, damage can happen - be it the result of hail, fallen trees, or something else. Before we get into...