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Helpful Renter Tips for First-Time College Goers

Renting an apartment is an adjustment for any college student leaving home and transitioning from living with family to living alone or with friends. These first-time renters, which make up part of the student body...

5 Steps for Creating an Inclusive Workplace

Creating an inclusive workplace has been an ongoing ideology for companies. One of the main challenges we have today is creating a diverse and inclusive environment in the workforce. However, it’s not impossible. Many organizations...

Separating Business from Pleasure: Managing Personal Finances

One of the first rules of business ownership is you never mix your business and personal finances. But sometimes, business owners go too far in the opposite direction and spend so much time running their...

Pesky Issues for CT Homeowners in Summer

For Connecticut homeowners, summertime represents the perfect time to take on those summer home improvement projects while weather conditions are favorable. With rain, wind, and snow threatening in the coming months, the summer is generally...

5 Tips for Safe Summer Boating

Summer is in full swing, which means plenty of sunshine, sand, and family vacations to theme parks. But with COVID-19 still making an impact, the traditional family summer vacation has been somewhat altered. However, there...

Your Guide to Buying an RV

The spread of COVID-19 caused a 70-percent dip in air travel this spring and summer as travelers became increasingly worried about contracting and spreading the virus. To scratch the itch of traveling, people hit the...

How Can You Prevent Workplace Discrimination?

Workplace discrimination has become one of the most talked-about HR-related topics for employers. Discrimination lawsuits have doubled during the #MeToo era, pointing out the need for change in the workplace and comprehensive coverage, such as...

Essential Insurance Coverages for Bars & Taverns

Like any business, bars and taverns require insurance to run properly and to protect their operations. From slips and falls to the classic bar fight, businesses in the industry need to know where they stand...

Do You Need Excess Liability Coverage?

Excess liability insurance provides insurance limits above and beyond a business's standard liability insurance policies. When a claim is reported to the excess liability provider, the first policy to respond is the underlying primary, whether...

Wedding Insurance: Everything You Should Know

There's almost no such thing as a perfect wedding. From family quarrels to a cloud burst over an outdoor ceremony, not everything will go as planned. And with the spread of COVID-19 throughout the United...

Tips for Marketing Your Vacation Rental

In the last decade, vacation rental, or short-term lodging, has seen a significant surge. With the help of tech companies like Airbnb and VRBO, homeowners are not only offering up their rooms and homes for...

Personal vs. Business Auto Insurance

For company owners, figuring out the difference between business auto insurance and personal auto insurance can be complicated and confusing. Sometimes small business owners and employees use their personal vehicle for job-related tasks, such as...

A Guide for Starting a Microbrewery

Like any other kind of business, starting a microbrewery is more than just finding the right ingredients and equipment. Starting a microbrewery takes planning and projections, not to mention plenty of time when working through...

The Future of Remote Work

This year, MIT put out a survey of 25,000 American workers and found that 34 percent of those who'd been employed four weeks before April said they're currently working from home. Mixed with the roughly...

House vs. Condo: Which is a Better Option?

Picking the right home setting can be daunting. Depending on where you’re at in life, what your schedule is, how big your family is, and other variables, deciding on the kind of home you live...

Homebuyers: Understanding Mortgage Loans

One of the biggest financial decisions--if not, the biggest financial decision--people can make in life is to purchase a home. But with more flexibility in renting, why would someone want to invest in their own...