Do you know your Liabilities associated with a potential data breach>
Data Breaches from Surprising Places…
Safeguarding your data is not as always as straightforward as you might think. Even if you have exercised your due diligence on the front end, there are still potential liabilities that need to be accounted for. Each of the entities whose data was breached in this video are going to be subject to expensive notification requirements as well as potential lawsuits.
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If you are interested in discussing things these companies could have done to reduce these risks get in touch with us at General Liability Insurance Austin.
How Your Home Insurance Can Vanish Overnight
Make sure you communicate with your agent for extended absences from you home. See the article below.
State Farm Sues TDI in Effort to Hide 13% Rate Hike
According to Insurance Journal, State Farm filed a lawsuit against the Texas Department of Insurance after TDI publicized recent rate hike proposals on their website.
Shhh… Let’s not tell anyone about the rate increase…
The suit seeks to protect certain information relating to rate proposals from being disclosed. These rate hike proposals filed over the past eight months will increase homeowner premiums an average of 13%. (I guess it’s more profitable to spend millions on legal fees than to pass these dollars on to their policyholders… ha).
And we certainly don’t want anyone to know we overcharged by $310,000,000!
Additionally, in November of 2009, TDI ordered State Farm Lloyds to refund a total of $310,000,000 to policyholders after finding that the insurer had overcharged customers beginning in 2003. That’s a lot of zeros on the end of that number!
So much for transparency in pricing!
Perhaps a healthy bit of skepticism is in order?
Hey the reality is that all insurance companies are there to make a profit for their shareholders which is fine as long as you go into this with your eyes open. Take a proactive approach and evaluate your options for home and auto insurance. Carriers typically cycle in rates for a variety of reasons. If you’ve been with the same carrier for more than 3 years, chances are you are leaving money on the table.
The payday for evaluating options…
Case in point: Phil, a good friend of mine who I’ve known for 32 years. (OK, there will be a small break in the penning of this article as I try to figure out the exact point at which I became my father…) was with State Farm for 10 years. Never had a claim, just kept sending them money every year. He decided to have Inspire Insurance Solutions take a look and was able to get more coverage and get this… save $857 a year! Pretty good return on the 20 minutes it took him from start to finish.
Maybe it’s time to have Inspire take a look at your home and auto policies. Call us at 512-257-3773 or you can go to Austin insurance to fill out the online quote form. (We can write homes anywhere in Texas). Also, remember to share this with the whole class and pass it on to two friends.
62% of Statistics Are Made Up On The Spot… But Here’s One You Need to See!
Our newest Producer, Matt, has been busy evangelizing the need for business owners to get a second opinion on their insurance programs. We’ve spent numerous hours going over the statistics and the approach: 43% of businesses that suffer a major loss (be it a fire or lawsuit or insert your favorite calamity here…) go out of business. And most of these had business insurance! Scary.
Think about it: Almost half of the businesses who had to actually rely on their business insurance went out of business because it didn’t do what they intended it to. Business failure. Dreams down the drain. Assets? poof! (Hopefully, most of these had some corporate veil to protect their personal assets, but experience tells me that many do not).
So is the 43% statistic valid? The short answer is yes. (This was put out by the Insurance Information Institute and generally accepted to be accurate in insurance circles).
But what about anecdotally? Matt is also getting some pretty vivid validation…
Out of the first five reviews we did of businesses he brought in, four had major gaps in coverage. Gaps that could result in unmitigated disaster. The interesting thing is that in some instances it would not have cost them any more to have the proper coverage in place! Needless to say they are happy they had us take a look.
Pay attention to the risks your business faces. Make sure your agent handles primarily business insurance and has advanced certifications. You typically only get one chance to get this right.
Feel free to get touch with us at General Liability Insurance Austin or (512)-828-4200 if you have questions or would like for us to take a look at your program.
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