Winter-related claims add up to over $1 billion each year across the insurance industry. One common—yet often overlooked—cause of costly damage is ice damming. By taking proactive measures and making crucial upgrades to your home, you can help prevent ice damming damage.
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The best time to prepare your home for the cold weather, snowfall, ice accumulation, and storms is before winter sets in. For added protection, recommended tips are provided to help you get a head start.
The best time to install protective devices or materials in your home is during a renovation, addition, or new construction. Consider the following recommendations early in your planning stages to increase safety, lessen the likelihood of damage, and help minimize installation costs. Some proactive measures may even result in savings on your homeow...
When surveying the top causes of home damage that might lead to an insurance claim, water damage is the second highest frequency claim category (after wind and hail). With concerted and targeted educational efforts, water loss prevention measures can become more common place and damage can be prevented.
Both New York State and New York City have recently passed a series of laws that significantly increased the protections against sexual harassment in the workplace. These laws outline additional and specific requirements—including the adoption of anti-sexual harassment policies and training—that employers must comply with over the next ...
As the office of the controller becomes ever more strategic—creating higher levels of financial visibility to help drive growth and profitability—the financial organization’s relationship to the controller role must evolve as well. Specifically, today’s CFO needs to work closely with the controller to ensure that, one, the o...
When it comes to protecting digital assets, the users can end up being the biggest flaw in your cybersecurity armor. Mistakes like creating easy-to-guess passwords, not encrypting important data, or sending passwords over email can make a hacker’s job easy. To help strengthen your cybersecurity armor and stay ahead of the hackers, here are so...
Each decade of life brings unique challenges and opportunities, financial and otherwise. Focusing on each stage from the 40s to the 70s, we highlight the planning issues that may be ripe for your consideration, including revisiting your estate plan, downsizing your home, and constructing your general retirement plan.
From the intense wildfire activity in 2017, lessons were learned on the value of smart landscaping. Applying those lessons and other tips, you can enhance your home's resiliency and keep your family safe.
This is a field guide for avoiding the pitfalls that cause families to overpay, waste time, or lose money due to estate transitions. If you are dealing with a family member’s house full of possessions when age, personal or medical reasons dictate that it is time to sell a primary or vacation home, then these tips will help you simplify the pr...
Hiring domestic staff such as nannies, personal assistants, and housekeepers can expose you to liability issues and danger from unscrupulous employees. It is important to understand your areas of vulnerability and take steps to protect your family and your finances. Whether you hire your own employees or the family office hires them, three often ov...
Individuals and families today are at a higher risk of being the target of identity theft given their tendency to rely on various third parties to manage their active and complex lifestyles. Protect yourself against identity theft by adhering to a checklist of practical steps to safeguard your personal information.
Knowing what to do and what not to do before, during, and after a wildfire can go a long way in protecting you, your family, and personal property from harm. To help prepare and protect yourself against a wildfire, a checklist of practical steps is provided.
Each year thousands of property owners and their families are affected by natural disasters and the financial damages can be devastating. Although it may seem there is very little that can be done to prepare against a hurricane, there are practical steps before, during, and after the storm that you can do (or not do) to protect yourself, family, an...
A host can be held liable for injuries caused to a third party if an intoxicated guest causes a car accident. If guests are injured on the premises due to hazardous conditions, the homeowner can be held liable. Such incidents may include slipping and falling on icy walkways, uneven floors, or broken staircases. When hosting a social event, followin...