[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Last week we asked “What’s your idea to stop texting-while-driving?” Responses (thank you!) fell into two general categories: consequences and technology. Here are a couple of the comments. “Saw a sign in FLORIDA last month. ‘Honk if you love Jesus. Text while driving...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] I come from parents who were conservative Yankees. They lived through the Depression and World War II being cautious with their money – including how they died. Our dad’s ashes were buried in a Chock Full o’ Nuts coffee can and my mother’s...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] November is Long Term Care Awareness Month, so I suppose I should regurgitate a bunch of statistics about how many people will need long term care services, how much nursing homes cost, blah, blah, blah. But that’s not what this is about. You already...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] In the last couple of weeks, some aspect of your current lifestyle has gone through yet another round of new findings to spare you from disease. Don’t eat sugar. Processed meat causes cancer. Red meat could possibly cause cancer. Seriously?!? Well, yes. What...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] John Traynor, Chief Investment Officer at People’s United Bank Wealth Management, seems optimistic for the growth of the New England economy. In his outlook for 2016, he recently told members of Corporate Partners at the University of Southern Maine that key economic indicators...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Despite tepid growth in the region’s economy, many employers are finding it a challenge to recruit willing and qualified employees. Many applicants lack skills while others may be challenged by personal circumstances such as day care or transportation that make it hard to...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Many of the most frequent and costly insurance claims for businesses are winter-related accidents. With more frequent cold weather, property owners need to take steps now to avoid injuries as well as property and liability claims. Here are a number hazards to avoid...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] The deluge that visited parts of New England this past week left a lot of water-damaged buildings and cars in its wake. The first call many owners made was to their insurance agent to report a claim. Sadly, some of those conversations ended...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Here’s a big change that will require some work. If implemented as proposed, most employees earning between $23,600 ($455/week) and $50,440 ($970/week) will be eligible for overtime wages under new soon-to-be enacted regulations. This change in the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) will...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Do you love traveling for your vacation? When going to a new place, you pull out maps, read the travel guides and you ask well-travelled friends for tips. For vacations, we tend to plan and save. Well, maybe it’s time to think of...
