Insurance News

[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] Not “knowing” is not only a risk but also is a huge and unproductive source of anxiety. Whether it’s personal or in business, not “knowing” impacts our emotions, performance and our behavior. On a personal level, lack of knowledge strikes fear into our...

[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 2008, the University of Southern Maine introduced a new program called Risk Management & Insurance (RMI), an industry-funded initiative spearheaded by Ken Ross, a USM graduate and now the chair of the board of directors of Clark Insurance . The new academic...

[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] Oz was a fantastical place of Munchkins, Wizards and talking scarecrows. However, after a Kansas house dropped on the Wicked Witch of the East, her sister threatened “I’ll get you, my pretty,” and soon sent her monkeys aloft to retrieve Dorothy and her...

[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] Maine is a day trip or less from cities and towns north of Philadelphia and east of Buffalo. For thousands and thousands of families who ski, sail, tour or simply dwell through the four seasons, buying or passing along a second home in...

[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] Approximately 21 million young people are getting ready to go or return to American colleges and universities. With this annual migration of our best and brightest come risks that can be avoided and insured. What should you be doing now to ensure a...

[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 New England, we pride ourselves on our independence. That Yankee trait often includes our work status. “I work for myself!” may be a proud declaration but do you really work for yourself in the eyes of the law? In Maine, seven steps...

[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 insurance industry often is made out to be the boogie man when it comes to responding to claims. If you believed all the ads that question the sincerity and character of insurance professionals, you’d think nary a dollar was spent to settle...

[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] Let’s start with a fact: In a 2009 study by Javelin Strategy & Research, 38 percent of identity theft victims said “the perpetrator had obtained their Social Security number and used it in the crime.” Identity thieves are getting bolder and better at...

[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]This may be the smartest and hardest conversation you ever have about your future. Click here to listen to Rob Lowe, Maria Shriver and others talk about the personal reasons to learn more about long term care. If it moves you, call Kerry...

[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 recent years, some very high-profile thefts by employees and professionals have occurred in New England. These have been highly sophisticated and very costly schemes that took place in just a click of the mouse or over several years. The lure of extra...