Hauswirth & Sons Insurance

Plymouth Rock Assurance Company (formerly Palisades Insurance) has added a new feature for all of their personal auto insurance policyholders. The Get Home Safe Program is a new addition to their policies at no cost to the policy holder. In short, policyholders may be reimbursed up to $50 for cab service fees when utilized for [...]

This past weekend, Margareth and I attended a wedding in a small Monmouth County town. While driving up Route 71, the municipality had a very large flashing sign which showed six words:  You Talk -  You Text – You Pay! What I have since learned is that in addition to state laws on texting and [...]

Palisades Insurance Company has announced their name will be changing to Plymouth Rock Assurance Company within the next week. Palisades and their sister company, High Point Insurance, are both owned by the parent company, Plymouth Rock Insurance of Massachusetts. The plan to consolidate the two companies here in New Jersey has been in the works [...]

I love reading lists!  So when I found this one that was written by a leading insurance company and was spread around the news wires, I felt it my obligation to share, especially when I just recently paid a  $130 fine for using my cell phone while driving. Eating while driving is one of the [...]

A few short years ago, my friend Jim was commuting to his office in Trenton. From Forked River, he takes the back roads out to Route 195 outside of Allentown along Route 539.  The area is amazingly beautiful in the fall of the year with farms and forests in a blaze of color and hungry [...]

We’ve had a lot going on the last two weeks.  Chicago and our annual meeting with our agency software vendor to discuss updates and work flow suggestions, and then back to New Jersey last Monday to meet with some of our insurance companies.  I packed and left Monday afternoon to drive to Albany, New York [...]

Let me open this week’s blog by stating that I have immense respect for the Progressive Insurance Companies.  In fact, we have been very proud to represent them in our agency for the past four years, and look forward to a long partnership with them.  They are a top rated carrier and handle their claims [...]

I have written about this in the past and, forgive me I will continue to do so to my friends and clients. Multi-tasking and driving do not mix! New Jersey is just about the most conjested state in the union.  We have more cars per square mile than any other state.  And yet we do [...]

One of the most intriguing, undervalued benefits of your personal insurance is the “free” lawyer part. It’s easy to pick on lawyers, I know, until you need one. And if you ever looked at the cost, it’s a bunch. $250-$500 an hour billed in 15 minute increments, plus “costs,” ( everything from express mail, experts, [...]

15 minutes “may” save you 15% off your car insurance AND place you in bankruptcy! You heard me correct! I’m hot under the collar about these “1-800 AUTO INSURANCE ORDER TAKERS” who sit in their cubicles all day and speak to faceless consumers in all 50 states. Do you really think that these strangers in [...]