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title: Wickline Insurance Blog
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# INSURANCE BLOG

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[**Yes! You Should Insure that Engagement Ring!** — Getting engaged is an exciting time and brings happiness to not only the couple, but their family and friends. While the new couples should cherish this special moment, they should also find an insurance policy to protect the engagement ring immediately. — Anything can happen to an engagement ring,… — Feb 8, 2017](/blog/2017/yes-you-should-insure-that-engagement-ring)

[**Car Shopping With Safety in Mind** — You’ve heard all the talk about driverless cars. Yet we’re still years away from living in a world where you can just tell your car where to go and then kick back and relax with a book or your phone. — Even still, technology already plays a big role in the way we drive. Nowhere is that more… — Feb 3, 2017](/blog/2017/car-shopping-with-safety-in-mind)

[**6 Simple Steps to get Top Dollar for your Home** — Preparing to sell your home can be a large undertaking. Often, people put off repairs on their home that don’t bother them, but would certainly deter prospective buyers or set off an alarm to a home inspector of other problems. If you’re preparing to sell your home, follow these steps to ensure you… — Jan 25, 2017](/blog/2017/6-simple-steps-to-get-top-dollar-for-your-home)

[**Understanding The Importance of Renters Insurance** — If you’re one of the millions of Americans that rents a home, condo or apartment, chances are you’ve either had renters insurance in the past, or currently do have a policy. If you don’t have a policy, you’ll want to really pay close attention to this post. — In its most basic form, renters… — Jan 9, 2017](/blog/2017/understanding-the-importance-of-renters-insurance)

[**7 Driving Habits That Are Bad for Your Car** — No matter how safe you are behind the wheel, you’ve probably done things like: — Shift into drive while the car is still rolling backward. — Ride the brakes on steep hills. — Roll into the gas station on empty. — Guilty? If so, you may not have even realized you were doing anything wrong. After all… — Jan 6, 2017](/blog/2017/7-driving-habits-that-are-bad-for-your-car)

[**Home Insurance Can Give You More than Just Coverage for Your Home** — We typically purchase homeowners insurance to protect our largest investment – our home. But homeowners, and often condo and renters insurance too, includes many other items besides your home. Let’s take a look at just a few items that might be covered by your homeowners insurance carrier. — While… — Dec 28, 2016](/blog/2016/home-insurance-can-give-you-more-than-just-coverage-for-your-home)

[**Do You Know How to Dispose of Hazardous Household Items?** — Whether you’re purchasing a new home or have lived in the same house for years, chances are there is old paint and other household items that require special disposal in your crawlspace or garage. — **Batteries:** The average American household goes through over a dozen standard batteries a year. There… — Dec 13, 2016](/blog/2016/do-you-know-how-to-dispose-of-hazardous-household-items)

[**Burglary Prevention: Should You Leave the Lights On?** — It seems like a no-brainer to leave the lights on outside your home to deter burglars while you’re away (or even while you’re asleep). But does that really work? Or is it just a waste of electricity — particularly this time of year, when the days keep getting shorter and shorter? — Those answers… — Dec 2, 2016](/blog/2016/burglary-prevention-should-you-leave-the-lights-on)

[**Life changes, so should your insurance policy.** — Imagine if we could buy just one insurance policy and be set for life. That’s a nice thought, isn’t it? Like the good things that happen in life, your insurance policy should change and adapt to your situations. The beauty of having a local, independent insurance agent is that they represent… — Nov 29, 2016](/blog/2016/life-changes-so-should-your-insurance-policy)

[**Tired of Junk Mail? Follow these Five Simple Tips** — If you’re like most people, you really don’t like getting junk mail delivered to your home. Not only is it wasteful to you, but the companies paying for the marketing don’t want the wasted funds for print and distribution either. If you’d like to be removed from mailings to your home or business,… — Nov 15, 2016](/blog/2016/tired-of-junk-mail-follow-these-five-simple-tips)

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