by Joe Bickel | Jun 28, 2019 | Compliance Updates
When the voters approved to make recreational marijuana use legal in Massachusetts in 2016, employers immediately wondered how they were going to navigate these waters with their employees. Marijuana still remains illegal under Federal Law, which is putting...
by Joe Bickel | Jan 25, 2018 | Business, Contracts, Farrell Backlund, FBinsure, Indemnification Agreement, Joe Bickel, Non-Contributory, Notice of Cancellation, Operations coverage, Waiver of Subrogation
Contracts have always been a very important part of the insurance industry. An insurance policy is a contract that you (business or individual) enter into with an insurance carrier. In business, insurance requirements are getting tougher and tougher. This is...
by Joe Bickel | Mar 29, 2017 | Claims, Coverage, FBinsure, Food for Thought, Homeowners Insurance, Insurance, Insurance Claims, Insurance Cost, Insurance Coverage, Joe Bickel, personal property, Property Insurance, Property Values
This blog was originally written by Joe Bickel on March 29, 2017. It has been updated by Alyssa Anderson on July 7, 2022. Property values can be confusing, even to those in the insurance industry. Not a day that goes by that an insured does not question why the...
by Joe Bickel | Feb 16, 2017 | Business Insurance, Commercial Insurance, FBinsure, Risk Advisor Insights, Workers Compensation
Most insureds are familiar with what a worker’s compensation policy is and what it is intended uses are, however, what most insureds do not know is that every worker’s compensation policy has threeparts. The general lack of knowledge regardingthe existence of this...
by Joe Bickel | Feb 9, 2017 | Home Tips, Homeowners Insurance, Personal Risk, Property Insurance, Risk Advisor Insights
The question of whether or not to purchase title insurance is one that we often get asked as insurance agents. The answer is quite simply….YES. Title insurance is a policy that protects against financial losses due to defects in the titles of real property, which will...
