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Halloween (the movie) & Minimizing Risk

Mass RMV now Reviewing Out-Of-State Driving Records

Hurricane Defined for Insurance

Wind Deductible vs. Hurricane vs. Named Storm Deductibles

Do insurance companies charge for “Not-at-fault” accidents?

Home Safety Reminders for the Holidays

2018 California Fires

National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Reauthorized through November 13, 2018

May is Massachusetts Motorcycle Safety Inspection Month

Distracted Driving and Railroad Crossings

OEM Parts vs After Market Parts

Changes at the Massachusetts Registry Regarding Licensing and ID Cards

How does a Homeowners Policy cover water in a basement?

How does a Homeowners Policy Handle Tree Damage?

Get Road Rewards telematics for safer driving

2018 Government Shutdown and NFIP (Flood insurance)

What is premium fraud? Or, is garaging location important for insurance?

Reasons for a Personal Injury Endorsement on Your Homeowners Policy!

Prevent Tax Fraud

Car Safety Seats: Is Your Child Safe?

Insurance University: Tips for the College Bound

Bicycle Theft Prevention

Grilling Safety: MA Insurance

Lightning Safety: An Overview

Insurance Haikus

Avoiding Collisions with Deer

Insurance Agents: The Good Guys

Boat Theft Prevention

Risk Management: When Intuition Fails Us

A Homeowner Claim Scenario: A Break-In

Uncovering Employee Theft: MA Insurance

Kitchen Safety: How to Sharpen and Hone Knives

Frame Damage: Car Accident Aftermath & Collision

MA Surcharges: 20 Minor Violations That Increase Insurance

Comprehensive Insurance Coverage

Identity Theft Prevention: College

What is Reckless Driving?

How is the Cost of My Car Insurance Policy Determined?

The Simple Math Behind Insurance

Why do you need an Umbrella Policy?

Insuring your Home Inventory

I’ve just had an accident, what do I do now?

WHAT ARE OTHER STRUCTURES IN INSURANCE?

Prevent Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

How to Avoid Frozen Pipes in the Winter

How payment habits affect your auto insurance costs

Should I Go Solar?

Checklist for your Household Drivers

What is Earthquake Coverage?

Should You Have an Extra Set of Car Keys?

What if my Vehicle Catches on Fire?

Six Things to do Before Your Child Leaves for College

Fallout of Private Flood Insurance Market and Effect on NFIP Policyholders

Risks of Hiring an In-Home Nanny

Do You Have Scheduled Items on Your Homeowner Policy?

So... What is the deal with Pokémon Go?

The Independent Agency

Auto Insurance Rates on the Rise in MA

Accident Forgiveness

Boating Safety

Tips For a Safe and Happy Fourth of July!

AAA Can Be Helpful in Many Ways!

Moped and Motorized Bicycle Operation Restrictions

Replacement Cost vs. What Home is Worth

Home Maintenance for the Spring/Summer

Grandfathering Your Flood Insurance Rates

What are the different Bodily Injury limits on your Mass Auto Policy?

Fire Pits & S’mores

Takata Airbag Recall: What Does This Mean for Your Auto Insurance?

Are You Better with a “Local Insurance Agent” or an “As Seen on TV” Company?

Teen Driver Discounts

When can you use your Substitute Transportation coverage?

Why is Tire Pressure Important?

Fun in the Sun on Your Boat

Save a Life, and some Dough with In Control Crash Prevention

Spring Cleaning & Fire Prevention

Lyme Disease

Daylight Savings Time 2016

Traffic Rules

How can we reduce your payments?

Should I file an insurance claim or not?

Buying a Car from an Out of State Dealer

How Insurance Plays a Role in Buying a New Vehicle

Home Generator Safety Tips

Who should be listed as an operator on your auto policy?

What is Equipment Breakdown Coverage?

Winter Driving

Why do I need a Homeowner's Policy when I rent?

Term Life Insurance – Options Available Here

Tips for Safe Driving During the Winter

Cell Phone Use While Driving

New Law Enacted in Massachusetts

Lightning Insurance

What Type of Dog is Right for your Insurance?

2015 Plate Lottery

Why You Should Purchase Auto Insurance Above State Requirements

Healthy Living: Circadian Rhythm

Earned Premium

Automobile Property Damage Liability – How Much is Enough?

Benefit of Having Medical Payments On Your Mass Auto Policy

Wedding Insurance

Graduation Safety Tips

Outdoor Wood and Brush Burning Tips

Winter Safety: The Snow is Melting!

Where Does Your Energy Come From?

What is the Waiver of Deductible?

Texting and Driving

3 Ways to Reducing Risk Tips for Driving

Our Best Insurance Blogs

Winter Safety: Ice Dams

Insurance Jokes

Independent Insurance Agents Save You Money!

Named Perils: Insure Your Valuables!

Emergency Kit

What to Do After a Blizzard

Compulsory Insurance vs. Comprehensive Coverage

Winter Safety: Frozen Pipes

Winter Safety: Driving

Underwriting Home Insurance

Write a Review for Our Insurance Agency!

Snowmobiling Safety in New Hampshire

Pet Safety at Christmas

Car Safety: What to Do When Your Windshield Fogs Up

Healthy Living: Tips on Mono

Donate Your Car to Charity

Car Safety and Eyesight

When to Change My Homeowners Insurance

Homeowners Insurance for a new Home Purchase

Cancelling for NonPayment

Dryer Fire Claims

Do I Have to Notify My Insurance Company if My Mortgagee Changes?

Seat Belt Laws in Massachusetts

Hurricane and Tropical Storm Preparedness

What To Do If You Are in a Car Accident

Renewing Plates on a Leased Vehicle

Youthful Permit Operators

Are You Getting All the Credit You Deserve?

What Do I Do If Someone Breaks Into My Car?

Replacement Cost Estimators

Why You Should Carry Higher Property Damage Limits

Pool Laws and Insurance

How to Lower Your Energy Bill

Dangerous Places to Drive In Norwell: Be Careful!

Easy Computer Tips and Tricks (Part 2)

Junior Operators: How to Pass Your Road Test

Easy Computer Tips and Tricks

Total Loss Tips: What to Do If Your Car Is Totaled

Junior Operators: How to Get Your Permit

Junior Operators: How Do You Get Your License?

Avoid Collisions with Deer and other Animals

Bike Noise Limits

Desk Yoga

What is Gap Insurance?

Steady Your Ship with a Sea Anchor

Homemade Cleaners (Part 2)

Harvester Ants Wreaking Havoc on Your Lawn? Kill Them with Cotton Candy!

Boating Insurance

Poison Ivy

Insurance for Working From Home

Walking in Parks

Homemade Cleaners

AAA Offers Bicyclists Breakdown Service

Plates for Vehicles Bought Out of State

Insureds with Out of Country Licenses

What is Subrogation?

Motorcycle Reminders... Be Sure That You Have Proper Coverage

Keeping the Old Car Registered/Insured

Water Aerobics: Fun Exercise That Won't Hurt Knees

Flood Insurance: Overview of the Grimm-Waters Homeowner Affordability Act of 2014

Tis The Season - For Ticks That Is…..

Does Remodeling or Adding to My House Affect My Insurance?

Scituate Animal Shelter….”The Lucky Ones Come to Us”

Free Family Fun

Flood Maps Delayed One Year

It's Pothole Season!

Rental Reimbursement on Auto Policies

Cruise Control in Adverse Conditions

Time it Was

Snow Plow Operations – Are You Covered?

A Couple of Things about Winter Fun

Homeowner 101

Stay Healthy This Season

How to Use Car Defrosters

Flood Insurance Changes in MA: 2014

Insurance Scores

Changing Your Smoke Detector Batteries

Who Insures Flood Policies?

Halloween Safety

Preparing for Colder Weather

Making Strides Against Breast Cancer

Car Safety Tips for Changing a Flat Tire

Jack-O-Lantern Tips and Tricks

A Couple of Things about Autumn

Biggert-Waters and Flood Insurance Rate Changes in MA

Which Drivers Should Be Listed on Your Auto Policy?

Insurance Statistics

On-line Banking

Drunk Driving: Why Do People Do It?

Dogs and Insurance: Breeding Trouble

10 Commandments of Insurance

Microbursts: Surprise Storms

Tales from a Novice Ocean Rower

Don't Let the Bugs Bite

Super... Bowl!

Road Responsibility

Online Passwords: Are You Safe?

Older Drivers and Emerging Vehicle Safety Technologies (Part 3)

Older Drivers and Emerging Vehicle Safety Technologies (Part 2)

Older Drivers and Emerging Vehicle Safety Technologies (Part 1)

Cell Phone Laws and Driving in MA

What is a No-Loss Letter?

License Plate Lights

CPR and AED General Info

How to Get the Most out of Gordon Insurance: Personal Insurance

Junior Operators: 5 Things to Keep in Mind

Insurance Tips for Financial Advisors

Will My Insurance Cover a Trampoline?

Diabetes: Are You at Risk?

Water, the Miracle Molecule

How to Get the Most out of Gordon Insurance: Whiteboard Videos

Hit the Plate Lottery! Win a Low Number License Plate!

Food Allergies

What is an Additional Insured?

How to Get the Most out of Gordon Insurance: Blogs

Hurricane Awareness

Hidden Parking Lot Dangers

Green Discounts

How to Get the Most out of Gordon Insurance: eBooks

Coverage for Valuable Articles

Slow and Steady Saves Lives

Insurance for the College Student

Motorcycles are Everywhere

Concert Safety

Plymouth 400 License Plates

Cancer Free World

Predictive Modeling

A Couple of Things about Summer

Should I Buy a Generator for My Home?

Vacation Security Tips

Pure Auto Insurance in MA

Getting to the Root of the Problem

Why Do I Need a Home Insurance Inspection?

Danger: Leaving Children and Pets in Hot Cars

Operators on Permits

Road Courtesy: The Opposite of Road Rage

How to Get Insurance

Growing Insurance Knowledge

The Benefits of Breakfast

The Perfect Baby Shower Gift

Filing Taxes

Homeowner's "Hold Back"- What is it?

First Day of Spring

How to Beat Procrastination

Insurance Vocabulary

Why Increase Property Damage Limits?

Some of the Best Insurance

Damage Caused by Nemo

Car Safety in the Bag

Will Naming Winter Storms Affect Your Deductible?

Go Green for Safety's Sake

Public Adjustors, Company Adjustors and Independents - Defined

Winter Storm Nemo

The Biggest Insurance Discount: Bundling Your Policies Together

What is Road Rage?

Pet Health Insurance

Redefining Risk

Travel Insurance: Worth It?

A Car Accident Story

Out-of-State Auto Purchase Problems

Coffee, You, and Your Insurance

Drivers Education Parent Class- Are You a Good "Road" Model?

The Insurance Monster

Why Did My Home Insurance Premium Go Up?

RMV: Automated Licensing and Registration System Change

7 Sins of Insurance

Should I File a Claim for a Single Vehicle Accident?

How To Enjoy Winter Safely

New Year's Resolutions- Insurance Style

Winter Driving

An Insurance Christmas

Binding Authority

Insurance Planet

Simple Stuff, Insurance, and Other Things that are not Synonymous

Some More Holiday Safety: Lights

Why an Insurance Blog?

Online Safety: http vs. https

Excluded Operators

Holiday Safety

Trip Insurance

Power Surges and Technology Protection

Mac or PC?

Vanity Plates in MA- "INFO4U"

Where Should My Homeowner's Bill Go?

Save 10% on Home Insurance

Hydroplaning- When the Weather Gets Rough

Bike Safety

New Driver – Parent Contract

How Can I Prevent Car Break-Ins?

Mosquito Control- The Little Brown Bat

Hurricane Sandy- Déjà Vu

Flood Zone Changes Affect Thousands of Homeowners in Massachusetts

Pumpkin Carving Safety

What are the Different Homeowner's Forms?

What is a Personal Umbrella Insurance Policy?

How Do I Get an Absentee Ballot?

What Do I Tell My Babysitter?

Are Your Turn Signals On?

Junior Operators: What is the Time Restriction Violation?

Alzheimer's Action Day- Go Purple!

Active Plates: MA Insurance

UV Rays: Tips on Protecting Your Skin

Over Your Head: Shingles for Your Home

What Do I Need to Know About Insurance? 5 Things

What is the Passenger Restriction for Junior Operators?

Accident Forgiveness- Will My Auto Insurance Premium Go Up?

Weird Insurance: Interesting Stories

Vandalism: What to Do When it Happens to You

Having a Car Accident in a Car That Isn't Yours!

New Protections for Animals

Jumpstarting a Car

In the Doghouse

A Danger for Dogs

How Do Flood Map Changes Affect Flood Insurance Costs?

Home Inventory – How to Organize

Identity Theft – Tricks of the Trade

2011: Natural Disasters and Homeowners Insurance

Don't Get Hosed!

National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorized by Congress

Why Does My Insurance Company Not Fight My At-Fault?

Independence Day: Celebration Safety Tips

Summer Motorcycle Safety

Hurricane Season 2012: Be Prepared

How Much Should I Insure My House For?

Loss: Tips on Prevention and Restoration

Homeowners Insurance Claims Hints

7 Tips for Proper Trailer Care

Insurance Near the Massachusetts Coast

What is a Flood Elevation Certificate?

10 Least and Most Expensive Cars to Insure 2012

Down to the Wire

Happy Memorial Day from Andrew G. Gordon, Inc.

Are You In the Zone? Flood Map Changes from NFIP

Sharing the Road: Horse and Animal Safety

Ship Ahoy! Getting ready for boating season

Renewal Reminders

Liability Issues: Safety Around Your Home

Brush Burning in Massachusetts

The "Ordinance or Law Endorsement:" What Does It Do?

Insurance for a Vacant Home (A Vacant Dwelling Policy)

Give Me a "Brake:" A Teen Driver Story

Spring Risks & Safety Tips

Wire Warning: Prevent Pets from Biting Cords

What is Distracted Driving?

Dogs: How Much Do They Really Cost?

Snowboarding Safety Tips

Woodpeckers and Wooden Houses Do Not Mix!

Skating Safety: 7 Tips

Old Cars: Fix or Ditch?

Medical Reports on Your Driving Record at RMV

Insurance for Investment Properties – DP3 vs. HO3

6 Sledding Safety Tips

Congress Extends National Flood Insurance Program to Spring 2012

7 Skiing Safety Tips

Jingle Bells

6 Steps to Prevent Others from Drinking and Driving

Understanding Your Auto Insurance Policy

Direct Writer VS Independent Insurance Agent

Home Security: Are You Prepared?

Property Damage for Auto Insurance: Should I Increase My Limit?

Insurance for a Multi-Family: HO-3 vs. DP-3

Four Possible New Driver Discounts

Billing Installment Fees

Accident Prevention: Defensive Driving Course

School Bus Safety

Protect Your Engine from Ethanol Damage

Why Did My Insurance Coverage Increase When My Home Value Decreased?

6 Steps to Deep Fry a Turkey

The Difference Between a DUI and an OUI

Burglary and Crime Prevention Tip

7 Tips About Motorcycle Safety

Adding Fuel to the Fire

What is a Puffback?

EFT: What Is It?

Winterizing Your Car

Insurance in the Courtroom: Are You Covered?

Pig A la Mode

Fall Heater Maintenance

Halloween! Spiders & Witches & Goblins, Oh My!

Elderly Drivers: When to Hang Up the Keys

Why Does Home Insurance Cost More in Coastal Towns?

Auto Policy: Property Damage Coverage

How to Prevent Squirrels from Damaging Your Home

Auto Insurance: What To Do If Cancelled for Non-Payment

Condominium Associaton's Master Policy and Structural Coverage

Boating Season Coming to a Close

Do I Need Insurance on My Condo?

Car Accident Tips

Funny Insurance Explanations

Winter Weather Can Mean Frozen Pipes!

Insurance 101 for Generation X

Motorcycle Insurance: Differences in Coverage

What to Do About an Insurance Renewal

Rental Car Insurance and should I buy CDW?

When the Cheapest Insurance Option Gets Expensive

Insurance Options Near the Coast: Why So Limited?

Steer Your Way to Teen Auto Insurance Discounts

Insurance Binders for home closing made Easy

Insure a Teenager: How to Add Your Teen to Your Insurance

House Insurance: Fire Damage

Should I Get Renter's Insurance?

Winter Preparation for the Exterior of Your Home

Winter Preparation: Interior of the Home

Hurricane Recovery: Cleaning the Wake of Irene

How Can Insurance Premiums on Two Different Homes Differ So Much?

Should I have an Emergency Go Bag?

Food Spoilage Claims Demystified: Rotten Stuff

Hurricanes and Home Insurance Policy: What Irene Taught Us

Mold Damage: Preventing Unwanted Property Damage

Lessons from Hurricane Irene about Checklists and Preparation

Risk Assessment and Hiking

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