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Hurricane Safety Tips

Auto Insurance, Blog, Boat Insurance, Business Insurance, Community Association Insurance, Contractors, Flood Insurance, For Individual, Home Insurance, Hotel Insurance, Individual Insurance, Motorcycle Insurance, Personal Protection, Real Estate Insurance, Restaurant Insurance, Small Business Insurance, TransportationBy Deeley Insurance May 4, 2017

Ocean City, Maryland officially recognized the week of May 7-13, 2017 as National Hurricane Preparedness Week. Here's a short video with the National Weather Service's basic hurricane preparedness tips: http://www.weather.gov/media/wrn/MP4/2017HurricanePrepWeekThemeSummary.mp4 Here are some additional resources you can reference to increase your family's safety: National Weather Service (weather.gov) Hurricane Preparedness Page Ready.Gov Family Emergency Communication Plan…

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Commercial Motor Vehicle Driving Tips

Blog, Business Insurance, TransportationBy Deeley Insurance April 27, 2017

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration publishes a series of safe driving tips for commercial vehicle drivers. Here’s a few of their top tips, and why they are important: 1.) Outside Distractions – A study showed that 80% of crashes involved some sort of outside the cab distraction in the three seconds before a crash…

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Keeping Reserves for your HOA

Blog, Community Association Insurance, Condo Unit Owner's Insurance, Home InsuranceBy Deeley Insurance April 21, 2017

How much money does your condo or homeowners association (HOA) have in its reserve fund? If you're puzzled by this question, our HOA could be in for an unpleasant surprise when a major repair – such as replacing the roof – is needed and your association doesn't have the funds to pay for it. Not…

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Pathway to Violence – Warning Signs and What You Can Do

Blog, Business Insurance, Community Association Insurance, Contractors, Flood Insurance, Health Insurance, Hotel Insurance, Real Estate Insurance, Restaurant Insurance, Small Business Insurance, TransportationBy Deeley Insurance April 17, 2017

On March 22, 2017 the Ocean City Hotel Motel Restaurant Association hosted a Terrorism Awareness Session for businesses in Ocean City and Surrounding Areas. James M. Schwartz who is a Task Force Officer in the Joint Terrorism Task Force with the FBI presented information to many local businesses on what to look out for and…

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April is National Stress Awareness Month

Blog, For Individual, Health InsuranceBy Deeley Insurance April 12, 2017

By: Courtney West April is National Stress Awareness Month. Stress is triggered by a sense of danger. Once upon a time, this saved us from being eaten by dinosaurs. When this happened, our body made an instant decision whether to stand up and fight or run. Today, the dinosaurs are extinct, but the same instinct…

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Work Zone Awareness Week April 3 – 7

Blog, TransportationBy Deeley Insurance April 4, 2017

Work zone safety is in your hands! On the news this morning, there was information about Route 113 in Sussex county being shut down for railroad repairs. The Delaware Motor Transport Association then followed up with a great email about all the road closures in Delaware that are happening this spring. Let's remember that our…

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Fire Code Updated for High Rises in Ocean City

Blog, Business Insurance, Community Association Insurance, Hotel Insurance, Real Estate InsuranceBy Deeley Insurance April 4, 2017

On April 3,2017 the Town of Ocean City Council took the Fire Marshal’s recommendation and made a change to the fire code as it pertains to buildings over 50 feet (high rises). In its current status, the fire code required heat sensors that would activate similar to a smoke detector and sound an alarm. Several…

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Reserve Study Legislation in Maryland

Blog, Business Insurance, Community Association InsuranceBy Deeley Insurance April 3, 2017

The Maryland General Assembly is considering House Bill 651. This bill will require condominium and homeowner asosciations to have reserve studies. Reserve studies will allow associations to identify and plan for long term replacement and repair of major common elements or the infrastructure of the community. The study should be used as a budget tool…

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ELD Timeline – Compliance Date is approaching fast

Blog, Business Insurance, TransportationBy Deeley Insurance April 3, 2017

The compliance date for all carriers and drivers subject to the new rule mandating ELD’s is December 18, 2017. That is only a few short months away. There is a second phase to the Phased-In Compliance of the ELD regulation. This phase will last two years from December 18, 2017 through December 16, 2019. Per…

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Maryland looks for new ways to priortize transportation project funding

Blog, Business Insurance, TransportationBy Deeley Insurance April 3, 2017

The State of Maryland is working to review the process in which state funding is issued for transportation projects. The state currently has 73 major priority transportation projects. In the current scoring system only a handful of those projects would be funded. In the current session legislators and the Governor are trying to find alternatives…

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