Town of Ocean City Improves the Community Rating System

The Town of Ocean City announced that through efforts of Terry McGean and staff the Community Rating for Ocean City has improved. This rating generates discounts to flood policies that are in the Special Flood Hazard Zones (A or V). The National Flood Insurance Program took an increase of 6.9% in April of 2017. The…

Hurricane Safety Tips

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…

Pathway to Violence – Warning Signs and What You Can Do

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…

National Surveyors Week is being celebrated from March 19- 25, 2017!

In the insurance world – knowing a few great surveyors can be helpful. Especially, if you need an elevation certificate. The Federal Emergency Management Association (FEMA) requires an elevation certificate for buildings that are located in the Special Flood Hazard Area. Per FEMA, A community's permit file must have an official record that shows new…

Deeley Group Serves – The Philanthropic Arm of Deeley Group

Deeley Group Serves was recently formed as the employee led philanthropic arm of Deeley Insurance Group. Deeley Group surveyed our team on how to improve our culture and workplace. We had an overwhelming response for better ways to give back to our amazing community. We are incredibly lucky to work near the beach and for…

Clear Communication Letters from FEMA

All policyholders with business effective beginning April 1, 2016 or renewing on October 1, 2016 or later will be receiving a Clear Communication letter from FEMA. The letters will provide information about the policyholder’s current flood risk according to their policy rating. To see which letter you received (A-G), check the second to the last…

News from the National Flood Insurance Program

The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) began reviewing the rating information on all flood insurance policies. They will be reviewing most policies to ensure they have been under written properly. What does this mean? The NFIP will review your policy and will be sending you a letter. To review a sample letter click here. The…

Change Dropbox Password Now!

Do you use Dropbox? And what are you storing there? Journalists at Motherboard reported that they obtained documents which show that more than 68 million users were affected by the data breach at Dropbox—one of the world’s largest file-hosting companies. The information contained in the documents has since been identified as authentic by officials at…