Smart Holiday Shopping

With Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday less than a week away, it's a good time to take extra precautions to ensure your financial information is protected. Though originally prized for its security, the EMV chip cards do not completely eliminate the risk of payment breaches. Since it was first implemented, experts have…

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…

Highway Fatalities Increased in 2015

According to recently released data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), highway fatalities rose by 7.2 percent in 2015. This is the largest year-over-year increase since 1966, when fatalities rose by 8.1 percent. The NHTSA largely attributed the sharp increase in fatalities to lower gas prices and increased job growth—both of which have…

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…

Remote Key Entry on Your Vehicle – Easy? Safe?

Everyone can agree that the remote key entry and start has become standard on new vehicles and is really very convenient. However, is it safe? A research team from the University of Birmingham recently discovered a number of vulnerabilities that allowed them to mimic and “clone” the wireless key fobs of over 100 million vehicles.…

Hurricane Storm Terminology – Know the Terms!

Keep these terms in mind so you know when to start preparations for incoming weather. Tropical Cyclone: A warm-core, non-frontal, synoptic-scale cyclone, originating over tropical or subtropical waters, with organized deep convection and a closed surface wind circulation about a well-defined center. Once formed, a tropical cyclone is maintained by the extraction of heat energy…