Safe Talk

While we cannot totally prevent someone from breaking into a home or business, there are some precautions that can be taken to better protect oneself against a loss. Many will say that insurance companies will pay to cover these losses and that it isn’t something to worry about. Use your insurance too many times though, and your insurance premium will either be sky high, or the insurance company will politely tell you to go somewhere else. (more…)

In recent months we have noticed an increase in activity of safe sales and the main reason for this is that people fear their hard earned money is not safe in a financial institution. While this may or may not be a wise decision, we do feel that if you choose to retrieve your money and take it home, you have created another problem. (more…)

Ever since the recent “bailouts” of many Insurance Companies, Brokerages and Banks, people are calling us and asking: “Is my bank safe?”. With so many banks failing today and many more projected to fail in the future, we are receiving calls from homeowners and businesses asking about the security of safes for their money.  This is advisable but not without some careful, well thought out planning.

 First, we want to advise everyone that the best way to insure that your Bank or Savings Thrift Bank is safe is by checking out their ratings by going to:  www.thestreet.com and clicking on this link http://www.thestreet.com/screener/index.html?src=ratingsindex&tab=3.

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What you see is what you get when you buy a cheap safe from the “big box stores”. Many people think, “a safe is a safe” and all that matters is the size. They don’t know the difference between a cheap safe and a real safe that has good burglary and fire protection. They end up storing items of high value in a box that barely qualifies as a safe. When thinking about buying any safe, the question is “how much can I afford to lose?” Cheap safes have a high risk of loss and don’t offer much protection. (more…)

It depends…

Kind of like answering the question of “how much wood can a Woodchuck chuck?”

The bad news is that most people have items of value in their home or business with no means to protect these sensitive and important items. The good news is, that even if you invest in a small lock box to protect your sensitive and important items, at least you are taking a step in the right direction. Most people may not know that there are a variety of options when it comes to safes and the right safe for you depends on what you want to store in the safe.
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