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Do You Know What To Do If Disaster Strikes?

The Institute for Business and Home Safety has a great site that can help you prepare and protect your property from Hail, Flooding, Freezing, Earthquake and other natural disasters.  Enter your zip code and the more common types of occurrences for your area will be listed. 

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Are You Properly Insured for Your Summer Fun?

Nearly all summertime, outdoor activities come with increased risks. A call to your insurance agent is always a good first step in making sure you are protecting yourself and your family.  The National Association of Insurance Commissioners offers some tips to make sure you and your family are insured for the increased risks that come with outdoor activities.  To read the

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Consumer Alert: Refund Anticipation Loans

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation has good advice for tax payers that might be considering tax refund loans, also know as refund anticipation loans (RALs).  To read more, please click here.

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Competitive Auto Insurance is Finally Coming to Massachusetts April 1, 2008!

Dowd Insurance is excited about the upcoming changes in auto insurance, and we are ready for it. Over the next few months, you will be hearing about the new competitive auto insurance market in Massachusetts.  We represent the top auto insurance carriers in the state, and we will be working with them to offer a variety of coverages and discounts

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MA Competitive Auto Rate Filings Summary

Questions, questions, we all have questions on the competitive auto coming April 1, 2008. We, at Dowd, want you to know we are excited about the upcoming changes in 2008 Massachusetts Auto.   We don’t have all the answers right now, but we are working hard and will be ready when that time comes. As an Independent Agent representing a variety

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Travel Insurance

When you’re planning for a vacation, we’re sure that you rarely consider the fact that something might happen to interrupt your trip or that might even prevent you from taking the trip. The truth is that any number of things can happen to spoil a vacation. Among them are cancellation; delayed departure; loss, theft, or damage to personal property; loss

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Title Insurance

  Protect Your Home Investment Against Unknown Title Defects.  For more information click here

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Home Fire Safety

Thanksgiving Fire Safety Holiday Fire Safety Home Heating Safety

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Purchasing A Personal Umbrella Policy Is A Wise Decision

One of the most important insurance policies you can buy is the personal umbrella policy, but many people are unaware they need one. This policy provides high limits of liability to protect you against a catastrophic liability loss. For example, a major car accident may injure numerous people or cause head injuries or death that will result in liability far

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Myths About Flood Insurance

Dispelling myths about Flood Insurance from FEMA.

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