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Tree Maintenance and Care

The trees in your yard can enhance your property, provide shade and offer abundant environmental benefits. However, trees can also pose a safety hazard to your family and your home if they are not properly inspected and...

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Landscaping Insurance: Is Your Coverage as Clean Cut as Your Work?

As a landscaping professional, you've invested a lot of time, sweat, energy, and money to build your business. That's what it's important to have an insurance program that protects you from financial disasters that...

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Earth Day Everyday

How to Make Earth Day Your Everyday - Earth Day may officially come around only once a year on April 22, but our world would be a better place if we all took steps to take care of the planet year round. So, we here at...

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Preparing for Spring - A Checklist for Home and Property Owners

After a long Midwestern winter – lots of snow, ice, sleet and cold – it’s finally time to think about opening the windows to capture those cool spring breezes. But before you throw open the doors, take a few minutes to...

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I'm borrowing my friend's car ...am I covered?

Most people have an idea of what’s covered and not covered under their various insurance policies. But at Modern Insurance Services, we get a lot of questions about borrowing or loaning a car. Now that summer is here,...

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Tips to make sure your sump pump is ready for spring

With the large amount of snow melting in the next few weeks, March, April and May are typically heavy volume months for sump pump claims. Significant fluctuations in spring weather can result in water pooling and...

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Understanding your car sensors and tips to keep them clean

After the recent snowfall you may have noticed it hard to keep your car clean, including cameras and sensors. While technology in vehicles is nice and helps you with your driving, keeping the sensors clean during winter...

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Have some new jewelry in the house? Protect it!

Ah, Valentine’s Day is near, and love is in the air. Well, love and a few other things, such as chocolates, romantic dinners, candy hearts that say “Be Mine” - and, of course, jewelry. It’s exciting to receive jewelry...

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6 Ways to Protect Your Business from Cyber Attacks

In today’s online environment, even Fortune 500 companies aren’t exempt from cyber-crime, but they aren’t the only target. Are you aware of your risks? The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) states that...

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Spring is coming (depending on that groundhog!)

With Groundhog Day just around the corner, it’s time to start thinking about spring. (Or time to at least hope that springtime is coming, anyway.) And whether Punxsutawney Phil or the local groundhog sees his shadow or...

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