According to The National Weather Service, Americans live in the most severe weather-prone country on Earth. Flooding is the most common natural disaster in the United States, and the risk appears to be increasing in recent decades. The coming months of April to September are some of the most flood prone months. While it may… Read more »
The Acadia Insurance Virtual Loss Control team was created about one year ago with the concept of providing direct safety-related informational and real-time assistance to Acadia Insurance customers, our agents and employees. Over this period, and as this idea has continuously evolved, the Virtual Loss Control Staff has worked with several hundred clients. What is not clear… Read more »
As the Winter Olympics progressed over the past 16 days, each of us was captured by the excitement, the energy, the successes and the failures of athletes from around the world. Each worked months and years to train and prepare for his/her specific event. Only a few will come home with a gold medal, some… Read more »
“We change, whether we like it or not” – Ralph Waldo Emerson We don’t often enjoy having to concede to nature’s law that dictates to us that all things change, all of the time. But as Mr. Emerson keenly observes, it happens, regardless. Depending upon one’s perspective, change can be a good thing, or it can… Read more »
Leading Causes Each year in the United States an estimated 5,900 restaurant fires are reported to U.S. Fire Departments and cause an estimated average of 75 injuries and $172 million in property loss. Cooking is the leading cause of these fires, most of which are small and confined. Electrical malfunctions and heating are the next… Read more »
