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An Ounce of Prevention

Turns out, your mom was right when she always said “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Whether you’re maintaining your home or your car, a few easy preventative steps can keep your home in tip-top shape, and your car purring like a kitten.   Home Maintenance: Clean up any water spills immediately to prevent mold growth. Exhaust fans can help draw...

Welcome David Coovert to Pardridge Insurance

The Pardridge Insurance Agency is proud to announce that David Coovert from Sycamore has joined the agency as an agent.  David will be focusing on selling and then servicing customers with car, house, commercial and life insurance.  Since the insurance business is all about establishing and maintaining relationships, we feel David is well suited to the Pardridge Agency.  He is about Family and Community.  A...

Data Breaches: A Big Threat Small Businesses Often Ignore

Whether it's a misplaced computer, an improperly shredded document or a hacked database, data breaches happen. And they happen frequently. Recent research reveals that 55 percent of small businesses have lost confidential or private information as the result of a data breach.  That said, only about 31 percent of businesses have coverage to protect against this growing threat. Statistics like these reinforce the importance of...

You're the Boss...

Does your insurance company remember that they work for you—not the other way around? Some insurance companies can be downright bossy, forcing you to jump through hoops to file claims and slapping you with big rate hikes when you get into even the smallest of fender benders. But at Erie Insurance, we think a little differently. We’re here to serve you—not to punish you, not...

The Warm Fuzzies - giving back never felt so good!

Sometimes, it’s the little things that we do for our communities: picking up litter on Main Street, chatting with seniors in nursing homes, or buying a cup of coffee for the person behind you in line. Everyone has their own way of making our communities better places to live. Erie Insurance thinks it’s pretty important to give back, too. Ever since ERIE’s founder, H.O. Hirt,...