How to Choose Smart Home Technology
Thanks to technology, homes are getting smarter. From another room or from halfway across the world, an app can turn lights off and on, change the temperature, warn about a…
How to Prevent Online Identity Theft
Is someone online pretending to be you when shopping or banking? Have your online identity and passwords been posted on the dark web for sale? Unfortunately, the answer is, “quite…
How to Prevent Frozen Pipes This Winter
Brrr . . . It’s getting cold outside! Freezing temperatures can lead to frozen pipes and water damage in your home or building. Fortunately, you can take several steps to…
Holiday & Winter Fire Safety Tips
The advent of winter and the holiday season also brings the highest rate of home fires, a leading cause of building insurance claims. Not surprisingly, more than one-third of home…
Best Practices for Insuring Apartment Buildings, Condos and Co-ops
Insuring apartment buildings and condominium and co-op buildings can be complicated. Understanding where the responsibilities lie between owners and tenants—as well as what insurance you can and should require from…
How to Protect Yourself from Porch Pirates
The fanciful name hides an ever-growing crime. Porch pirates are stealing an increasing number of packages from, well, porches, stoops, vestibules, lobbies and doorsteps. In New York City alone, according…
How to Insure Your Home When Selling
Your house is for sale, and real estate agents and prospective buyers are trooping through it. Maybe you’ve already moved, and your home is vacant. Are you insured if one…
COVID-19 pandemic assistance for NYC landlords and property owners
COVID-19 is challenging landlords and property owners in unprecedented ways. The City of New York and the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) offers information on…
Fall Building Maintenance: Get Ready for Cooler Weather
With Labor Day behind us and school back in session, now is the time for annual fall building maintenance. Cooler temperatures and lower humidity make certain tasks easier. In addition,…
Substituting for Staples When Grocery Stores Are Out of Stock
The recipe calls for baking powder, and there’s none at the store or in your pantry. That buttermilk biscuit recipe sounds awesome, but you don’t have the namesake ingredient. Or…