By Anita Byer, Setnor Byer Insurance & Risk Buying homeowners’ insurance has become a pain in the you know what. It keeps getting harder for homeowners to find adequate and affordable insurance in a market with dwindling coverage options and surging prices. Unfortunately, it is starting...
By Anita Byer, Setnor Byer Insurance & Risk Hurricane season 2023 is nearly underway, so it’s time to start preparing…today. Perfect timing too, because the first week of May is Hurricane Preparedness Week. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration sponsors this week to raise awareness of...
By Anita Byer, Setnor Byer Insurance & Risk Did you know that the U.S. experienced 308 billion-dollar weather and climate disaster events since 1980? According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the total cost of these events exceeds $2 trillion. Since 1980, the U.S. averaged...
By Anita Byer, Setnor Byer Insurance & Risk The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration updated its 2021 hurricane season outlook and is now predicting more named storms than previously forecast. This is significant because the 2021 season is already breaking records—Hurricane Elsa became the earliest 5th...
The Atlantic Hurricane Season officially begins June 1st, but the unofficial peak of hurricane season doesn’t begin until August. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, tropical activity spikes from mid-August through mid-October. In other words, the unofficial peak of the 2019 hurricane season is officially underway. Before hurricane season began,...
And…. we’re off! Everyone knows that the 2018 Atlantic Hurricane Season officially began on June 1st. Well, everyone but Alberto, the subtropical storm that became the first named storm of the season on May 25th. Nevertheless, this is the time of year when we remind...
For those living or working in areas at risk of experiencing a tropical storm or hurricane, June 1st rarely passes unnoticed. At Setnor Byer Insurance & Risk, we understand that preparing for Hurricane Season is rarely easy and often stressful. We also understand that a...