To honor our Firefighters as we continue with our Fire Station Contest, every week until the contest ends we will be blogging about what makes firefighters so awesome! So how do they put out those dangerous infernos? There are a number of ways they do the job, actually. For starters, Firefighters use a tool called …
10 Safety Features that could save your Life
New technology typically appears on higher-end vehicles first. Of course the trickle-down effect occurs over time as its benefits are proved effective. For example, air bags were once only in the most expensive cars and now they are in every car. Today’s new cars have as many as ten air bags per vehicle. Here’s a …
Elzey Insurance’s Fire Station Contest
Elzey Insurance, also known as Texan Insurance, is proud to present its first Fire Station Contest! We will be giving away $5,000 to one of our local Fire Station, the one that receives the most “Likes” before the due date. To participate “Like” our Facebook page to begin. From our page visit our photos and …
Hurricane Awareness Help
History teaches us that without proper awareness a hurricane can devastate our lives. Elzey Insurance would like to help you stay alert and keep track of the brewing warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean. The National Hurricane Center is an online site that is dedicated to everything about hurricanes, from 7 day forecasts to tracking …
What’s best for Back-to-School Shopping
Retailers are hoping for even bigger sales this August than during the same month last year, when Americans spent $7.7 billion at family clothing stores and $2.4 billion at book stores — the best sales month of the year for books and the third best month for clothes, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Retail …
“No Taxation without Representation”
While we prepare for Tax Free Weekend, let’s take a moment to relish in history. During the 1750s and 1760s the slogan “No taxation without representation” became mighty popular. It summarized the grievance of the Thirteen Colonies and was one of the major reasons for the American Revolution. Many in the colonies believed that because …
The Texan’s Tax Free Weekend
August 17-19 is Tax Free Weekend! This is the perfect opportunity for parents to purchase school supplies at a great deal! But Tax Free Weekend isn’t limited to just school supplies. Clothing and footwear under $100, backpacks under $100 for elementary and secondary students, and layaway items are all applicable to the conditions of Tax …
Teens and Computers
Haven’t you said something you wished you could take back? In one instant of anger the words just fly and for a moment you think it was worth it to get the rage out. But in the very next second you are hit with a bucket of cold water and you realized that it really …
Simple Ways to Conserve Water
In the summer it is always an excellent idea to try and conserve water. None of us will forget one of the worst droughts Texas has ever suffered just last year. It had become necessary for us try and conserve as much water as possible during that time. Now, you can try to conserve water …
What you need to know before you file a Car Insurance Claim
Accidents happen. Some number crunching brought out the results that in 2011: 1 person was killed every 2 hours and 54 minutes 1 person was injured every 2 minutes and 29 seconds 1 reportable crash occurred every 83 seconds. (For more statistics for traffic accidents in 2011 click HERE!) So chances of a claim in …
