Whether owning a home, purchasing a condominium or renting an apartment in the city, homeowner’s insurance is necessary and often required. But, what is a homeowner’s insurance policy and what does it cover? To understand a homeowner’s policy, you must…
Auto insurance is a lot like homework. Every day we would do (or not do) the homework our teachers assigned. We rarely asked why – we simply did it because “we had/were supposed to”. Most people buy auto insurance because…
Business owners often launch their business because they are GREAT at what they do. They provide great service. They build great products. And they want to have greater control over their life. However, too often the product or service becomes…
Every year, Illinois homeowners pay on average $1,000 per year to insure their homes – but, why? Often homeowners ask, “why am I paying my hard-earned money on insurance policy that I may never use?” This blog post seeks to…
Welcome to Sidebar Insurance’s new, online home! Over the past several months, we have spent a lot of time trying to find ways to improve your Sidebar experience. We have learned that you want an easy, efficient and responsive experience…
I’m pretty confident that if you asked anyone who has ever owned a rental property you would get an overwhelming response that it’s not as lucrative or easy as they thought it would be. In fact, owning a rental property…
I was recently asked this question by one of our Sidebar Insurance Solutions clients, and thought I would share the answer here for our readers. There are a lot of things that go into homeowners and auto insurance rates, one of…
Why do my auto insurance rates keep going up even though my car is getting older? At Sidebar Insurance Solutions, many of our clients ask this question so I would like to address it from a couple of angles. First…