Let’s Wine a little…

Are you a wine’r? You are not alone. According to Wine Intelligence, more than 80 million Americans drink wine at least once a month. Wine continues to rise in popularity and now ties beer as the top choice for Americans who drink alcohol (62%) as their preference. The perception that wine is healthier, and the rise of domestic production, along with affordability and variety, make wine very palatable! Wine enthusiasts are becoming serious hobbyists and building extensive wine collections.

Like any type of property you invest in, there should be a greater concern with properly protecting that investment. You can arrange for additional security on your FL homeowner insurance and protect your wine like you would other higher value property like jewelry, musical instruments, furs or expensive cameras. If you tend to purchase more expensive wines and buy in higher quantities, accumulating a collection in your home, you may need to purchase scheduled coverage for your wine and related accessories.

So, if you have a special love of wine; it probably makes sense to Contact us today to learn more!

At Sun Insurance Services, we love to provide you with great insurance and information:

  • If you are looking to increase your collection, grab your favorite bottle for dinner, or hang out with your buds and have a glass of vino, check out our friends at The Wine Barn. They have 2 locations and can help you with all of your Wine-ing! Like them on Facebook and tell them Sun Insurance sent you!
  • You can plan all of your Wine-ing events here
  • Check out The Downtown Pour in the South Eola District on March 25th!

“Life is too short to drink bad wine.” — Anonymous

Sun Insurance Services is an Orlando Florida based independent insurance agency serving all of the Sunshine state. We offer a variety of products for all tastes…If we can help you with any of your FL insurance needs, please contact us today!

Fun under the Sun…Something for everyone in Central Florida, March 9-11, 2012

Sun Insurance Services Orlando FLHappy Weekend! Make it count, you lose an hour on Sunday. That’s right, don’t forget to set your clock ahead at 2:00 a.m. Sunday morning! Daylight saving time begins on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November.It’s also the perfect time to change your smoke/fire/carbon monoxide alarm batteries and inspect your fire extinguishers. You might want to review your fire safety plan with your family also since it’s on your mind…

We look forward to bringing you Fun under the Sun each Friday. If you have an event you’d like us to list, send an email to  info@suninsuranceservices.com.

Sun Insurance Services is an Orlando Florida based independent insurance agency serving all of the Sunshine state. If we can help you with any of your FL insurance needs, please contact us today!

What can you learn from one family’s misfortune?

Sun Insurance ServicesSomeone close to me recently had their house robbed. The good news is, no one was harmed. The bad news is they will most likely never see the stolen items again. When you have good insurance, it’s not the monetary value that is most disturbing, but rather the sentimental investment. I’m not going to spend time talking about home inventory in this blog but if you need some excellent information on how to do that, check out a past blog we did a few months ago.

We wanted to share some interesting and helpful tips that this family learned the hard way in hopes that you might make some smart choices…. Most of this info came from the police officers who came to the “scene” (not the way you want to think of your home). This robbery took place in an upscale neighborhood in the middle of the day. The thieves were probably driving a car that didn’t look out of place. Not some beater van that you might suspect. They pulled their car into the driveway as if there to visit. Most likely there were 3 assailants. One to stay with the car and keep watch and the other 2 to shop the house.

This job was done by “professionals” who knew just where to look and what was most valuable for resale. They upturned every drawer in the house, went through every box (in closets and under the beds), and searched through purses and coats/jackets in all of the closets. They were most likely looking for cash, electronics, jewelry, (they took the entire jewelry box with them to search through later) and weapons. Take a minute to think about what you have “stashed” in your house. Is any of it in the places I just mentioned? Think your grandmother’s ring is safe in that old jacket pocket? Is your weapon secure in the top of your closet? Maybe. Knowing is half the battle, the other half is prevention.

It’s probably not a bad idea to go home tonight and relocate those valuable from their “hidden” places to safer spots. Consider a safety deposit box for valuable jewelry that is rarely worn or, maybe a safe (for your weapons too). There is something to be said for “hiding in plain sight”… my grandmother used to hide cash in a coffee can! You can find lots of security products for your home from window monitors to whole house alarm systems and you could be eligible for a discount on your FL homeowners insurance policy if you invest in one. Law enforcement officers say that most of the time any type of noise will scare off potential thieves, even a dog barking…

Mr. Sun offered this great piece of info if you are ever a victim of a home robbery…. Your cost for the clean up after the police investigation is completed, is covered by your homeowners policy. If you’re not sure what your policy says about replacement after a robbery, fire, etc., contact us today for a review of your policy…

Sun Insurance Services is an Orlando based, Florida independent insurance agency, serving the entire sunshine state.

Milk’s favorite cookie celebrates a birthday!

Today is Oreo’s 100 birthday! Chances are you have enjoyed a few Oreo cookies in your day. Born the same year the South Pole was discovered and the Titanic sank, the first Oreo ever sold was on March 6, 1912 in Hoboken, NJ. They were originally packaged in bulk tins and sold by weight. Grocers paid $.30 cents/lbs. for Oreo. New York City actually changed the name of the street where the first Oreo cookie was made at the Nabisco bakery (originally the Chelsea Market Bakery) from West 15th Street (between 9th and 10th Avenues), to Oreo Way.

With $1.5 billion in global annual revenues, Oreo is the best-selling cookie brand of the 21st century and can be found in more than 100 countries! In China, they feast on Oreo green tea ice cream: Oreo cookie with green tea ice cream flavor crème with a cooling sensation that simulates ice crème. They also enjoy Double-Fruit in Orange & Mango and Raspberry & Blueberry crème. Yum!

 

Just how much do we love Oreo’s? In a survey conducted to mark the turn of the century, 86% of Americans chose Oreo cookies when asked which items they would like to see continued in the next century. Oreo ranked second behind “newspapers”. (source: Yankelovich Partners, Inc.) Oreo’s Facebook ranks among the top five brand Facebook pages around the world with more than 23 million Oreo lovers around the globe! Nine out of 10 American households enjoy Oreo cookies.

Celebrate today with an Oreo Martini:

  • Ice cubes
  • 1-1/2 ounces vodka (3 tablespoons)
  • 1-1/2 ounces Kahlúa (3 tablespoons)
  • 1-1/2 ounces white crème de cacao (3 tablespoons)
  • 1-1/2 ounces Baileys Irish Cream (3 tablespoons)
  • 2 Oreo cookies, for garnish

50% of all Oreo eaters pull apart their cookies before eating with women twisting them open more often than men. How do you eat your Oreo?

Sun Insurance Services is an Orlando Florida based independent insurance agency serving all of the Sunshine state. If we can help you with any of your FL insurance needs, please contact us today!

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Fun under the Sun…Something for everyone in Central Florida, March 2-4, 2012

Sun Insurance Services Orlando FLHappy Friday! It’s that time again…. shut down that laptop, dumb down your smartphone, and get out in Central Florida to have some fun this weekend! To help insure you do (yes, we know that’s punny) we have done the searching for you! We’d be tickled to hear from you and see some pics! You can Tweet us @Sun_Insurance11. Maybe we’ll use your picture on next weeks Fun under the Sun or on our FaceBook page!

We look forward to bringing you Fun under the Sun each Friday. If you have an event you’d like us to list, send an email to  info@suninsuranceservices.com.

Sun Insurance Services is an Orlando Florida based independent insurance agency serving all of the Sunshine state. If we can help you with any of your FL insurance needs, please contact us today!

Leap the year with the Sun…

As you may have heard… today is “leap day”. Every four years weSun Insurance Services add an extra day to our calendar. We do this to keep it in sync with the earth’s revolutions around the sun. It works like this; it takes 365.242199 days for the earth to complete a full rotation around the sun. However, our calendar marks out only 365 days a year so, we add a day to our calendar every four years to keep from losing time. If we didn’t add this day we would lose six hours from our calendar every year. That’s a loss of almost 24 days in the course of 100 years! I’m sure we all agree, we can use any extra time we can get!

Heads up all you gals out there…. February 29 is traditionally a day where women are “permitted” to romantically pursue men. Thanks to St. Bridget, who grumbled to St. Patrick in 5th century Ireland, about the “fair sex having to wait for men to propose.” Patrick relented and declared that February 29 is the day that would be set aside when women can ask men for their hand in marriage. Our similar modern American tradition, Sadie Hawkins Day, was created by Al Capp in the cartoon strip Li’l Abner. Although the comic strip placed Sadie Hawkins Day in November, today it has become almost synonymous with February 29. You may not be ready for the “will you marry me” question but, why not ask him to join you for a leap day cocktail?

The original Leap Year Cocktail:
2oz gin
½ oz Grand Marnier
½ oz sweet vermouth
¼ oz fresh lemon juice
Stir and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Serve with a twist of lemon!

Fun info about Leap Year:

  • Julius Caesar introduced Leap Years around 45 BCE.
  • In the year 1860, Herman Hollerith invented the first electric tabulating machine, the forerunner to the calculator.
  • In 1960 the first Playboy club opened in Chicago introducing the “bunny” outfits for the waitresses.
  • The chances of being born on a Leap Year are 1 in 1, 461
  • People born on leap day can choose to celebrate their birthdays on either February 28 or March 1 each year.
  • 4 million people in the world were born on leap year (not counting today of course)

Some famous peeps born on leap day:    

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Did you know that babies born on Leap day are called "leaplings". As adults they are referred to as "Leapers".

  • 1468 – Pope Paul III (d. 1549)
  • 1916 – Dinah Shore, American singer (d. 1994)
  • 1924 – Al Rosen, American baseball player
  • 1960 – Anthony (Tony) Robbins, American motivational speaker
  • 1964 – Lyndon Byers, Canadian hockey player
  • 1972 – Antonio Sabàto Jr, Italian-born actor
  • 1976 – Ja Rule, American rapper and actor

Maybe you’d like to mark the day by doing something good… This year,  56 countries are recognizing Leap Day as Rare Disease Day, calling for more research into ailments that have no known cure. No matter what you do today, make it special. You won’t get to experience this date for another four years.

Sun Insurance Services is an Orlando Florida based independent insurance agency serving all of the Sunshine state. If we can help you with any of your FL insurance needs, please contact us today!

It’s our policy to help insure that you have some Fun under the Sun…

Whether you are looking to get outdoors with the family or grab some popcorn in a movie theater or observe some wonderful art, we have found some fun things to insure your Florida weekend is great! Just click on the links for more details and make sure to come back and let us know what you loved!

Let’s start with the biggest event going on this weekend… our very own Magic are hosting the 2012 NBA All-Star Jam Session this weekend! There will be tons to do with this event, great for the whole family… Some really good Stuff!

Here are some other things you might want to check out…

We look forward to bringing you Fun under the Sun each Friday. If you have an event you’d like us to list, send an email to  info@suninsuranceservices.com.

Sun Insurance Services is an Orlando Florida based independent insurance agency serving all of the Sunshine state. If we can help you with any of your FL insurance needs, please contact us today!

Ban on texting while driving one step closer in Florida

It looks like Florida is one step closer to joining 35 other states that have banned texting while driving. According to News-Press.com, Bill SB416 cleared the Senate’s budget panel yesterday with a unanimous vote. While Governor Rick Scott has not taken a stand on the ban, some representatives who oppose the ban say that people need to be responsible for themselves…

If you aren’t sure where you weigh in on the subject, trying playing the online game in our recent article to gauge your own distraction… then answer our poll and let us know your opinion. TTFN! :)

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There’s more to insuring your jewelry than you think…

You might be surprised to know that most FL homeowner policies provide very limited coverage for jewelry. Why? Here are a few reasons; jewelry has high value, is easily lost or destroyed and is vulnerable to theft and fraud. If you own a few hundred dollars of jewelry, the limited coverage provided by a basic policy is adequate. However, if you own a substantial amount, you might want to consider buying special insurance coverage. You could buy supplemental insurance that would be attached to your homeowners or tenant’s policy. You could also purchase a separate jewelry policy.

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Protect your jewelry investment under the Sun...

It’s really important to understand what your policy includes. Does the coverage consider jewelry values that increase over time? Will it cover mysterious disappearance (when you know the property is gone, but don’t know when or how?) What about other loss, or just fire and theft? Knowing the answer to these questions will help you understand the steps you must take to make sure that you keep the best amount of coverage in force and whether or not the coverage you receive is worth the additional price.

Here are some tips for taking good precautions with your jewelry:

  • Get new appraisals every two or three years, sending a copy to your insurer
  • Take photos of your jewelry from several angles; again, share copies with your agent or insurance company
  • Consider a quality in-home security system, including a hidden vault or storage area
  • Take care on where and when your jewelry is worn to try to avoid becoming a theft target
  • Keep original receipts and all appraisals, especially if they demonstrate that the jewelry’s value is appreciating
  • Ask your jeweler whether they have access to “Gemprint,” or a similar jewelry identification system that documents a jewel’s distinctive markings much in the manner of fingerprinting.
  • Consider storing jewelry that is rarely worn in a bank or saving institution’s vault. (Note that such special storage often qualifies for an insurance premium discount)

Our Jim really cares about your gems and wants to make sure you have the coverage you need at a price you can afford… Contact us today at Sun Insurance Services about protecting your jewelry investment.

At Sun Insurance Services….We are all heart!

It’s the day of the year when love is in the air. We want to insure that you have the very best Valentines Day possible so, we thought we’d hook (ok, link) you up! Let’s start with a little education… the history of Valentines Day. It’s not all pretty….


Just in case you are still looking for that perfect present, we have the top Valentines day gifts for you to pick up something nice for that someone special.  If you are looking for the perfect place to give your lovely that awesome gift in the Orlando FL area, take a look and see what the perfect location might be

Amore doesn’t have to be expensive… If you are looking to stay within a budget, check out some of these last minute Valentines Day ideas on a budget. Maybe you are planning on a quiet evening at home with a home cooked meal and one of the top 25 romantic comedies. Just because times are tough, doesn’t mean you can’t make this special evening even better with one (or more) top 25 free valentines to give your love this year.

At Sun Insurance Services, a broken heart is about the only thing we can’t insure you for… contact us today, we know you will love working with us. It will make your heart sing…

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