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Auto Insurance for the Under-25 Crowd
Just because you're under 25 doesn't mean you have to get your insurance from a cartoon character.
There are some big names in insurance who will write a preferred policy for a younger driver who has 3 years of driving experience. Some companies will consider your parent's policy as prior insurance, as long as you were listed as a driver.
The benefit to having a preferred policy with a bigger insurance company is the fact that a bigger company can meet your changing needs. When you rent that nice apartment that requires renter's insurance, you may be able to place that with the same company and get a discount on both policies. Getting married? Starting a family? Moving across the country? Look for a company that can address your changing coverage requirements.
An independent agent can help you find the right company for where you are now...and where you plan to go. Can a cartoon help you with that?
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There are some big names in insurance who will write a preferred policy for a younger driver who has 3 years of driving experience. Some companies will consider your parent's policy as prior insurance, as long as you were listed as a driver.
The benefit to having a preferred policy with a bigger insurance company is the fact that a bigger company can meet your changing needs. When you rent that nice apartment that requires renter's insurance, you may be able to place that with the same company and get a discount on both policies. Getting married? Starting a family? Moving across the country? Look for a company that can address your changing coverage requirements.
An independent agent can help you find the right company for where you are now...and where you plan to go. Can a cartoon help you with that?
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A step-by-step guide to removing your car from storage
A step-by-step guide to removing your car from storage
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Payson People: Carrie Backe
Today I want to introduce you to one of Payson's cultural treasures: our own award-winning poet, Ms. Carrie Backe. I love getting to play "Barbara Walters". Hopefully, I'll get better at the questions as I go along!
Carrie is a lovely and cherished person. Here she is with her dear husband, Tom. I don't know what that is that they're having for dinner; it looks like maybe Chicken Piccata or something, but it looks yummy. (I can tell what that is in her hand, though.)
Her answers are fun and inspiring, even if my questions are a bit prosaic!
Thank you very much, Carrie and Tom, for allowing us to share your photo, for playing along today and for letting us post your poem in this space.
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| Tom and Carrie Backe. |
Carrie is a lovely and cherished person. Here she is with her dear husband, Tom. I don't know what that is that they're having for dinner; it looks like maybe Chicken Piccata or something, but it looks yummy. (I can tell what that is in her hand, though.)
Her answers are fun and inspiring, even if my questions are a bit prosaic!
Q: If you could invite three poets to dinner, who would you ask? A: If I could invite three poets to dinner they would be Ofelia Zepeda, a well-known Tucson
Q: What is something you always wished you could do, but have never learned? A:
The one thing I have always wanted to be able to do, but don’t have the talent for, is play the piano. My favorite jokes about that are “I can’t carry a tune in a bucket,” and “The only thing I can play is the radio.”
The one thing I have always wanted to be able to do, but don’t have the talent for, is play the piano. My favorite jokes about that are “I can’t carry a tune in a bucket,” and “The only thing I can play is the radio.”
Q: When did you first discover that you enjoyed writing poems? A: When I was 10 or so I wrote a (very bad!) poem. But, it rhymed, and I was proud of that. As I grew up, I learned the beauty of poetry, especially in the economy of words. That’s why I love haiku—such discipline, such structure. A handful of syllables can tell a whole story, evoke a torrent of images and memories. Nature is so changeable—in tiny ways each day, in catastrophic ways every so often. That’s why we need to pay attention, and not take nature for granted—always.
Most of my inspiration for poems comes from nature or from death and dying. We humans are part of nature. We all have our life cycles, just like the trees. It is good for us to understand that we’re all in the same situation.
Q: If someone wrote a biography of your life, would it be an adventure story? A love story? A comedy? A thriller? Or something else? A: If someone wrote a biography of my life, it would be set up as a choose-your-own-adventure book. Those books used to be popular with kids a number of years ago. Every few pages of an adventure story the reader would decide the direction of the story—go left or right; pick up the sword, don’t pick up the sword. We all live our lives like that. If I’d made a tiny decision differently years ago, I might now be living in a penthouse in Paris , or on a ranch in Wyoming
Q: Did you ever have an especially unusual inspiration for a poem? A: One of my favorite poems was inspired while driving through a particularly dry and desolated desert-like area of Wyoming
Carrie kindly permitted us to reproduce one of her poems here:
Eulogy for a Dead Saguaro
Like the ancient ones of the tribe
Who walked off alone to die,
Not to be a burden,
Your naked ribs are left,
Bleached and exposed.
Without the privacy of a burial.
Pride and personality gone,
The meat has fallen off
Your drying bones.
I cringe to look upon
Your broken skeleton,
Sinking into a
Pauper’s sandy grave.
A pathetic end
For one who
Once was king.
(copyright) Carrie Backe
Thank you very much, Carrie and Tom, for allowing us to share your photo, for playing along today and for letting us post your poem in this space.
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Internet vs. Independent
You've seen the ads for those websites where you can enter all your personal information and get rate quotes from "several top companies"? It sounds so easy. To learn more, we tried it. It was an eye-opening experience.
We received calls and emails from several different agencies, so clearly our internet inquiry put the name on a list of leads, which are then sold to agencies who wish to buy them. In the era of Snail Mail, you would have called it a mailing list.
Some of the agencies were not around here. Each one needed more information, of course. In order to get a quote from those "several top companies", we would have had to hand out that personal information to each one.
I had to wonder, too: how many people had access to the information between the time we entered it and the time it landed in the lead-buyer's email?
How is working with Crabdree Insurance, as an independent agent, different?
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We received calls and emails from several different agencies, so clearly our internet inquiry put the name on a list of leads, which are then sold to agencies who wish to buy them. In the era of Snail Mail, you would have called it a mailing list.
Some of the agencies were not around here. Each one needed more information, of course. In order to get a quote from those "several top companies", we would have had to hand out that personal information to each one.
I had to wonder, too: how many people had access to the information between the time we entered it and the time it landed in the lead-buyer's email?
How is working with Crabdree Insurance, as an independent agent, different?
- You answer the questions once.
- Your name doesn't land on a high-tech mailing list. Your information is treated with the utmost privacy.(click the link to see our Privacy Policy).
- When your insurance needs change over time, you don't have to start the whole process all over again. We do the shopping for you, and present you with your available options.
- You work with a licensed professional from the beginning.
- It's our job to assess which companies are going to be the best fit for your insurance needs. Then we evaluate the quotes and present the best ones: both in terms of premium and coverage. You don't get emails with quotes giving you sky-high premiums or half the coverage you requested.
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The Payson Roundup / Minor earthquake strikes north of Payson Sunday
The Payson Roundup / Minor earthquake strikes north of Payson Sunday
Did you know that your homeowners policy probably excludes earthquake coverage? Call your agent to get a quote on adding it!
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Did you know that your homeowners policy probably excludes earthquake coverage? Call your agent to get a quote on adding it!
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It's a GIVEAWAY!
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Resolution Time
We're already into the second week of the new year. Amazing.
Do you make New Year Resolutions? There are the usual ones: eat healthier, exercise more, stick to my budget, get organized, call Mom more often...everybody thinks of that kind of resolution. How about a New Years Resolution for your financial well-being? Here are some ideas:
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Do you make New Year Resolutions? There are the usual ones: eat healthier, exercise more, stick to my budget, get organized, call Mom more often...everybody thinks of that kind of resolution. How about a New Years Resolution for your financial well-being? Here are some ideas:
- Meet with your insurance agent for a review of your policies. How long has it been? Things change. Are you getting your discounts? Are you still insuring a car you sold last year? It happens all the time. Sit down for a review. You may be paying for coverage you don't need, and skipping something you do need.
- Make an appointment with a financial planner. Are you on track for your long-term and short-term financial goals? Could you realign your investments and improve your portfolio?
- Take a careful look at your spending. What can go? How can you simplify? Are you saving enough?
- Have you been attending to your home's maintenance? Many losses can be prevented by keeping your home well-maintained. That loose board on the front step could be the one that breaks an ankle.
- Read. Yes, I know: it isn't a thrilling read. Read your insurance policy. Read your prospectus. Anything you don't understand, ask! Professionals are here to help. We can translate those abstruse paragraphs into English for you.
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Happy Holidays
The team at Crabdree Insurance would like to take a few moments to wish everyone a joyous and blessed holiday season.
We cherish our clients and our home in this lovely community. It is because of you that we have the privilege of being here.
We treasure our colleagues within the companies we work with. You make superior customer service possible and enjoyable, too.
Thank you so much for being our customers, colleagues and friends. Wishing you good health, happiness, security and prosperity now and for always,
Merry Christmas!
Scott, Tina, Karen, Alita, Cris, Trish, Sierra and Tim.
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Payson People: Bobby Davis
Our first Payson People profile is about our good friend Bobby Davis. Bobby and his lovely wife Nina are fairly new to the Crabdree family of clients, but they are good friends and terrific Rim Country citizens.
I’m going to present this one Barbara Walters style. Just a question and answer session. Bobby’s wit, humor and heart shine through best with his own words.
Q: Tell me three things about our community that you think are perfect, just as they are.
A: 1.The people, and their willingness to give back. 2. When someone is in need or sick their friends will surround them and help them overcome any issue. 3. The Rim Country (Payson, Star Valley , Pine, Strawberry, Christopher Creek & Tonto Basin
Q: Tell me three things about our community you would change if you could.
A: 1. This is a great place to live and raise a family; with the new college that will be built, it will change the demographics, and that will bring higher paying jobs and a nice mix of citizens. 2. The college will bring new business, new restaurants, more shopping; we the citizens need to be ready for the changes in a positive way. Now is the time to get ready before it is built.
Q. What is something that you are especially proud you learned how to do?
A. I am proud that I learned how to give back and to appreciate the family and friends that I have in my life.
Q. What is your absolute DREAM car? Make, model, color, everything.
A. My dream vehicle would be a new Ford F-150: top of the line, fully loaded, black 4x4.
Q. If someone made a movie about you, who would be the best actor to play the role of YOU?
A. Brad Pitt... but he would have to shave his head and gain about 50 lbs.
Q. When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up? How close to that did you come in real life?
A. Growing up in Texas Dallas , Texas
Q. Imagine you are marooned on a lovely island in the South Pacific. What three things would you wish to wash up on shore?
A. Assuming I had food and water, then I would want a luxury yacht to dock and Ricardo Montalban and Tattoo, his side kick, to bring me a check for 100,000 million dollars. They would tell me that my beautiful wife Nina and our 4 great children and spouses and 7 perfect grandchildren were on the yacht, waiting to sail around the world.
Q, If someone wrote a biography of your life, would it be an adventure story? A love story? A comedy? A thriller? Or something else?
A. When Brad Pitt shaved his head and gained 50 lbs. he would find that it would be the best adventure, love story, thriller and most of all, a comedy with a happy ending.
Q. What part of the world do your ancestors come from? Have you ever been to that country?
A. British/Scandinavian...not yet but plan on going someday.
Q. If you could wake up one day with a new talent or skill, what would you like to be able to do? Why?
A. Understand and predicate the stock market so I could accumulate wealth. Then I would have the time and money to help others and to make a difference in children’s lives.
Thanks so much, Bobby, for playing along at Payson Profiles. Your answers made us all smile! (Maybe even an LOL or two!)
Bobby’s profile and picture appear in this space with his approval. What a good sport!
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