Michael Evans is a former contributor to Bankrate and has worked in numerous industries, including education, finance, government, insurance and journalism. He began writing professionally while working for the world's first online mortgage brokerage in San Francisco, California. His writings have appeared in print and online publications, including Fox Business, International Living, Motley Fool and Yahoo Finance. He and his family divide their time between residences in Northern California and Colombia. When Michael is not writing, he enjoys working in his photography business and playing with his cat, Cyndi Lou.
According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), flooding affected 99% of U.S. counties between 1996 and 2019, and South Carolina counties were no exception. Coastal and inland South Carolina [...]
According to the Insurance Information Institute, 90% of natural disasters in the United States involve some sort of flooding, and 20% of flood claims are filed by homeowners who live in areas categorized [...]
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Progressive wrote its first insurance policy in 1937. The company originally focused on selling car insurance, but over the decades branched out to offer business, home, recreational vehicle and renters [...]
State Farm has been writing insurance policies for nearly 100 years. In the early days, State Farm specialized in car insurance, but today it offers around 100 products and services, including business [...]
In 1936, Leo and Lillian Goodwin founded the Government Employees Insurance Company to provide insurance for government workers and members of the U.S. Armed Forces. In 1996, Berkshire Hathaway purchased [...]