53 plain-English guides to the questions we answer on the phone every day.
Plain-English guides to the insurance questions we hear most, written and reviewed by our agency. General information, not advice about your specific policy.
Three numbers on your ID card decide who pays after a crash you cause. Here is how they behave when the bills are real.
Your liability coverage protects other people from you. These two coverages protect you from everyone else.
It is the most common phrase in car insurance, and it is not actually on any policy.
Some cuts save money. Others just move the cost to the worst day of your year.
Your premium is about to go up. Here is how to make sure it goes up as little as possible, and that the coverage keeps up.
You found the car. Here is how to get it insured without holding up the deal, or driving off unprotected.
A totaled car and a loan that does not go away: gap coverage exists for exactly that problem.
Deer collisions are a fact of life on Ozarks roads, especially in the fall. Here is how the claim works.
Maybe. It depends on fault, the company, and what happened. Here is how it usually works.
Whether it was a week or a year, the fix starts the same way: get a policy in force today.
It's two years for some suspensions and three for others. Here's how to tell which applies to you.
The form itself is cheap. What it represents is what moves your premium.
A DWI starts several processes at once. Insurance is the one you can get moving today.
Most SR-22 lapses start with something small: a declined card, a car sold, a new address.
Joplin sits a few minutes from two state lines, so this question comes up more here than almost anywhere.
Usually faster than people expect. Here's exactly what happens, and what can hold it up.
A no-insurance suspension has its own rules. Here's what Missouri requires and how to get through it.
Two homes, same storm, same damage. One owner gets a new roof. The other gets a check for a fraction of it.
One percent sounds small. On a $300,000 home it is $3,000 before the policy pays anything for hail.
Your home's sale price and the cost to rebuild it are different numbers. Insurance is built on the second one.
Water from a burst pipe and water from a backed-up drain look the same on the floor. Insurance treats them very differently.
The fastest way to understand a homeowners policy is to read what it leaves out.
Most Missourians never think about it. The New Madrid Seismic Zone is the reason some do.
Your lender will not close without proof of insurance. Start earlier than you think.
One serious accident can outrun your auto and home liability limits. An umbrella is the layer above them.
Renters insurance is one of the least expensive policies you can buy. Choosing the right limits takes about ten minutes.
Three coverages in one inexpensive policy, plus a few gaps worth knowing before you need it.
Usually less than a streaming bundle each month. Here's what decides where your price lands.
Dorm or apartment, laptop or bike: here's when a student is covered by a parent's policy and when they need their own.
It's a common lease requirement, and one you can usually take care of in a single phone call.
Sometimes adding a renters policy barely changes what you pay in total.
It is one of the most common insurance mistakes we see: a family moves, keeps the old house as a rental, and keeps the old policy.
Manufactured homes are insured on their own policy forms, and a few details decide whether you can get good coverage.
Your liability coverage protects other people from you. On a bike, the bigger risk usually runs the other way.
Parking the bike in November? Think twice before you cancel the policy with it.
If you have put real money into your bike, make sure the policy knows about it.
Two boat policies can look alike on price and pay very differently after a total loss.
On a busy summer weekend on Table Rock or Lake of the Ozarks, the boat is rarely the most expensive thing at risk.
A cracked engine block in March is an expensive way to learn what your policy says about winterization.
Personal watercraft are fast, easy to lend and popular on every lake we serve. That combination is why they need their own coverage.
If the RV is your home, a recreational policy may leave holes where a homeowners policy used to be.
Pulling a camper behind your pickup? The truck's policy covers less of it than many people assume.
An RV loses value the moment it leaves the lot. What your policy pays after a total loss depends on one choice.
Many RVs sit more months than they roll. You can often adjust coverage for that, carefully.
The truck is the same either way. How you use it decides which policy should cover it.
Two contractors with the same truck can pay very different premiums. Here is why.
Your business may not own a single vehicle and still have auto liability exposure.
Every set of keys you hand out is an insurance decision.
A stolen truck is bad. A stolen truck with $15,000 of tools in it is worse, and auto insurance may only cover the truck.
Driving for an app on nights and weekends? Your personal policy may stop the moment you go online.
If a contract asks for "$1,000,000 CSL," here's what it means and how to meet it.
Moving a vehicle into the company's name changes which policy can cover it.
No track record yet? You can still get covered. Here's what to expect.
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