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Car Seat Safety Check

9/21/2020

National Child Passenger Safety Awareness Week is September 20-26th, 2020! Now is a great time to check that your car seats are properly installed in your car!

Every 33 seconds a child under the age of 13 is involved in a car crash. 33 seconds! With the correct use of car seats, boosters, seat belts those accidents can lead to less injuries & deaths.

Luckily we have evolved from the ways of our parents & grandparents & now have stricter car seat laws. In Nebraska, children 2 & under must be rear-facing & all children under the age of 8 must ride correctly secured in an approved child safety seat. It's not enough to just have your child in a car seat or booster but to make sure it is properly installed & your child is properly buckled in!

If you're involved in a car accident, whether your kids or in the vehicle or not, it is best & highly advised to replace your car seats. Even if they don't look like they have been damaged they could be compromised & be less reliable about keeping your child safe!

Head over to safekids.org for more car seat safety tips. & if you're concerned about installing your car seat correctly you should be able to stop at your local fire or police station where they will gladly do a safety check & help teach you how to properly install it!

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Every Farmer Counts

9/21/2020

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This week is National Farm Safety & Health Week & this years theme is Every Farmer Counts because well every farmer does count! Farm Safety & Health Week takes place every year during the third week of September to align with farmers heading out to their fields to get their crops in for the year! Unfortunately it is also this time of year when most farm accidents happen as well. On average 400-500 farmers are killed & 30% of farmers are injured every year, which means the agricultural sector is the most dangerous in America!

While every year we should acknowledge our farmers, this year more than ever we should be celebrating them. The past few years, especially in Nebraska & Iowa, our farmers have experienced hardship after hardship, with flooding, the pandemic, & the Midwest Derecho, farming has come with its share of challenges. Through it all though our farmers have continued to show up & work hard to provide the American people with the food & supplies they need. So this week let's make farmers safety & health our priority!

All you farmers make sure you're staying safe & thank you for all you do! Please go out & thank a farmer this week!!

For more information head to The National Education Center For Agricultural Safety

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National Preparedness Month

9/7/2020

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Disasters Don't Wait. Make Your Plan Today.

September is National Preparedness Month are you prepared? After the events of September 11th 2001, the Department of Homeland Security, specifically FEMA, knew they needed to educate the public on the importance of disaster preparation not only in their homes but also their communities. September then became National Preparedness Month, a month long campaign to encourage everyone to learn about safety measures in cases of emergency and helps educate about how to handle disasters when they come. All month long there are different topics to educate yourself on and things you should be doing. Day 1 generally is making sure your insurance policies are up to date and checking out what your coverage is. It's easy to forget about that when faced with an emergency, the number one thing on your mind at that point is your family and your safety. So think ahead, prepare yourself for an emergency or disaster.

In Nebraska you should plan ahead for tornadoes, fires, and flooding. Have an emergency escape plan, have important documents and pictures backed up digitally or on a portable hard drive, & have emergency funds stowed away.

For more information head to ready.gov/september now! You can also download the FEMA app for disaster resources, weather alerts, and safety tips.

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National Life Insurance Awareness Month

9/1/2020

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September is National Life Insurance Awareness Month, if 2020 has taught us anything it should be Expect the Unexpected. With that lesson in mind why not protect your loved ones if something unexpected happened to you? The best time for life insurance was yesterday, the second best time is today, so what are you waiting for? Call and talk to one of our agents about protecting yourself and your family for all of life's unexpectedness.

So what's the big deal with life insurance, why do you need it? if you have debt and no life insurance your financial responsibilities then fall to your family, with a life insurance policy your debts won't be a financial burden. If you have dependents it helps financially provide for them in the case you're no longer around. Funeral and burial costs can be expensive, your life insurance could be used to pay for those things rather than a family member possibly be going into debt to afford it. The earlier you buy it (like your 20's) the lower rates you generally lock in, so if you know at some point in your life you are going to need/want life insurance then plan ahead for it and lock in lower rates earlier on in life.

Many think a major life change triggers the need to get life insurance, while those are good times to purchase life insurance really the best time for life insurance is now, no matter what life stage you're in.

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Norfolk at 402.371.0550
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Safety Matters

Our blog will feature posts not only from Agri-City Insurance staff, but also from Wayne State College Students on various topics related to safety, risk management, and loss prevention.

While we take care to ensure that the information provided is accurate and relevant to the topics, we will use many outside resources and therefore can not guarantee the information provided from other sources.

Each business is responsible for ensuring their own compliance with OSHA, State, and local regulations.

The information that is provided by Agri-City is for your use in conjunction with your safety program and is not a replacement for your safety committee, written safety program, or safety training program.

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