Year: 2022

Is My College Kid Covered Under My Insurance?

By CBM Staff Home
Are Your College Kids Covered Under Your Insurance? It’s a mixed bag of emotions when the day arrives to send your child off to college. It often signifies the next steps into adulthood with greater autonomy, less oversight and a lot of planning. As you hug them farewell, you’re not thinking about insurance — Read More

Holiday Safety Basics

By CBM Staff Home News
Holiday Safety Basics According to Electrical Safety Foundation International, falls involving holiday decorations account for about 5,800 emergency room (ER) visits every year. And injuries involving extension cords account for about 4,000 ER visits a year. The holiday season is full of distractions, stressors Read More

10 Essential Christmas Tree Safety Tips

By CBM Staff Home
10 Essential Christmas Tree Safety Tips to Avoid a Tragedy This Holiday Season Every year, Christmas trees start fires. While these fires aren’t common, they tend to be very serious, resulting in costly damage, property loss and even loss of life. According to the National Fire Protection Association, Christmas Read More

Six Ways To Avoid an Insurance Claim This Thanksgiving

By CBM Staff Home Insurance
6 Ways To Avoid an Insurance Claim This Thanksgiving Thanksgiving is a wonderful holiday, filled with food, friends and family — especially after last year’s canceled plans due to the COVID-19 shutdown. But turkey day can also bring its share of risks and accidents. Here are six tips on how to lower your chance of Read More

Tips for Holiday Food Safety

By CBM Staff Home
Tips for Holiday Food Safety For most Americans, the holidays are all about food, fun, and merriment. But for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the holidays mean more foodborne illnesses. That’s because certain popular holiday foods and food practices can increase the risk for foodborne illness. As you Read More

Halloween Safety Tips

By CBM Staff Home
Halloween Safety Tips Dressing up, trick-or-treating and home decorating are all part of celebrating Halloween. It can be fun and enjoyable for homeowners, kids and parents, but it requires some planning. Costume design Every year, people are seriously injured because of poor costume design. Face masks can limit Read More

Fireplace Safety Tips for Your Home

By CBM Staff Home
Fireplace Safety Tips for Your Home It’s getting cold outside, the sun is hanging lower above the horizon and evening is coming earlier. This is a wonderful time of year to curl up in front of the fireplace with a few logs burning brightly. But if you haven’t used your fireplace or wood-burning stove for a […]Read More

Team Safety For Employees

By CBM Staff At Work
Take Five: Team Safety (Employees) Introduction to team safety Safety isn’t just the responsibility of the safety team. Being safe at work requires everyone’s commitment. Prioritizing safety means the whole team works together to ensure the workplace and work practices are free of recognized hazards. How to think Read More