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Market Trends: What's New About Buying a Used Car?

Choosing to buy a new or used car used to be straightforward. That’s changed a bit, thanks to the pandemic, particularly because of the car chip shortage. While new cars are becoming more plentiful, rising interest rates and general inflation may have you considering options you never would have before, like buying out a lease or buying from a private seller—or becoming a private seller. Also,...

7 Alternatives to a Traditional Grass Lawn

Every homeowner dreams of having a yard filled with lush, perfectly green grass. But if you manage your own landscaping, it doesn’t take long to realize that achieving lawn perfection takes a whole lot of time, work and money. You have to water, fertilize, mow, weed, trim, dethatch, aerate… the list goes on. And if you slack on yardwork, your lawn will quickly take on...

Careers in Claims

No one wants to submit a claim, but when accidents happen it’s good to know there’s a team of professionals who have your back. Behind the scenes, you’ll discover a career in claims is both rewarding and filled with opportunities to grow and advance.If you’ve been looking for a new job, it might be time to take a second look at a career in claims...

Behind the Scenes with Today's Homeowner and Erie Insurance

Have you heard? Erie Insurance partnered with Danny Lipford and the Today’s Homeowner crew to spread the word about our valuable independent insurance agents and ERIE’s signature Guaranteed Replacement Cost coverage.Who is Danny Lipford? Danny Lipford is known as America’s Home Improvement Expert. As host of the Emmy-nominated, nationally syndicated Today’s Homeowner television and radio program, podcast and the destination website TodaysHomeowner.com, Lipford delivers fresh, practical and...

Replacement Cost vs. Market Value: What's the Difference?

If you were asked to describe the state of the housing market over the past few years, it could be summarized in one word: unpredictable.At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, many experts predicted a looming housing crash. But instead of heading into a real estate meltdown, U.S. home prices increased an astounding 37 percent in the two years between March 2020 and March 2022.In...