Surveys by the National Retail Federation (NRF) say that consumers are changing the way they celebrate America’s popular “love-in,” Valentine’s Day. Have you noticed the same trends in the Utica area? Fewer People Celebrate Valentine’s Day The percentages of adults age 18-34 celebrating the holiday went from 72% in 2009 to a little more than […]
February 12, 2019
In our last post we talked about children riding the school bus and some tips on keeping them safe. It turned out that school buses are the safest vehicles on the road for kids. Why is that? We’ve got the answer here. But what about child safety in passenger cars and pickups? We took a […]
February 5, 2019
Did you know that a school bus is the safest vehicle on the road? Studies by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) find that students taking the bus are close to seventy times more likely to get to school safely than if they rode in a car. Just one look at the school bus’s […]
January 29, 2019
Of the 14,000 agents representing Philadelphia Insurance Company, only 319 are Preferred Agents, including Scalzo, Zogby & Wittig, Inc. And those agents produce 53% of the company’s total business. That’s an exclusive group of insurance professionals that we are proud to be a part of. Our strong relationships with the insurance carriers we work with […]
January 22, 2019
A friend of ours tells the story of his perilous trip back to Utica from Lake Placid a few years ago. He was on business and driving on a weekday with little traffic. He had stayed overnight in Placid to head home the next morning to avoid driving at night. But the temperature plunged next […]
January 15, 2019
Early this winter season there were three fatalities in the Old Forge area caused by snowmobile accidents. Now that the holidays are over we thought it would be a good idea to talk safety. To remind our Utica area snowmobilers that smart sledding adds up to great outdoor fun. We went to the Safe Riders’ […]
January 8, 2019
What a wonderful Christmas this year with some special residents of the Utica Municipal Housing Authority (MHA). Our staff visited two families last week, both single, working mothers who have moved into new apartments but didn’t have much furniture. We were excited to help and get to know these mothers and their kids. It’s all […]
December 18, 2018
A friend of ours has four grown children living in different parts of the country. Happily, they’re all coming home for Christmas!! But since three of them are flying in from Los Angeles; Madison, Wisconsin; and Atlanta, they don’t want to be hauling Christmas presents on the planes. So they’re buying online and packages are […]
December 11, 2018
We love the urbane, smooth-operating Gecko as much as you do. His ads are laugh-out-loud funny. But what about the big insurance companies who don’t offer insurance through independent agents? We happen to think that they are too big to serve clients effectively. For example, too often we see car insurance policies written with low […]
December 4, 2018
Drivers do stupid things. We’re all guilty, at least once in a while. But some people are chronic annoyers. We asked a friend of ours to keep track of all of the stupid things he sees drivers doing while on the road here in the Mohawk Valley. Hopefully some will recognize themselves in this list […]
November 27, 2018
