Useful Links

Used Car Buying Tips

Check a vehicle's history:

Obtain the VIN (Vehicle Identification Number) and run a vehicle title history report from one of these online services: www.carfax.com or www.autocheck.com

What is a vehicle's value?

This service provides trusted information for buying and selling vehicles: www.kbb.com

Driving Tips

Got a teen driver?

Visit this site for tips on feeling safe and everything else teen-driver-related. A valuable resource for both teens and parents: www.teendriving.com

Medication Advice

Keep up with your medications:

Do you sometimes have trouble remembering whether or not you have taken your preseciption meds or vitamins? These pharmacy dispensing systems will presort and customize your meds into convenient pill packets for your peace of mind: www.dailymedrx.com and www.myonepac.org

Read the Label:

This govenment agency encourages drivers to read their medicine labels before getting behind the wheel. Some over-the-counter meds may cause drowsiness and other side effects that could interfere with an individual's ability to drive safely: www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates

Help for Homeowners

Free Home Inventory:

This website offers free online home inventory software. With secure online storage, your inventory is safe. You can access it anywhere, anytime: http://knowyourstuff.org/iii/login.html

Insurance

A.M. Best Rating

A.M. Best Company is a global full-service credit rating agency dedicated to serving the insurance industry. It began assigning credit ratings in 1906, making it the first of today's rating agencies to use symbols to differentiate the relative creditworthiness of companies.

Federation of Insurance Women of Texas, Inc

Our membership is open to women and men, independent agencies as well as direct writers, standard insurance companies and E & S companies, adjusting firms, and all those companies that support the insurance industry.

Harlingen Insurance Professionals

The purpose of this organization is to broaden the knowledge of insurance and cultivate, endorse and foster good fellowship among its members.

Independent Insurance Agents of Texas

Independent Insurance Agents of America

RentersInsuranceTips.com

Offers renters insurance advice and tips when considering renters insurance options. Renters insurance? Do you really need it? Not everyone who rents a home or apartment realizes it, but just as a homeowner should have insurance to cover accidents to or on their property, most renters also need renters insurance.

Texas Department of Insurance

Consumer Protection- Finding the Best Value for Your Insurance Dollar TDI's Auto Insurance Price Comparisons and Home Insurance Price Comparisons help people shop for insurance and show annual price estimates submitted to TDI by the companies listed. Both auto and homeowners price comparisons show estimates for the type of policy a company is "most likely" to sell to new customers.