Did you know that when you leave for vacation, this may cause an impact on your existing home insurance coverage? Read on to learn how going away might affect your coverages, as well as tips and tricks for making sure you're ready to jet set!

Whether you're looking to sell your home, or enjoy it for yourself, making low-cost home improvements can make a major impact. Before you put your home on the market, we recommend looking into cost-effective ways to bring up your home's value. Here are our budget-friendly home improvement tips:

Across Alberta, catalytic converter theft is on the rise. Why is this? There are three metals found inside that are quite valuable: platinum, rhodium, and palladium. As the prices of these metals continue to rise, so do the thefts.

Here at Armour Insurance, we love to shine a spotlight on our all-star team members, so you can get to know us a bit better. High five to Cassandra MacDonald, our Personal Lines Account Manager, who moved across the country in 2021 to join us!

Happy Holidays from Armour Insurance!

Here at Armour, many of us are still working from home. To include the entire team in the holiday spirit, we asked everyone to send us pictures of their holiday trees! 

Intact Insurance's Better Communities Program provides an opportunity for brokers to apply for a donation to a registered charity that matters to them, and supports one of the mandates to address:

1. Child Poverty
2. Youth Success
3. Mentorship/Leadership
4. Education

We're very excited to announce that Armour Insurance has been featured as one of the Insurance Business Canada's Top Insurance Employers this year with an overall average score of 4.58/5! Armour has been celebrated in December's edition of Insurance Business Canada, and announced on their website.

On January 1, 2022, Alberta will adopt a Direct Compensation for Property Damage (DCPD) system, which can help improve the way Alberta insurers support their customers in the case of auto collisions taking place in the province. DCPD will form part of the mandatory auto insurance coverage, and will apply to all classes of vehicles in Alberta.

Lloydminster, often referred to as "Lloyd," or "The Border City," is found on the Yellowhead Highway, between Edmonton and Saskatoon. The city sits right on the Alberta-Saskatchewan border, and its 100-foot high border markers are impossible to miss. Their four themes include: oil and gas, the Barr Colonists, agriculture, and First Nations & Métis. The gap between the steel pillars of each monument represents the actual border. These markers were constructed in 1994. Lloydminster's population, according to Stats Canada's 2016 Census, sits at 34,583.

To provide eligible customers with comprehensive water damage protection, Economical Insurance is now offering sewer backup and overland water coverages as a combined package.