While you’ve been busy staying safer-at-home car thieves have been busy stealing cars.  From January to March car thefts are up 57.4% over last year in Westchester County.  In April alone, there have been 69 cars stolen.  That is a shocking 94.3% increase! To Keep Your Car Safe From Thieves By Taking These Precautions: Be sure to close all your...

Summer is on its way and much like you, we can’t wait! Beautiful weather is on the horizon (hopefully), vacations are planned and spending down time with family and friends all lie before us.  With all the celebrations and summer holidays, one thing we want everyone who will be spending time on the roadways this summer to be aware of...

Not all auto insurance policies are the same. Every carrier offers differing contracts, coverage and of course, costs. Advocate Brokerage prefers that our clients insure their automobiles with one of our elite carriers whenever possible. We have shared articles with notes as to why in the past including a real life example from our very own Denise Koslowsky that you...

Life with teens is certainly an adventure! The joy of watching them learn to drive is often equally matched with the worry that they will be safe when they are behind the wheel. If you have a teen driver in your home, you will want to check out this white paper we’ve put together: Link to teen driver White Paper....

Fall is here and so are the beautifully colored leaves!  It is one of our favorite seasons here at Advocate Brokerage (isn’t it everyone’s favorite?) and we want to be sure you and your family are safe as you hit the road to take it all in. Leaves Fall foliage is one of the perks of the season for those...

                          According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration each year there are an estimated 100,000 automobile crashes that are the result of a driver getting behind the wheel when they are feeling drowsy.  Out of those 100,000 crashes, approximately 1550 tragically people lost their lives. It only...

We’ve focused quite a bit in recent months talking about teen driving.  While young drivers provide quite a few talking points, with the end of summer and Labor Day celebrations around the corner we thought we would talk directly to our adult readers/drivers about driving under the influence of alcohol.   According to MADD: Every 53 minutes, a person is...

  Sadly, summer is over and it is time for Back to School & Back to Routine.  This means more cars and teens on the road each and every day.  Advocate loves teens and wants to do all we can to keep them safe, so we have put together some tips for teens while behind the wheel.   Advocate wants...

We’ve seen a ton of articles lately about teens driving during the summer months.  We’ve shared several on our social media spaces because as parents, we want our kids to have a fun, safe summer.  Also, as your insurance Advocate, we want to give you as much information as possible so that you can educate your kids and do what...