Buying insurance in Lubbock is quite a shock for many who move here from other parts of the country.  They can’t believe that home insurance can cost so much.  When I moved to Lubbock over 30 years ago, the cost of my home insurance doubled while the amount of coverage decreased 25%. Lubbock area deductibles also are normally 1% of the value of your home.  […]

My first year in the insurance business was notable for a number of reasons but this claim has been among the strangest that I have ever experienced.  It seems that our customer was taking a shotgun out of his pickup truck and dropped the gun.  Either while attempting to catch the gun or upon the gun’s collision with the pavement, the shotgun discharged shooting pellets […]

So I was at the Lubbock, Texas Parade of Homes last week and saw a friend that said he wanted to call me about his home and auto insurance.  He called me that following Monday and a couple of days later, Hettler Insurance wrote his auto insurance policy.  I didn’t know what he was paying through his long time agent, but I did know that […]

Most auto insurance buyers understand that Uninsured Motorists coverage covers them when they are hit by someone who doesn’t have insurance and the buyer wasn’t at fault in the accident.  But Uninsured Motorists Coverage has some interesting twists that may provide coverage just when you need it.

We get calls all the time from families wanting us to shop their auto insurance.  We put all the information into the rating program and get quotes back from up to 8 companies.  But many times the substantial savings that we show the customer is “eaten up” by the loss of a multi-policy discount on their home insurance.

So you’re tired of hearing the commercials that brag that you could save “16% or more on your car insurance” or that the average driver that switched saves $350 per year by switching to….”  It’s hard to figure out the methods to buy auto insurance but let me go through the options.