Thanksgiving Tips

Turkey Day is tomorrow, and everyone is scrambling around looking for recipes on how to make this year's centerpiece. However, the biggest piece to the Thanksgiving spread are the side dishes. The perfect recipe for stuffing, yams, mashed potatoes and gravy, along with a green bean casserole is the key to your meal happiness.

So this Thanksgiving, go out and find the best fresh ingredients and match them with the best recipe you can find. If you want a happy (and stuffed!) crowd, put the most effort into your side dishes. It's how your family will remember this Thanksgiving. Believe me on that.

Good Luck Red Devils

The hometown of Bekan Insurance Group, Lowell, Indiana, has a very important weekend ahead of them. Their high school football team, the Lowell Red Devils will be taking on Fort Wayne Dwenger in the Semi-State game of the Indiana Class 4A Football Championship.

Even though this writer did not attend Lowell High School, many of the followers of this blog did, as well as many of its workers. With that, Bekan Insurance Group wishes the Lowell Red Devils the best of luck. Beat Dwenger boys!

More Info on Business Insurance

Yesterday, we waxed poetic on the need for business insurance. Today, we'll do a bit more, with some bits of information you may not know.

There are several types of business or commercial insurance, and here's what you need to know.

Product Liability insurance will cover any manufacturing errors that your company makes, so that you are protected against angry customers making claims.

Professional Liability insurance covers against errors that your business would make in service or similar activities. Negligence is covered under this.

Commercial Property insurance covers your land and buildings on your property. If anything shall happen (theft, weather, fire, etc.), you will be compensated for your losses.

In addition, Workers Compensation insurance covers any injuries to employees that work for you. This is a very big part of insurance if you are in a physical labor-intense industry.

Commercial Auto Insurance is necessary if you plan on having you or your employees operating any types of vehicles.

If you want to cover everything you own, purchase an Umbrella policy. This will cover everything you have.

Remember to come to Bekan Insurance Group for the lowest rates on your Indiana Business Insurance, Illinois Business Insurance and Michigan Business Insurance. You just can't beat our rates. Visit our site or call us at 800.894.8225.

We haven't had a song of the day for awhile, so this becomes our de facto song of the week. Here is a video for The Heavy's new song, "How You Like Me Now?". I thought I'd try the embed function today. Hope you enjoy.

You Need Business Insurance

Insuring your business is one of the first steps to success. While many people overlook this simple task, or pass it off for something that is not serious, getting your business insured properly could make or break you. If you are underinsured and happen to face theft or damages, you won't receive full compensation for your losses. Is this something you want? Most definitely not.

At Bekan Insurance Group, our agents will make sure that you understand what you need, and then give you the best coverage at the lowest rates we can. Your company will come out saving money and having an insurance policy that will protect you.

So call us at 800.894.8225 or visit our website at http://bekan.com to speak with one of our dedicated agents and line yourself up with the most affordable Indiana business insurance. Not from Indiana? That's not a problem. We offer affordable Illinois business insurance, Ohio business insurance, Michigan business insurance and Wisconsin business insurance. Come visit us today!

(By the way, I love this picture. It's hilarious. I just had to post it with this.)

Later...

Unemployment is through the roof, millions of Americans are sitting at home unemployed and all we can wonder is if and when these jobs are going to return.

Later on this week over at the BIG site, we will examine this. Check in all week for our articles on when our jobs will return.

In the News

Happy Monday everyone. We're back from a nice relaxing weekend to bring you some links and updates into the world. Check it out.

Over at the QuoteBIG website, we took a look at auto insurance premiums by state. Take a look.

It looks like we'll be seeing a good amount of seasonal hires. Employers announced that about 1 in 5 companies will be hiring this season. Make sure you read this.

You probably know what employers want to hear in response to their questions, but what do they want you to ask them. A very good read over at Career Builder, this article is very informative for anyone looking to their future work.

We'll have an Inside Look at Bekan later in the week and also the launch of my top 10. Stay tuned.

Thursday Tidbits

Some news and notes from a Thursday near you...

• Our Bekan Facebook fan page is up to over 130 followers. Be the next to join us so you stay updated on new deals and promotions we are running.
• Our Bekan Twitter page is up to 28 followers. There's also tons of fresh deals there. If you have a Twitter account. Add us today.
• We are running another contest for a FREE iPod Touch. All you have to do is refer a friend to us and you get an entry into our contest. For each additional referral, you receive another entry into our drawing. Join us now!

Hope to see you on one of these sites!

Happy Veterans Day!

As many of you know, today is Veterans Day. Take the time to thank someone you know who served in the military. God bless them for their work. We are praying for your safety. Thank you for your courage.

Join Us on Twitter

Don't look now, but our Twitter followers are growing rapidly. Just last week we had a very small amount (think: single digits), but with a little dedication, we are up to over 30 followers. Be the next to join us. We break special deals, giveaways and insurance information at the second we know it on Twitter.

Be one of the next five followers of ours on Twitter and we'll enter you into our drawing for a FREE iPod Touch. Here's the link. See you there!

Round Up!

In today's day and age, a writer's computer is their lifeline, their ink and pen. Last week, I suffered a setback when my computer went under. Luckily, I hopped on a great deal from HP and purchased a brand new machine to lead me into the next decade. Thanks to all the people from HP who helped me. It was much appreciated.

Now, on to the important stuff. Our agents are saving people money left and right. Agent Rich Pliske is lighting the world on fire, saving clients on average over $400 this month. His key: rounding out accounts. Do you have just home or auto insurance with us? If so, bring the rest of your business to us and we can promise savings up to 15% immediately.

It's just another way Bekan Insurance Group is saving you money. Call us at 800.894.8225 to speak with one of our dedicated agents today!

Join the Friends of Bekan Program

Just because this is very important, I wanted to throw it up over on this blog as well. The Friends of Bekan program is up and running and we already have a few partners already. The benefits to you are huge, so check it up at the Bekan blog. Here's the link.

We hope you join us on this great endeavor. It's a win-win situation for everyone. Contact me at blangen@bekan.com if you are interested.

What to Do When You're Lost

I'm in a real creative rut. Nothing I am thinking of is being brought to fruition, and the other ideas are churning in a blank mill.

This means two things:

1. The quality of posts due to this issue will suffer. Not good.
2. The quantity of posts due to this issue will decrease. Not good either.

So, send me some ideas to get my brain working. It's just a matter of time until I get off the snide and get cracking once again. Thank you.

Weekend Wrap

What's slowly becoming a tradition will continue on this morning. Let's check out our weekends.

Friday marked the date of birth of this writer, who celebrated by playing games of chance and attending hockey games. Quite a fun day, but meaningless to the rest of you.

Saturday was the big celebration. We had Halloween parties, Trick or Treating, and all kinds of October fun all bundled into one day. As soon as I get a few more pictures of Halloween costumes, I'll throw them up on the website for us all to admire (or laugh).

For Chicago fans, this weekend was quite good. Notre Dame rolled to victory Saturday, the Bears brought home a win, and the Hawks made amends for their Thursday night stinker with a win over the Canadiens. The Bulls faltered a bit, but in the early season, things are still okay.

The World Series is getting closer to a wrap-up, with the Yankees taking a 3-1 lead over the Phillies. Game 5, and possibly the final game of the series is tonight.

And for a quick look to the future, this week will be chalked full of blogs and such. We'll get an agenda out on the BIG blog should anything big happen.

Finally, remember to shoot us your emails if you are a Bekan customer. We can get you saving immediately on special offers and deals.