Cherish Close Insurance Agency

01/07/2026

Thinking about getting a new dog? Check in with your home insurance provider, there is a list of dogs that may get your policy cancelled.


III.Are there any attack, non-domesticated, or guard dogs OR any dogs that belong to one of the following breeds or are mixed with one of the following breeds:
•Akita
•Rottweiler
•Alaskan
•Malamutes
•Huskies
•Doberman Pinscher
•Bullmastiff
•Wolf Hybrids
•Chow Chow
•German Shepherds
•Great Danes
•Rhodesian Ridgebacks
•St. Bernards
•Pit Bull
Including but not limited to:
•American Staffordshire
•Terrier
•Staffordshire Bull Terrier
•American Pit Bull Terrier

12/10/2025

Close Insurance offers many companies to choose from.
CNA, Hiscox, Nationwide, Progressive, USLI, Foremost, Geico, Markel, Mercury Insurance

07/23/2025

One of my favorites........enjoy your Wednesday!

Guess what day it is? It’s Hump day! Happy Hump Day Wednesday everybody! Remember that great commercial with the Geico Hump Day Camel? I created a verti...

07/15/2025

Texas Floods, we have had many on memorial weekend, Halloween weekend through out the decades.

05/31/2025

Wow, hail in Austin last week.

04/08/2025

Do you know your Social Security Benefit?

Social Security account. Please remember to sign in at www.ssa.gov/setup to access your online account.

Sign-In-To-Your-Account

04/08/2025

Free Copy of Social Security Handbook

https://www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/handbook/handbook-toc.html

The longer you wait to take a benefit the more you will receive.

 Retirement planning is complicated,
beginning with the decision about when to
begin taking your Social Security benefits.
 SS benefits could be described as, as an
inflation protected joint and survivor
annuity, backed by the U.S. government.
 Example of some of the difference it makes
when you start benefits-
 Age 62 - $1,100/mo. benefit
 Age 67 - $1,791/mo. benefit
 Age 70 - $2,369/mo. benefit

SSA Handbook Master Table of Contents

06/28/2024

Higher deductibles? They are coming.......

12/04/2023

https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/insurance/how-much-is-car-insurance-in-texas

The average cost of car insurance in Texas is $200 a month for full coverage and $65 a month for minimum coverage.

12/04/2023

https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/14cl7ji/texas_usa_is_vehicle_insurance_just_absurdly/?rdt=44591

342 votes, 379 comments. 18M subscribers in the personalfinance community. Learn about budgeting, saving, getting out of debt, credit, investing, and…

12/04/2023

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/11/30/texas-homeowner-insurance-climate-change-costs/?utm_source=Texas+Tribune+Newsletters&utm_campaign=4a48a0fdb2-trib-newsletters-thebrief&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4a48a0fdb2-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&mc_cid=4a48a0fdb2&mc_eid=c3f7b97846

Texas rates have increased 22% on average so far in 2023, twice the national rate. More billion-dollar disasters have occurred in Texas this year than any other year on record.

07/25/2023

https://www.artemis.bm/news/nationwide-is-latest-major-us-insurer-to-pull-back-citing-cat-weather-losses-inflation/

INFLATION, RISK, LOSS, CATASTROPHIC WEATHER......CLIMATE CHANGE.......Insurance Rates will continue to rise

Nationwide Mutual Insurance is the latest major US carrier to announce that it is pulling-back, due to catastrophic weather losses and inflation among