Columbia Insurance Agency (Official Page)

11/20/2024

NEW EVENT DATE!! ❄️🎄✨🕎 Festival of Lights 2024!
Monday, November 25 | 4-6 PM | Central Square, Lynn

Due to the weather forecast, this event is being POSTPONED to MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25th! Join us on our new date! 🗓️✨

Enjoy an evening of festive sing-along and dance performances by local youth organizations (including Demakes Family YMCA, Boys & Girls Club of Lynn, Cultura Latina Dance Academy Inc., and St. Mary's Lynn Chorus). Hot chocolate and coffee by The Salvation Army, Lynn Massachusetts ☕️Plus, our Tree and Menorah lighting with Mayor Jared Nicholson, Rabbi Michael Ragozin from Congregation Shirat Hayam, and Santa Claus! 🎅

Bring your friends and family along for a holly-jolly time!

✨PROUDLY SPONSORS BY✨
Columbia Insurance Agency (Official Page) • DeIulis Brothers Construction Company • Ebenezer Tax Services • Element Care PACE • Flag Pharmacy • Greater Lynn Senior Services (GLSS.net) • King Affordable Movers • North Shore Christian School • Reading Cooperative • Rick's Auto Collision, Sales & Service • St. Jean's Credit Union • Wayne Alarm Systems

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09/12/2024

This year we're expanding our 2024 Clock to the Rock 5K Run/Walk with a BLOCK PARTY in Central Square from 10AM-2PM! Bring your family and enjoy a day of fun! 🎉☀️🍦

Including:
•Face Painting for kids
•FREE Ice Cream from Lynn Police Department ice cream truck
•Bounce House
•Rollys Tavern Restaurants Food Truck
•Bent Water Brewing Company Beer Tent
•Essex County Sheriff's Department K9 Demo
•Music
•Dance performances by Cultura Latina Dance Academy Inc.
and MORE!!!

Help us SPREAD THE WORD about this free, fun community event!

💎Thank you to our EVENT SPONSORS💎
Columbia Insurance Agency (Official Page) • DeIulis Brothers Construction Company • Demakes Family YMCA • Full Color • GE Aerospace Lynn • King Affordable Movers • McGrath Enterprises Jimmy Connors • Newhall Real Estate • Phinix Lounge Chef Misha • Reading Cooperative • Rick's Auto Collision, Sales & Service • Salem Five Bank Lynn

03/03/2023

On Monday February 27th Columbia Insurance and John Olson were recognized by Undersecretary Edward Palleschi, and the Office of Consumer Affairs & Business Regulation, and presented with a certificate of appreciation. This certificate acknowledges the licensee for their commitment and positive contribution to their local community and to the consumers of the Commonwealth.

We would like to thank our Mayor Jared Nicholson, Senator Brendan Crighton, State Rep. Peter Capano, Rep. Dan Cahill, City Councilor Rick Starbard, Coco Alinsug, City Councilor, Ward 3-Lynn and DPW Associate Commissioner Lisa Nerich for attending. Also thank you to all of our Company Reps, Customers, Friends and Families for attending and their continued support!
Thank you Pat Gecoya for these pictures!

02/12/2023

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12/01/2022

Internet Purchase of Automobile
We are having more clients purchase cars off of the internet and although it will be even more common in the future there are certain things that a would be purchaser should be aware of before pulling the trigger. Today I will talk about what is the most important when it comes to registering a car in MA, verifying that there is a title for you to take possession of at the time of the sale. Here are two recent examples that we have dealt with.

We had a client buy a car from a dealer in TX. He saw the car on the internet and negotiated the purchase on line. He then went to TX to see the car before he paid for it. The dealer even gave the client TX temp tags while awaiting for the car to be registered in MA. The client notified us so we could secure the coverage. The dealer also said that they had a service that would register the car in MA. So far, so good. What the client didn't know is that the dealer was waiting on a new title from the TX DMV with a prior lien removed . I explained to the client that the car could not be registered in MA without the new TX title. As you may have guessed it took almost two months for the title to make its way to MA and the car to get registered. In the meantime the insurance company had run out of patience and was moving to cancel the insurance on the vehicle. The title arrived in a nick of time.

In the second instance we had a client purchase a car over the internet from a private party in South Carolina. In this case, the seller could not locate the original title but had a copy that they provided to the client. Unfortunately for this client the MA RMV will not issue a new MA title on any car unless there is a valid title surrendered in its place. So this client is waiting for the seller to get a valid SC title so that he can sign it over to our client and we can then register the car. In the meantime the car is sitting at the client's house unused.

My intention here is not to persuade anyone from buying a car online. Rather it is to remind everyone that after you have decided that you want to buy a car make sure that there is a valid title for you to take possession of at the time of the sale. This is true anytime that you are buying a car whether on line or not. However, I emphasize it on internet sales because those sales are not necessarily local sales, i.e. TX or SC, and could take longer to rectify.

09/09/2022

Darn it! I just finished telling my wife that I always wait until the first week of the following month to get my inspection sticker. I had my last truck so long that I got a year free. Looks like those days are gone.

There's a change coming to the way inspection stickers are given out in Massachusetts.

01/26/2022

Faded Inspection Stickers

Massachusetts inspection stickers issued between January 1 and January 5, 2022 may appear faded on the windshield due to a printing error. Applus Technologies (Applus), the state's vendor has supplied dealers and inspection stations with new stickers so there should be no issues going forward. The faded stickers are valid but recipients of those stickers can obtain a replacement sticker if they wish. Applus has sent correspondence to all affected customers notifying them of the issue. Those customers can either call Applus at 844-358-0135 and make an appointment at a local inspection station to receive a new sticker. Or, do nothing but keep the correspondence from Applus in their vehicle at all times in case the validity of the sticker is questioned.