Keep Your Cool: AC Maintenance to Prevent Costly Breakdowns As summer heats up and air conditioning in your home is one of the best ways help to cool down. Prevention is the key though to avoiding an air conditioning emergency in the hottest parts of summer. Clean Your Coils – Dirt buildup can cause machinery to work harder. Be sure to…
The spring season is not only the perfect time of the year to clean out your closets, it’s a great time to have a thorough auto maintenance check performed. Having your tires checked is extremely important part of this process, especially if you intend to take trips this summer. Following are a few tire safety basics every vehicle owner should be…
Make Room on the Road: Sharing the Road with Bicyclists With sunnier days and warmer weather we will begin to see more bicycles on the road. To help keep everyone safe on the roads here are some reminder tips for vehicle and bicycle safety. – When riding a bicycle on roads or bike paths bicyclists are responsible for following the same…
How to Stay Connected – Finding a Business Email Address It used to be easy to find people, as long as you knew someone’s name you could open a phone book and find their address. In today’s age of technology it can be a challenge to find an email address for someone. To assist with this problem tools and resources have been created to help you…
The Dangers of Distracted Driving With better weather, more drivers take day trips or plan weekend getaways but more drivers on the roads create more potential for distracted driving. Distracted driving can be more than making a quick call or firing off a quick text, it includes adjusting the navigation system, eating or anything that causes a…
Oh No, My Phone Got wet! These Tips Might Just Save Your Phone’s Life So you dropped your phone in the toilet, you knocked a glass of water onto it or you jumped into a pool and forgot it was in your pocket. There are a million different reasons how you phone ended up soaking wet but when it happens after the immediate panic you need a plan on…
Cinco de Mayo with Allan Block Insurance! This year the staff at Allan Block Agency celebrated Cinco De Mayo with lunch brought in from Tomatillo! Tomatillo is a local restaurant in Dobbs Ferry, NY specialized in fresh Farm-to-Burrito foods using ingredients right from the Hudson Valley. You can see their full menu at www.mexchester.com…
Think the New York Family Leave Doesn’t Apply to your Business? Think again! A new bill establishing a Paid Family Leave (PFL) program in the state of New York was passed. This bill will apply to businesses of all sizes and under this bill workers will be able to take leave to: Bond with a new child (including adopted and foster children), Care…
National Small Business Week: From One Small Business to Another April 30th through May 6th is National Small Business Week! More than half of Americans either own or work for a small business and they create about 2 out of every 3 new jobs in the US each year. From Everyone at Allan M. Block Agency we would like to say from one small
