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• Frequently Asked Insurance Questions:  Handy answers to questions we get asked all the time.

• Advocate for Highway Safety
  Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety is an alliance of consumer, health and safety groups and insurance companies and agents working together to make America's roads safer.
• Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
  Excellent information and sobering statistics on automobile safety.
• Highway Loss Data Institute
  Information on car theft, collision and injury listed by car make, model and year. Also contains extensive highway safety tips and information.
• Contacting Your Automobile Manufacturer: If you have a question, comment or specific problem you'd like to communicate directly to your auto manufacturer, use one of these toll-free phone numbers to communicate directly with them.
• Edmunds.com
• Where smart car buyers start.
• Kelley Blue Book
• New Car prices and used car book values
• Crashtest.com
• Crash test results, insurance ratings and auto safety information
• MA Registry of Motor Vehicles
• Hours, registration renewals, pay citations, download forms and files, etc.
• The Highway Safety Group
• Making Driving Safer
• Manual of Traffic Signs
• A listing of the most commonly used traffic signs in the United States.
• Guide for Detecting Drunk Drivers at Night
• Explains the visual cues contained in the DWI Detection Guide provide by the U.S. Department of Transportation.
• Safe Young Drivers
• A guide for parents and teens.
• Winter Driving Tips
• Safety tips

Helpful Resources for Homeowners

• Insuring Against the Unknown
  Information about life, disability, umbrella, auto, homeowner's and long-term care insurance.
• Taking Inventory of Your Home
  This brochure, prepared by the Independent Insurance Agents of America, gives suggestions and provides a checklist to create an inventory of your possessions at home.
• Better Business Bureau
  Helping consumers and businesses to maintain an ethical marketplace. Hutchins & Threatt Insurance Agency is a member in good standing with the Better Business Bureau.
• National Flood Insurance Program Information
  Includes a wealth of information on how to insure homes against flooding. This site is the official web page for the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Helpful Life Insurance Resources 

• Buying Life Insurance
  The American Council of Life Insurance (ACLI) has prepared this guide to help you know what questions to ask when you're buying life insurance.
• Life Line
  Educational site for consumers to learn about life, health, and disability insurance, and their role as part of a sound financial plan, and the value-added services of a insurance agent or other financial professional.
• AM Best Company
  The Insurance information source.
• National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors
  The premier association in the insurance and financial services industry.

Other Insurance Related Links

• Get Your Free Annual Credit Report 
  Thanks to The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003, you can now review your credit score once a year for free.
• Product Recalls:
  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from more than 15,000 types of consumer products. You can find information on over 4,000 product recalls using the various searches on this page, including quick links to the most recent list of recalls.
• Insurance Information Institute
  A non-profit group sponsored by the insurance industry to provide general information about insurance. This is an excellent resource for unbiased information. Order publications at the web site.
• The Life and Health Insurance Foundation for Education
  The Life and Health Insurance Foundation for Education (LIFE) is a non-profit organization designed to address the public's growing need for information and education on life, health, and disability insurance. LIFE also seeks to remind people of the important role agents perform in helping families, businesses, and individuals find the insurance products that best fit their needs.
• Accord
  ACORD (Association for Cooperative Operations Research and Development) is a global, nonprofit insurance association whose mission is to facilitate the development and use of standards for the insurance, reinsurance and related financial services industries
• Property Casualty Insurers Association of America
  PCI is an advocate for sound public policy that fosters a healthy and competitive insurance marketplace.
• AM Best
  A source of reliable information and ratings dedicated to encouraging a financially sound industry through the prevention and detection of insurer insolvency.
• American Association of Insurance Services