Category: Insurance Tips


  • Pacific Northwest February Gardening Tips

    During February we see the first signs that spring is just around the corner. This month is especially important for pruning and planting. So take advantage of sunny days and get back in your garden. Watch out for cold snaps and be ready to protect tender plants Weed previously tilled flower beds. Start to rejuvenate flower beds […]

    February 18, 2016

  • February 2016 “Give Back Referral Announcements”

    We want to thank the following people for referring to A&M during January:   Yong Ie Dale Jenson John McRoberts Mark Wilson       Thank you for all the referrals!   Your referrals are the best compliment you can give us. Congratulations to our monthly drawing winner John McRoberts.   We are pleased to announce […]

    February 13, 2016

  • Stinky’s Riddles February 2016

    Are you smarter than Stinky?  What is in seasons, seconds, centuries and minutes but not in decades, years or days?     Email your answers to Stinky by March 8th and if you are correct you will be entered in a drawing for either a $10 Starbucks’s gift card, or $10 Regal entertainment card. Solution to the January Riddle is: 512. […]

    February 9, 2016

  • Five More Common Phone Scams

    Last month we shared the Top 5 Phone Scams and this month we are sharing five more common phone scams. 1.  Government Grants. The caller tells you have been awarded a government grant of between $5,000 to $25,000 just for being a good citizen. Using VOIP telephone services the caller disguises their true location and the […]

    January 16, 2016

  • Stinky’s Riddles January 2016

    Are you smarter than Stinky? Add a bakers dozen, the number of the Boeing Super Jet, baseball’s “stretch” inning, the number saved by a stitch in time, what a golfer yells before hitting a long shot. Then subtract the number of blackbirds baked in a pie, and the number of miles driven in an Indianapolis Memorial […]

    January 13, 2016

  • January 2016- ” Give Back Referral Announcements”

    We want to thank the following people for referring to A&M during Decmeber:   Candice Abbott Martin Breslin Lexus Fisher Mike Girias Lindsay Nuttman Rob Shafer Mike Skagen     Thank you for all the referrals! Your referrals are the best compliment you can give us. Congratulations to our monthly drawing winner Lindsay Nuttman.   We are […]

    January 11, 2016

  • Top 5 Phone Scams

    Did you know that according to Fraud.org that 40% of scams originate with a phone call and 30% with an email? Sixty percent of scams involve a caller impersonating a representative from a government agency or financial institution. Scam artists often try to present themselves as authority figures that can make your life somehow better […]

    December 19, 2015

  • December 2015 -“Give Back” Referral Annoncements

    We want to thank the following people for referring to A&M during November: Scott Dominick Jennifer Erickson Lexus Fisher Ammon Gitao Amber Jaksich Carla Otteson Ronald Ringering Jeffrey L Smith Nermina Uhota   Thank you for all the referrals! Your referrals are the best compliment you can give us. Congratulations to our monthly drawing winner Jennifer […]

    December 18, 2015

  • Stinky’s Riddles December 2015

    Are you smarter than Stinky?   In a certain downtown building in Renton, Everett likes daffodils but not roses;  Shelly likes zucchini but not squash;  Bill likes books but not movies.  Peter the building engineer can’t figure out what is going on, can you?   Email your answers to Stinky by January 9th and if you are correct […]

    December 17, 2015

  • Winterize Your Home

    Each winter, many homeowners face the expense and inconvenience of frozen water pipes. Because lawns will be going dormant as the weather turns from fall to winter it is good to turn off irrigation systems around November 1st. Monitor the weather—and specifically freezing temperatures—to be sure you winterize to protect your pipes. Why Is Pipe […]

    November 24, 2015