Etler-Kettenacker Agency’s Year in Review      This week Etler-Kettenacker Agency wanted to review with our clients and friends some key insurance topics discussed in our articles and blogs of 2013.  The Etler-Kettenacker Agency’s Year in Review article can be found at http://www.ekagency.com/etler_kettenacker_agencys/year_in_review.aspx.  Please take a moment to review the article and the key issues of 2013.   The purpos...

Most of us probably remember the massive information breach at Target in late 2013. For many who shopped at the mega retailer between November and December 2013, the holidays werent so merry that year as their personal information was compromised. Its estimated that some 70 million records were stolen in the breach, which resulted in $40 million stolen from the company. As of January 2015 it spent $252 million in costs related to the data breach, which was partially offset by $90 million i...

If you’re like most of us, you probably use the same password for all your online accounts: banking, shopping, Netflix -- everything. While reusing the same password definitely makes it easy to remember, it also opens you up to safety breaches and in some cases, identity theft. Moreover, it’s not just about making passwords unique to accounts --  it’s also about creating a password that no one will be able to crack. Social media puts our private information i...