Entries by pandersen

Team Building

by P. Andersen   Team building.  It is a catch phrase used throughout the business world to describe off-site meetings where employees and managers are required to work together to complete a task.  It can be something silly like building a balloon pyramid, or more difficult like an obstacle course.  The end goal is the […]

Good Math: Home Efficiency in NY State

by P. Andersen Back in May, I wrote a blog about home efficiency.  That included some ideas on how to improve your home’s efficiency (logical!), but recently I found additional information that will assist you in paying for those money saving updates. As some of you read a while back, I bought my first home in 2014. Though […]

Levitt-Fuirst: 2015 Family-Owned Business Award Winner

June, 2015 Levitt-Fuirst Wins the 2015 Westchester Business Journal’s Family Owned Business Award We are proud to announce that Levitt-Fuirst is one of the winners of the first-ever joint Westchester and Fairfield County Business Journal awards for top family-owned businesses.    We have worked throughout our company history to have a positive impact on the […]

Home Efficiency – Keeping $$$ In your Home

by P. Andersen Spring brings many wonderful things to the New York region. Warmer weather, flowers, thick green grass, spending time outdoors with friends and family, perhaps a round of golf…  Another benefit is the rapidly falling energy bills, as the heat is shut down and the air conditioning is still a month or two […]

FEMA Offering Superstorm Sandy Claim Re-Evaluation

In the coming weeks, FEMA will be sending letters to all policy holders who had a claim resulting from Superstorm Sandy. The letters will offer each of the nearly 142,000 policy holders the option of having their claim re-reviewed by a certified flood adjuster if they felt they were shortchanged in the initial review. Policyholders […]

Small Business Health Exchange

4/15/15 James D. Schutzer, vice president of J.D. Moschitto & Associates Inc., adds to the discussion on the Small Business Health Exchange in this month’s Westchester Business JournalFuirst, “Fuirst clients access to top notch health insurance experts at a time of rapid and seismic shifts in the industry. Contact us today to learn more about […]

Bruce Jenner, Auto Insurance Limits, and You

As you may have seen, there is a lot of speculation about Bruce Jenner, and potential law suits associated with the deadly accident he was involved in.  The gist is that even if you have good auto insurance with a reasonable limit ($250,000), it may not be enough under extreme circumstances, especially if you have […]

“Why I love being an insurance agent.”

Being an insurance agent means different things to different people – why each of us loves our job differs from person to person.    We thought it might be interesting for you to find out what drives some of our employees, what makes us tick, and what makes us love insurance.  Crazy as it sounds, we […]

Winter Storm Juno

Storm of the Century!  Or, Not? by P. Andersen Is Juno coming, or will it be all sound and fury signifying nothing?  We are on the road to finding out, but preparation is key regardless of the result.   Storm preparation is all about accepting as much risk as you can and still be comfortable.  Can you shovel 2 […]