Tag: disaster preparedness

March 19, 2025 Off

Pet-Proofing Disaster: Your Emergency Kit & Financial Prep

By The Admiral Staff

With increasing frequency and severity of weather disasters, pet owners need to prioritize emergency preparedness for their animals. The article advises creating a pet emergency kit containing essentials like ID tags, medical records, medications, photos, comfort items, food, water, and waste disposal supplies. Beyond the kit, it recommends getting vaccinations updated, identifying pet-friendly shelters and hotels along evacuation routes, and ensuring family or friends are willing to accommodate pets during emergencies. Most importantly, the article stresses never leaving pets behind during evacuations

May 6, 2024 Off

Beyond the Brochure: Insuring the Uninsurable

By The Admiral Staff

This article explores unusual insurance policies beyond the standard health, home, and auto coverage. It highlights policies like alien abduction insurance (offered by Lloyd’s of London and St. Lawrence Agency), ghost insurance (formerly offered by Ultraviolet), and body part insurance (popular among celebrities insuring assets like legs, tongues, and voices). It also touches on spaceship insurance and zombie apocalypse insurance, noting that while often marketing gimmicks, they highlight the importance of disaster preparedness. The piece concludes by reminding readers to shop

November 14, 2023 Off

Pet-Proofing Disaster: Your Emergency Kit & Financial Prep

By The Admiral Staff

With increasing frequency and severity of weather disasters, pet owners need to prioritize emergency preparedness for their animals. The article advises creating a pet emergency kit containing essentials like ID tags, medical records, medications, photos, comfort items, food, water, and waste disposal supplies. Beyond the kit, it recommends getting vaccinations updated, identifying pet-friendly shelters and hotels along evacuation routes, and ensuring family or friends are willing to accommodate pets during emergencies. Most importantly, the article stresses never leaving pets behind during evacuations