--- title: Rathbun Insurance Blog Posts from 2025 description: Blog posts published by Rathbun Insurance in 2025 --- # ARTICLES FROM 2025 * * * [**Join Our Team: Rathbun Insurance is Hiring a Personal Lines Account Manager** — Are you a passionate and results-driven professional with a commitment to delivering exceptional service? Do you thrive in a team-oriented environment that values integrity, success, and community? Join Rathbun Insurance as a **Personal Lines Account Manager** and play a pivotal role in advancing our… — Mar 11, 2025](/blog/2025/join-our-team-rathbun-insurance-is-hiring-a-personal-lines-account-manager) [**A Legacy: Honoring Gene Rathbun’s Impact on Rathbun Insurance** — In the insurance world, policies and coverages may define our work, but it’s the people who define our purpose. At Rathbun Insurance, our guiding principle has always been **"Being There Matters Most."** Few embodied that philosophy more than my grandpa, Gene Rathbun, whose legacy of genuine… — Mar 10, 2025](/blog/2025/a-legacy-honoring-gene-rathbuns-impact-on-rathbun-insurance) [**Welcoming Marcy Rzepka to the Rathbun Insurance Team** — We are thrilled to announce that Marcy Rzepka is joining Rathbun Insurance as our newest Personal and Commercial Insurance Producer! — Marcy brings with her a wealth of experience, having spent over 30 years in sales and marketing. Most recently, she served as the Member Relations Manager at the… — Mar 5, 2025](/blog/2025/welcoming-marcy-rzepka-to-the-rathbun-insurance-team) [**Tell Your Rathbun Account Manager Before Buying Backyard Chickens** — Egg prices have skyrocketed, and with them, an increased interest in backyard chickens. But before you acquire a flock, consider your liability risks and insurance coverage. — **Liability** — Keeping chickens can create liability issues for you. Chickens can cause bodily harm by pecking or transmitting… — Mar 5, 2025](/blog/2025/tell-your-rathbun-account-manager-before-buying-backyard-chickens) [**Cyber Bytes: Beware of IRS Tax Scams** — A threatening notification from the IRS can be overwhelming. That’s why it’s a staple in the scammer’s toolkit. They want you to be scared and not take time to think. — **Common IRS tax scams** — These often start with a call from someone posing as an IRS agent. They can go a few ways: — In one popular… — Mar 4, 2025](/blog/2025/cyber-bytes-beware-of-irs-tax-scams) [**Worker's Compensation and Subcontractors** — **Why Are My Subcontractors Included in My Workers' Compensation Payroll?** — If you're a contractor in Michigan, you've probably faced an unexpected surprise when your workers' compensation (WC) audit includes payroll for subcontractors. Many contractors assume that subcontractors are independent… — Mar 4, 2025](/blog/2025/workers-compensation-and-subcontractors) [**Rathbun Insurance Inspires the Next Generation at JA Girls’ Dream Fair** — As we close out February’s Insurance Careers Month, we’re proud to celebrate our continued commitment to empowering the next generation of professionals. Today, Producer Heather Cooper-Kim and Account Manager Kim Evans are representing Rathbun Insurance at the Girls’ Dream Fair, hosted by Junior… — Feb 28, 2025](/blog/2025/rathbun-insurance-inspires-the-next-generation-at-ja-girls-dream-fair) [**Flipping for a Cause: Rathbun Insurance Supports Haven House’s Pancake Palooza!** — This past weekend, Rathbun Insurance proudly showed up in support of **Haven House’s Annual Pancake Palooza!** As a **Special Ingredient Sponsor** , we were thrilled to help make this fun-filled event a success. Our **President, David Finkbeiner, and Commercial Account Executives, Cheryl Grimes and Paige…** — Feb 24, 2025](/blog/2025/flipping-for-a-cause-rathbun-insurance-supports-haven-houses-pancake-palooza) [**Reduce Risks Associated With Electric Vehicles** — While the federal government and firefighting associations don’t collect data on the number of electric vehicle (EV) fires, there’s one thing all industry specialists seem to agree on: When an EV catches fire, it’s much more difficult to extinguish than traditional vehicle fires. That’s because an… — Feb 24, 2025](/blog/2025/reduce-risks-associated-with-electric-vehicles) [**How To Read and Understand Your Auto Policy** — If understanding your auto insurance policy is challenging, you’re not alone. Insurance is a contract, so it has a lot of legal language. But don’t let that scare you. — Once you know where to find the information, you can confidently review and ask questions about your policy. Your insurance agent… — Feb 21, 2025](/blog/2025/how-to-read-and-understand-your-auto-policy) * * * - [1](/blog/2025.md) - [2](/blog/2025.md/page-2) - [3](/blog/2025.md/page-3) - [4](/blog/2025.md/page-4) - [5](/blog/2025.md/page-5) - [6](/blog/2025.md/page-6) - [7](/blog/2025.md/page-7) - [8](/blog/2025.md/page-8) - [9](/blog/2025.md/page-9) - [10](/blog/2025.md/page-10) - [11](/blog/2025.md/page-11) - [12](/blog/2025.md/page-12) - [13](/blog/2025.md/page-13) - [14](/blog/2025.md/page-14) - [15](/blog/2025.md/page-15) - [16](/blog/2025.md/page-16) - [17](/blog/2025.md/page-17) - [18](/blog/2025.md/page-18) - [19](/blog/2025.md/page-19) - [20](/blog/2025.md/page-20) - [21](/blog/2025.md/page-21) - [22](/blog/2025.md/page-22) - [23](/blog/2025.md/page-23) **Request your insurance proposal online or contact our office to find out how we can help you find a policy that fits your needs.** [Get Started](/insurance-proposal) [Contact Us](/contact) ```json {"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/blog","name":"Blog"}}]} ```