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title: Insurance Blog | Rathbun Insurance in Lansing, Michigan
description: Read the Rathbun Insurance blog for local, interesting and up-to-date Michigan insurance news.
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# INSURANCE BLOG

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[**Hazards in Your Home Storage Areas** — Many American families have an accumulation of stuff in their homes: gasoline cans, spare oil, half-containers of antifreeze, fertilizer, yard pesticides and other materials all compressed together into one poorly ventilated space. This creates the perfect conditions for vapors, chemical reactions… — Mar 13, 2025](/blog/2025/hazards-in-your-home-storage-areas)

[**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)

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