For a quick quote, you can contact our quote department directly at (504) 441-RATE (7283) or complete the Online Quote Request form and you will be contacted ASAP. After spending more than four decades in the insurance business, one thing has become very clear: most people don’t think about the claims process until they’re suddenly living inside it. At...
How to Build an Insurance Preparedness Plan Before Hurricane Season Hits
For a quick quote, you can contact our quote department directly at (504) 441-RATE (7283) or complete the Online Quote Request form and you will be contacted ASAP. After more than forty years in the insurance business, one truth has become very clear… hurricane season never sneaks up on Louisiana and Mississippi. It is announced loudly, repeatedly, and usually...
How Local Insurance Agencies Support Community Stability
For a quick quote, you can contact our quote department directly at (504) 441-RATE (7283) or complete the Online Quote Request form and you will contacted ASAP. After more than 40 years in the insurance business, a few things become very clear. First, insurance is rarely the most exciting topic at a dinner party. Second, people only think about...
Why Personal, Professional Guidance Matters During Difficult Moments
For a quick quote, you can contact our quote department directly at (504) 441-RATE (7283) or complete the Online Quote Request form and you will be contacted ASAP. Difficult moments have a strange talent for arriving uninvited. No calendar reminder. No courtesy call. Just a sudden shift that turns a normal day into a complicated one. Over the years,...
What Policyholders Should Know About Carrier Underwriting Tightening
For a quick quote, you can contact our quote department directly at (504) 441-RATE (7283) or complete the Online Quote Request form and you will be contacted ASAP. After more than 40 years in the insurance business, one thing has become very clear… insurance carriers go through cycles, and right now underwriting is wearing a tighter belt. This doesn’t...
How Insurance Rates Are Shifting in 2026 — A Perspective From the Gulf South
For a quick quote, you can contact our quote department directly at (504) 441-RATE (7283) or complete the Online Quote Request form and you will be contacted ASAP After forty years in this business, insurance has taught me one universal truth: nothing stays the same for long. Rates rise, rates fall, storms come, storms go, and just when it...
The Hidden Cost of Agencies That Don’t Return Phone Calls
by Dan Burghardt, Owner of Dan Burghardt Insurance For a quick quote, you can contact our quote department directly at (504) 441-RATE (7283) or complete the Online Quote Request form and you will be contacted ASAP. After 40 years of serving Louisiana and Mississippi—focusing on New Orleans, Metairie, Kenner, Gretna, St. Bernard, Slidell, Mandeville, Covington, Baton Rouge,...
When the Side Hustle Becomes a Business — What to Know About Insurance
By Dan Burghardt, Owner of Dan Burghardt Insurance For a quick quote, you can contact our quote department directly at (504) 441-RATE (7283) or complete the Online Quote Request form and you will be contacted ASAP. Every great business starts with an idea—and often that idea begins in a garage, a spare bedroom, or on the kitchen table surrounded...
What Happens to Your Insurance When You Retire? Transitioning From Earners to Owners
By Dan Burghardt, Owner of Dan Burghardt Insurance For a quick quote, contact the quote department directly at (504) 441-RATE (7283) or complete the Online Quote Request form and a representative will reach out ASAP. Retirement is that magical time when alarms stop ringing, commutes disappear, and coffee starts tasting like freedom. But while the work...
Mortgage Protection Insurance: Securing Your Home and Your Family’s Future
By Dan Burghardt, Owner of Dan Burghardt Insurance For a quick quote, you can contact our quote department directly at (504) 441-RATE (7283) or complete the Online Quote Request form and you will be contacted ASAP. Owning a home is one of life’s biggest milestones. It’s a proud moment—standing on that freshly cut lawn, jingling the keys like a...










