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News & Views: My Gardening Hobby

Newsletter – Friday, June 1, 2018
I have this romantic impression of farming. When I was younger, I bought my farm. It was my idyllic life – a gentleman farmer, a couple pigs, some chickens, a cow or two. I had my back-forty acres to mow with a real tractor and of course, I needed a garden. Many years later, the animals are gone, I pay someone to mow, the farmhouse has basically been rebuilt and the garden is now raised beds. I still love my farm; there is always outside work and maintenance to keep me busy. And every year, I plant my vegetable garden, knowing full well that I’ll be buying all of my veggies at the local farmer’s market. 
 
I have a love/dread relationship with my garden. I love tilling it, and the way the fresh- turned soil looks and smells in the spring. I love planning and buying my vegetable plants – oh the possibilities! I love planting it and watching the plants grow. And then, suddenly and all too soon, so do the weeds! I give myself about 4 weeks of weeding and then slowly, the weeds gain ascendency and finally, it is every plant for itself. 
 
My real job is actually very relatable to my gardening hobby. To grow our business Tuscano must cultivate relationships. And we recognize we have relationships in every stage of growth. Your relationship might be new and tentative, it may have deep roots, or there may be weeds that are hindering it but we want those out of the way! OK – enough with the analogies! We are in the relationship business and I hope your relationship with us is so much more than this bi-monthly newsletter! 
 
As summer kicks into high gear, more and more contractors will be ramping up their business. Tuscano is the perfect partner for you when writing contracting accounts, whether you have a new venture, or they have been in business for 20 years. We can write demolition contractors, roofers, or tree trimmers. When it comes to writing trade contractors we can provide blanket additional insured coverage along with the waiver of subrogation very easily. It doesn’t matter if you have a large or small account, our underwriters can give you a quick answer about markets that may write the risk and often an indication of how much it will be. If you are a DIYer, check out the GL Rate Now tool on our website which can give you a rate indication on any GL class in seconds. 
 
We have several contract binding markets to support your contractor and GC accounts. Additionally, we can write the builders’ risk for ground-up construction or coverage for renovations while the contractor or owner is working on a property to resell it. We can also insure the property while it is sitting vacant. We can help with contractor’s pollution or the contractor’s equipment coverage. We love writing contractors of all types and sizes! 
 
We are looking forward to helping you out with your next brokerage risk and cultivating the relationship between you and Tuscano. While you are at it, send me your favorite recipe for zucchini - I have four zucchini plants in the garden and we can never eat as much as they produce and now the neighbors hide when they see us coming!
 
Happy Summer!
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