Author: Mark Gannaway

Mark A. Gannaway, CPCU, is the Chief Executive Officer and Founding Partner of Arcana Insurance Services, an all-lines property and casualty managing agency that’s been working with real estate investors since it began in 2005.

It’s Time to Review Your Portfolio’s Insurance Values By Mark Gannaway, CPCU Back in the Summer of 2018, I wrote an article for the RE Journal saying, “It’s no secret, the days of purchasing single family homes for investment purposes has become extremely competitive and challenging for the average buyer. No doubt it’s a sellers’ market, especially in major metropolitan areas like Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Phoenix, Portland, and Tampa-St. Petersburg with values appreciating in the last 12 months 8% to 25%. Overpaying for a property typically leads to an unsuccessful ending, especially if you’re financing the property with…

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Business Insurance is a Must By Mark Gannaway, CPCU From one business owner to another, having the correct insurance in place is not easy and not inexpensive.  For Arcana Insurance Services, we dread paying insurance premiums just like you do.  But prudent business owners are always concerned about large uninsured losses that could damage their financial well-being or worse, put them out of business. To give you an idea of what coverages to review with your insurance agent, Arcana purchases a Businessowners Package policy, Businessowners Automobile, Directors and Officers, Crime, Professional Errors and Omissions, Worker’s Compensation, Commercial Umbrella and Health…

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