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During harvest season, fire is always a risk on a farm. It’s especially dangerous if the summer has been hot and dry, like 2021...Full story

There’s a lot of complicated and confusing jargon in the insurance business. Having a local independent insurance agent by your side can help clarify things. Reading about insurance words online (for example, in the Mutual Understanding blog) is another way to get more understanding of what something...Full story

Recently there have been a number of articles about the aging American workforce. In short, there aren’t as many people available for work in Generation X, the Millennial generation, and the generations in school right now as there were during...Full story

Like so many other things, the home construction business was turned upside down during the COVID-19 pandemic. It was even kind of uncertain for a while earlier this year. Despite all that, the U.S. Census Bureau reports that ...Full story

The Hastings Mutual Insurance Company Charitable Foundation recognizes the contributions of nonprofit organizations in the communities we serve. Each month, we’ll honor one of those organizations as our Nonprofit of the Month. ...Full story

If you’ll pardon a pun, the amount of hops stored by growers, brewers, and others “grew” 3% from March 1, 2020, to March 1, 2021. That’s in the three northwestern states where most hops are grown, but that’s not the only place you’ll find this key ingredient...Full story

It’s summer, the perfect time to get some of that outdoor work done. Maybe you’ve been planning a do-it-yourself project or you’re hiring an expert crew for something big. Once the design is done and the tools and supplies are in place, there’s one...Full story

Here at Hastings, we’re returning to the office — or at least some of us are. The company decided to go to a hybrid model, with employees at home part of the work week and at home for the remainder. Then, of course, we have ...Full story

We recently told our local independent insurance agent partners that we’re making more of the information they need available online. The records we shifted to being completely electronic were formerly generated each month, then printed and mailed to agencies. A lot...Full story

When I was in college, I rented an apartment near campus so I could walk to class every day (there was never enough student parking to make it worth driving). I shared the apartment with a roommate, which was fun, but not the same ...Full story

What is GAP coverage?

It’s an old story: you’re driving home on the route you take every day. It’s late in the afternoon and there’s not much traffic. It feels like you can relax a bit, so when you hear the sound of a new text on your phone, you...Full story

A barn fire can be one of the most devastating experiences you ever have on your farm. If it does happen, our Farmowners coverage helps pay the replacement cost for outbuildings and other expenses related to the loss of a barn.

Your Hastings insurance coverage is an excellent tool for...Full story

You may have heard about the high price of lumber this summer. Analysts aren’t exactly sure why it’s happening — maybe an increase in demand now that some work is starting to return to the level it was before the COVID-19 lockdowns. Perhaps it’s because of transportation issues, or taxes.

No...Full story

At Hastings Mutual, we’re always trying to improve our website and bring you more valuable online services (among the many other things we offer). The challenge, though, is often right at the starting line: what do our customers want?

• Is it more simple-to-use...Full story