Cheers to 2026 and 110 Years of Spengler-Stewart
Happy 2026! The new year always makes me excited. I feel like there are so many adventures to be had and can start planning for them. Not sure at this point what adventures but there will be some!
2026 marks 110 years in business for Spengler-Stewart! Guess I need to plan a birthday party. But wow 110 years. This is thanks to our customers and our community. We couldn’t have done this without you. Technology and life have changed so much over the years. But our desire to be of service to our community has not changed. This is where we live and want to be.
On a happy note, 2025 brought us no hurricanes. How wonderful is that? Reading over different journals discovered that even with that accomplishment the first quarter of 2025 was the costliest, globally, for insurance due to Natural Disasters since records started being kept. Can you guess why? To answer that question look to wildfires instead of hurricanes. The California Wildfires. On another piece of trivia – the number of people killed in US car accidents was down by 6.3% early 2025.
If you haven’t guessed by now, I like trivia questions. I’m not good at remembering a lot of it, just find it interesting for some reason. My plan is to start throwing some trivia questions out on Facebook every so often to see if you like trivia as well. I promise it will not be all about insurance.
I mentioned above that we had a good year regarding Natural Disasters here in Louisiana. I know rates are still high. We do find them to be stabilizing. I haven’t seen 30% homeowners increase in a while, about two years ago I saw this on just about everyone I touched it felt like. Remember rates are not just about your claims. It is about everyone’s claims, your individual credit, company’s loss ratio across the nation, your individual claims.
Go out and make 2026 a great year. If you need us for anything just give us a call. We are happy to help.
