Properly Insure Your Jewels Today, gold closed at $1309.10 per ounce.  Etler-Kettenacker Agency is urging their clients and friends to re-evaluate your jewelry insurance needs.  In order to properly insure your jewels you will most likely need to have an appraisal performed on your fine jewelry if the pieces have been purchased more than a year ago.  The cost of gold, platinum and some gem stones are going up on a daily basis.  For this reason, it is important to have you...

So you got engaged for Valentine’s Day — congrats! Or maybe your sweetie surprised you with that rose gold bracelet you’ve been subtly dropping hints about for months. Or, perhaps you’re the jewelry buyer, and wondering if you should purchase insurance on your hefty new investment? Today, we’re talking about jewelry insurance; namely, engagement ring insurance (but these rules pretty much apply to any expensive piece of jewelry). What it is: Just...