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Ever heard of a Health Savings Account (HSA)? An article in the Observer-Reporter Online looks at Health Savings Accounts and some creative ways that they can be used. In fact, these are a great way to allow you to accumulate tax-free dollars to pay for...
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Can't get insurance through your employer? Self employed? Need to get your own private insurance? Here's some things to remember when finding a health insurer on your own: 1. Talk to you doctor! If you have to apply for health insurance , talk to your...
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It doesn't happen often, but it does happen: a story reported by the Florida Times-Union says that Vanguard Fire and Casualty Company was ordered into liquidation, after government officials discovered that it didn't have sufficient reserves to pay claimants....
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If there is any problem with an insurer that really creates stress, it's the whole issue of getting a valid claim paid. The most frequent type of claim? Well, unless you live in hurricane-battered Florida, the most likely type of claim that you will file...
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I have generally recommended against identity theft insurance . I thought it was a rip-off when the insurance products provided you with minimal money to get help with a process that could take years. Why bother? I regularly told readers just to buy a...
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Are you fed up with your current auto insurer? Want to get a new one? Switching from one insurance company to another is not as difficult as you might think -- and it could be well worth any aggravation, if you finally get the right insurer. The issue...
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New bill would offer coverage to practically all uninsured children in America In what the New York Times has called a ‘building block’ to her presidential campaign, New York Senator Hillary Clinton, along with Michigan Representative John D. Dingell,...
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While you'd never think that Daylight Saving Time and insurance could have anything to do with each other -- they do. In fact, I did a blog post in the past few months about sleep and insurance , and that's where you find that Daylight Saving Time makes...
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After following the fall-out from Katrina and the performance of a number of insurers in relation to their claims pay-outs , it seemed to me that we should all be reviewing our insurance carriers very carefully. How do you know when you should ditch your...
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According to an article by The Advocate, claims for Hurricane Rita total $5.4 billion. In fact, Hurricane Rita generated more than 420,000 insurance claims in Texas and Louisiana combined. This could be a surprise since Rita has been overshadowed by Hurricane...
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A.I.G. posted fourth quarter net income of $3.44 billion, even with the fall-out from 2005 claims, according to a New York Times story . Despite $390 million of claims from Hurricane Wilma alone, A.I.G. made almost 8 times as much this year as they did...
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After watching the Oscars, I got to thinking: what if there was an award for insurance company "performances"? What would it be for? Who would get one? In the wake of our post-Oscar hangover, let me start the trend with the first annual "Insurance Bomb"...
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Think it can't happen to you? American Idol contestant Diana DeGarmo had her identity stolen according to an article at Bankrate.com. DeGarmo was runner-up in season three of the hit tv show. I did a blog recently on how American Idol and insurance were...
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After a couple of harrowing years, with property insurance rates skyrocketing, Florida residents may just get a break. It looks like car insurance rates will fall when the no-fault insurance legislation expires later this year, according to an article...
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Glenn Ross over at AllBusiness Blog posted a challenge to blog on 12 topics I'd write about if I owned a business (insert business type). I've decided to take up this challenge, and write about the 12 topics I'd blog on if I owned an insurance company....
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