November 2006 - Posts

• Are You Insured If You Drink And Drive?

  Here's an interesting news development: in South Africa, if you drink and drive, you are considered uninsured! Surprised? Well, it's not the only country where you could be in big trouble. In Canada, if you are found to be operating a car under "illegal" Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 29, 2006 9:37 AM by editor@insuranceguide101.com | 0 Comments

• Insurance You Shouldn't Buy: Credit Card Insurance

  This is one of the biggest scams going! Every one of the credit card companies has tried to sell me this kind of "coverage" at one point or another. They carefully point out that I don't pay any premium for this coverage unless I'm carrying a balance. Read More... Posted Monday, November 20, 2006 3:20 PM by editor@insuranceguide101.com | 0 Comments

• Insurance You Shouldn't Buy: Extended Warranties

  I was listening to my local news radio channel this morning, and heard that Consumer Reports has done a study on extended warranties and found them to be a consumer rip-off. I could have told them that. Extended warranties are essentially a type of insurance. Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 15, 2006 10:12 AM by editor@insuranceguide101.com | 3 Comments

• Little Guy and Big Insurance

  Sometimes, the little guy wins. I was reading in The Epoch Times last week that Mr. Norman Baudisch, representing himself, managed to win an insurance case against a nameless Big Insurer. (The story said the name of the insurer was not important, since Read More... Posted Monday, November 06, 2006 9:43 AM by editor@insuranceguide101.com | 0 Comments