March 2007 - Posts

• 5 Things to Do When Buying Health Insurance

  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 Read More... Posted Thursday, March 29, 2007 8:58 AM by editor@insuranceguide101.com | 5 Comments

• Vanguard Fire and Casualty Goes Bust

  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. Read More... Posted Tuesday, March 27, 2007 4:05 PM by editor@insuranceguide101.com | 0 Comments

• Get Your Car Claim Paid

  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 Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 21, 2007 7:30 AM by editor@insuranceguide101.com | 4 Comments

• Identity Theft Insurance Comes of Age

  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 Read More... Posted Sunday, March 18, 2007 9:05 PM by editor@insuranceguide101.com | 0 Comments

• 6 Steps to the Right Car Insurer

  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 Read More... Posted Friday, March 16, 2007 4:57 AM by editor@insuranceguide101.com | 5 Comments

• Clinton Aims To Triple Health Insurance For Kids

  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, Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 14, 2007 8:47 AM by WealthyGeek | 0 Comments

• Daylight Saving Time and Insurance

  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 Read More... Posted Saturday, March 10, 2007 9:36 AM by editor@insuranceguide101.com | 0 Comments

• Top 5 Reasons to Ditch Your Insurer

  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 Read More... Posted Thursday, March 08, 2007 6:55 AM by editor@insuranceguide101.com | 2 Comments

• Hurricane Rita Claims Top $5 Billion

  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 Read More... Posted Tuesday, March 06, 2007 7:20 PM by editor@insuranceguide101.com | 0 Comments

• Insurer Makes Big Profit On Homeowners Insurance

  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 Read More... Posted Friday, March 02, 2007 8:04 AM by editor@insuranceguide101.com | 4 Comments