Insurance

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The Different Vehicle Insurance Coverage

It is truly important to know what vehicle insurance coverage you will purchase. Our vehicle means a lot to us. Without it, we would have a hard time going from one place to the other. However, accidents are inevitable especially when the number of vehicles and reckless drivers on the road are … [Read More...]

The Importance of Military Insurance

Military insurance is extremely essential for army personnel. The basic task of a military member is to guard their country. However, it is their major duties to protect their health, houses and families. That is why there is no excuse for getting the insurance to cover all these necessary and … [Read More...]

Temporary insurance for rented cars

Temporary insurance as the name suggests is a short-term and affordable insurance. Among the people who can have this kind of insurance are those temporary car drivers. These drivers are those who do not have a car of their own; instead they borrow or rent from their friends. They do this if they … [Read More...]

Know how to Compare Auto Insurance Provider

Knowing how to compare auto insurance is always difficult, especially if you do not know how to assess if the insurance company is reliable. However, once you have figured out how, you will never get another bad insurance quote ever again. This article will help you on that matter by revealing the … [Read More...]

Importance of Building Insurance

Building insurance is a must, especially when you have your own building or you need protection for your home’s structure and properties. Persons and business that have plant facilities, office buildings or rental properties where the structure is leased out to others frequently find that … [Read More...]

Ideas about Term Insurance Quotes

Well, talking about term insurance quotes, it may seem so easy to make up a decision. It is probably, so easy to find a quote. Actually, it is quite easy, they write almost everywhere that you are to get quotes from several agencies you have in your state and city and compare them. Quite easy, if … [Read More...]

Understanding the worth of event insurance

Event insurance is intended for those people who are planning to throw an event like a wedding, sporting event, birthday, competition, and other. Regardless of how much you have in the budget as well as how you will prepare it, you cannot be assured that the event will be free from any … [Read More...]

An overview on condo insurance coverage

It is important that you buy a condo insurance to avoid big expenses in case there are problems or damages that will happen in your unit. To be able to live in a condominium is probably one of the greatest desires of a lot of people. Since, you have that dream that others still do not have, you … [Read More...]

The benefits of cancer insurance and why you need it

Cancer insurance is a type of supplement health insurance plan that helps prevent the risk of cancer as well as reduce the costs of treatment for cancer. Cancer is a very dreadful disease, which needs long-term and expensive medication; so it will be best if you prepare and apply for cancer … [Read More...]

Why there is a need to buy health insurance

If you are thinking if you are going to buy health insurance or not, there are a lot of things that you must know to make your decision easy. Health insurance is probably one of the greatest investments you will have for your self. When you buy health insurance, you will put your mind at peace … [Read More...]

Insurance News

Castle Personal Insurance Brokers sinks into administration

Expensive acquisitions led to Hertfordshire broker’s collapseHertfordshire-based brokerage Castle Personal Insurance Brokers Ltd went into administration on 9 May.The company was headquartered in Hemel Hempstead and operated a second site in Cwmbran, South Wales. Tony Murphy and Paul Boyle of … [Read More...]

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Wisconsin Insurance Broker Invites Local Veterans on a Trip to Honor Their Past

PR WebFond du Lac, WI (PRWEB) May 16, 2012As key players in a major turning point in history, World War II veterans are respected as a generation of brave and selfless individuals who helped the United States become what it is today.wisconsin Although the number of living WWII veterans decreases … [Read More...]

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The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers Joins Forces with Starke Insurance Services to Open New California Insurance Office

PR WebWoodland Hills, CA (PRWEB) May 16, 2012The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers is proud to announce a new partnership with Jack E. Starke of Starke Insurance Services, and the opening of a new location in Hollister, California.company Starke brings his 25 years of insurance experience and … [Read More...]

Auto Insurance

Highway Deaths Per Mile Fall to Record Low

(AP) Highway deaths declined again last year, reaching their lowest rate when compared to miles driven since such record-keeping began in 1921, according preliminary government data released Monday.The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's early estimate of 2011 traffic fatalities … [Read More...]

U.S. ban sought on cell phone use while driving

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood called on Thursday for a federal law to ban talking on a cell phone or texting while driving any type of vehicle on any road in the country.Tough federal legislation is the only way to deal with what he called a "national epidemic," he … [Read More...]

Teen girls take more risks behind wheel, study finds

(CNN) -- A new study suggests that teen girls are far more likely than boys to engage in distracted driving behavior."There's a remarkable difference between boys and girls when it comes to distracting driving habits. In almost every category we surveyed ... girls are more likely to engage in … [Read More...]

Health Insurance

Is world outpacing U.S. on health care?

Even as Americans debate whether President Obama’s health-care law and its promise of guaranteed health coverage should be scrapped, many far less affluent nations are moving in the opposite direction — to provide medical insurance to all citizens.China, after years of underfunding health care, … [Read More...]

Insurers must credit ObamaCare when giving new round of rebates, feds say

Health-insurance companies must tell customers who get a premium rebate this summer that the check is the result of the Obama administration's health-care law, according to federal guidelines released Friday. The move is the latest sign the Obama administration is trying to draw attention to the … [Read More...]

Most Workers Lack Disability Insurance, Survey Finds

Two-thirds of Americans who work in the private sector lack disability insurance, even though most workers say missing work for three months or more because of sickness or injury would cause “financial hardship,” a new survey finds.The survey was conducted for the Consumer Federation of America, … [Read More...]

Homeowners Insurance

FAIR insurance plan rate increase rejected

insurancerejectedMassachusetts has rejected a proposed rake hike for home insurance policies under a plan used by consumers who couldn't get insurance otherwise, and rates will stay in place. Last November, the Massachusetts Property Insurance Underwriters Association (MPIUA) proposed a 6.7 percent … [Read More...]

Industry Fights for Long-Term NFIP Extension at Senate Hearing

extensionlongAs another deadline approaches for the National Flood Insurance Program, advocacy groups are taking to Capitol Hill this week as Democrats and Republicans attempt to put together an amicable long-term extension before May 31. Leading the way on Capitol Hill are the Property Casualty … [Read More...]

Flood insurance debate resumes as deadline nears

floodinsurance(Reuters) - Federal officials are putting fresh pressure on Congress to take action on the National Flood Insurance Program, whose authorization expires at the end of this month, one day before hurricane season begins. The NFIP has been a political football in Washington for years, … [Read More...]

Life Insurance

Too Cash Strapped for Longevity, Many Consumers also Lack Life Insurance

With age comes wisdom supposedly, but even as more Americans are living longer they are not financially prepared for their retirement years and also lack life insurance.According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the average American’s life expectancy has increased to 75.7 years for men … [Read More...]

MetLife reaches $40 million settlement with Florida regulators

State officials have a $40 million settlement with nine Metropolitan Life insurance companies regarding the location of life and annuity beneficiaries and the reporting of unclaimed property.The settlement could result in a return of more than $9 million to some 15,000 Florida policy owners … [Read More...]

Wrap Contracts Coming Back Strong Among Insurers

New York Life found that despite low interest rates, 50 percent of retirement-plan participants use stable value products, which are classified as principal preservation investment solutions.“Since the financial crisis of 2008, on average more than 20 percent of retirement assets have been … [Read More...]

Insurance Journal

Allstate Looks to Grow Florida Agency Force Again

Allstate’s Florida says it wants to add dozens of new agencies along with support staff jobs across the state, mostly in north and central Florida. Allstate said its 2012 agency strategy should create approximately 100 new jobs in Florida. “We expect to appoint at least a couple dozen … [Read More...]

Attorney: Wisconsin Officials Can Ban Weapons at Polls

Local governments can ban concealed weapons at all manner of polling sites, from city halls to assisted living facilities, state election officials have concluded. Elections appear to qualify as special events under Wisconsin’s concealed carry law, Government Accountability Board attorney Mike … [Read More...]

Golden Eagle Names Wallick Regional Vice President for Mid-California

San Diego, Calif.-based Golden Eagle Insurance, a Liberty Mutual Agency Corp. regional company, named Peter F. Wallick to Regional Vice President for the company’s mid-California region. Wallick will be responsible for the profitable growth of commercial lines and maintaining relationships with … [Read More...]