Q&A: Quick advice for the life insurance novice

February 7, 2012

Life insurance, while simple in principal, has been transformed over the years into a complex product with many different benefits and additional coverages that can be attached to the main policy. Here are three benefits of this growth that you might not be familiar with and should consider when you compare life insurance quotes: Return [...]

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Some States Offering Open Enrollment For Child Insurance

January 17, 2012
Tags: Insurance

Residents in Kansas can now sign up for child-only health insurance. The legislation, signed into law in early June allows children  under the age of 19 to be included in insurance plans provided there is no similar, child-only coverage available at the county level. Many Kansas insurance providers stopped selling insurance to those under the [...]

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III urges consumers to prevent being underinsured

January 10, 2012

The Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.) recently offered up tips to consumers to help them start 2012 off the right way by avoiding costly insurance mistakes. The start of a new year is indeed a time when consumers are often looking for ways to save money on monthly expenses. But those same consumers need to be [...]

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Number Covered By Workers’ Comp Makes Big Decline

December 16, 2011

A new report from the National Academy of Social Insurance found that the number of workers covered by workers’ compensation dropped by 4.4 percent in 2009. That’s the biggest decline in two decades. Employer costs for benefits fell by 7.6 percent to $73.9 billion, which is due to the overall decline in jobs. The main [...]

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Know when to submit a claim to your auto insurance company

December 5, 2011

When you are involved in a car accident or your car is damaged in some way, your first instinct might be to contact your insurance company to report a claim. After all, this is what you pay insurance premiums for, right? Not necessarily. You may want to reconsider before you pick up the phone to [...]

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