If you use an insurance agent to obtain your insurance policy then that insurance agent has certain responsibilities that are imposed by law. When an insurance agent undertakes to procure insurance for a party, with a view to earning a commission, he becomes the party’s agent and owes a duty to the party to act with reasonable care, skill and diligence. If an agent is unable to obtain the insurance you sought, he has a duty to timely notify you. The failure to procure the appropriate coverage or the failure to timely notify you will render an agent liable damages. Read More »
Published March 31, 2010 – 4:36 am
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There’s no doubt about it: If you’ve been convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, you’ll face car insurance challenges. No matter what you do, your auto insurance premium will increase when your insurer finds out. However, there are still ways to find affordable auto insurance quotes after your unfortunate brush with the law.
Is there any DUI forgiveness?
DUI car insuranceSome car insurance companies will forgive your first at-fault car accident, but none will ignore a DUI conviction. However, insurers vary in how much hurt they’re going to put on you. Some will cancel your policy, or refuse to renew it, after learning of your conviction. If that happens, you’ll be forced to look for car insurance with two dark marks on your record – a DUI and a cancellation. Read More »
If you drive your car and cause an accident, your insurance will pay for the damages you cause, as defined in your policy. If your friend crashes your car, you may assume that he, and his car insurance, will pay for damages. In fact, you are on the hook. Here are a number of accident scenarios and what you can expect to happen.
Scenario No. 1: Your friend drives your car and causes an accident with minimal damage
If you loan your car to a friend, he causes an accident and both of you have car insurance, your insurance will pay and you’ll have to pay your deductible. The reason? Your auto insurance policy insures your vehicle plus “you, any relative, and anyone else using your car if the use is (or reasonably believed to be) with your permission.” Read More »
You’ll likely have a lot of questions as you shop for life insurance quotes — not only about what you’re buying, but also about what can happen after your purchase. Here are common questions about life insurance.
Can I have more than one life insurance policy?
Yes, you can have multiple policies from the same or different life insurance companies. For example, you could have a permanent life insurance policy and also a term life policy for a short-term need. But if you apply for more insurance coverage than your situation indicates you need, the insurance companies will likely ask why. Read More »
Asthma is a growing medical problem in the United States, and a growing concern for life insurance companies facing a rise in the number of policyholders with this condition.
The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute reports that in 2009, 22 million Americans will be diagnosed with asthma, of which 6 million will be children. Last year, 5,000 people died from asthma.
Genetic predisposition to asthma, combined with air pollution, has led asthma rates to more than double in the last 17 years. Despite the serious nature of asthma, many of those with the condition can buy affordable life insurance.
The severity of your asthma determines how much you will pay for life insurance. A person with severe, persistent asthma is going to pay more for life insurance than someone with a mild, intermittent variety. Just as important is how you respond to treatments. Read More »
The emergence of credit cards has certainly revolutionized the way people shop. Imagine, you don’t have to bring wads of cash when you go shopping! The thing is, many go about buying things through their credit cards without monitoring their balances or being wary of the fact that they may not be able to pay their bill on time. As it is, they accumulate credit card debts that they find hard to cope with month after month.
Good if the credit card company does not charge interest for delayed payments, but that’s not usually the case at all. The unpaid balance also earns interest and if you only keep on paying the minimum amount required by the credit card company, it will take so many years before you can actually zero-out your account.
You may think there’s no way out of your pitiable financial situation, but you must know that there are debt settlement or management solutions worth looking into, among which is debt consolidation.
Simply put, debt consolidation is the process of consolidating your loans into one. Read More »
Published September 1, 2010 – 4:31 am
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Can a person paying a bank loan for a car give up the insurance company imposed by the bank?
The instability of banking and car insurance services hit all financial institutions customers – both depositors and borrowers. Dozens of insurance companies, which were pets of banks during the credit boom, are in the process of liquidation now. It’s time to give up the insurer, if you don’t want to be without payments in case of an accident, even if the bank opposes.
Is it worth the candle?
Recently, insurance companies are often “failing” in the middle of the insurance contract period or they have difficulties, which the bank doesn’t want to notice. But even a normal company can be annoying with delaying payments or excessive investigations that could suggest to a client change the company.
Termination of an insurance contract in the middle of the term will not bring good news for a borrower. First of all, the company should take 30-35% of 100% the insurance premium amount for conducting of the case that is not returned. The remaining money will be refunded minus the period during which the contract acted. But if any payments took place during the period of the contract, they will be also kept back.
The law states that the insurance is obligatory, but a bank cannot impose an insurance company. Read More »
BRAINTREE, Mass., July 7 /PRNewswire/ — U.S. application activity for individually underwritten life insurance declined -3.9% in June year-over-year, all ages combined, according to the MIB Life Index(SM). June’s decline was the largest year-over-year drop in U.S. application volume since March 2009. Overall, the U.S. Life Index experienced alternating monthly gains and losses over the first two quarters of the year resulting in application activity being off fractionally at June’s close, down -0.2% YTD. June’s activity was off -1.4% from May levels; declines are atypical for this time period.
The U.S. MIB Life Index by age group for June showed ages 0-44, off -7.2%; ages 45-59, off -3.1%; and ages 60+, up +8.1% year-over-year. After growth in ten of the last twelve months, ages 45-59 had its largest year-over-year percentage decline since May 2009. Activity in the 60+ age group has paused from double digit growth to single digit for the first time since March 2009.
The premier destination for shopping and comparing auto insurance quotes, reminds drivers if they haven’t compared car insurance quotes in more than a year, they could be losing money – a lot of money!
“Car insurance rates are always changing, whether from market conditions or because of changes in a driver’s personal life,” says Rob Klapper, insurance.com CEO. “Buying a new home, getting married, even growing a year older – these are all things that signal a need to shop and compare quotes to see if you’re entitled to a lower rate.”
Insurance.com recommends drivers review their current policy to: — Make sure they’re getting all the discounts they’re entitled to, from good grades to paying online, — Adjust their coverage based on the value of their vehicle, — Set a higher deductible, if they can afford it; and, — Watch their credit, as that can affect premium price as well. Read More »
On Wall Street, stocks surged after a series of optimistic about corporate earnings reports and a notice of unemployment provided further evidence of an improving economy. Dow Jones industrial average rose 122 , 05 points, or 1.1%, to settle at 11167.32, which in two days and an advance sum of 175.33. The Standard Poor #39; s 500 Index was up 15.42 points, or 1.3%, to 1206.78, while the Nasdaq composite index rose 40.19 points,1000or 1.6%, to 2511.92. The Labor Department said applications for unemployment compensation fell last week. And companies like Motorola, Time Warner Cable and Starwood Hotels Resorts reported earnings that matched the best forecasts of analysts. It was the second straight day of gains on the market after a crash observed Tuesday, when the Dow lost 213 points. The debt problems of Greece, one of the events that triggered the collapse, seemed less serious on Wednesday and Thursday, and that allowed investors to focus on increasing signs the U.S. economy is healing. In Europe, the FTSE 100, which brings together Britain”s capitalized companies, closed at a rise of 31.23 points, or 0.6%, at 5617.84, while the German DAX 60 rose , 57 points, 1%, to 6144.91. The French CAC-40 ended with an increase of 53.62 whole, 1.4%, at 3840.62. Read More »
Published May 4, 2010 – 4:07 pm
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – NASA is considering a plan to deal with the limited budgets set by Washington, extending a mission to bring back samples from Mars, a researcher said Wednesday. ” It makes the program more affordable, “he told reporters in a conference call Steve Squyres, an astronomer at Cornell University, who heads the Mars Exploration Rover mission. ” It reduces the cost per year to do that, “he said. The U.S. space agency has for 6,000 million dollars in the last federal budget, but President Barack Obama has said it is time abandon the costly program “Constellation” to carry astronauts to the moon and instead focus on Mars. Squyres, speaking at a conference in Texas on the search for extraterrestrial life, said the new approach does not affect the work with which his team is exploring Mars using robots. “We all want to see humans on Mars, taking samples,” he said, but added that the “details” are not important. FOSSILS IN PLASTER Some other scientists at the meeting in Texas said they had better evidence that this mission could find evidence of life on Mars, if ever there was one. For example, the vast field of gypsum that cover much of the planet”s surface could contain evidence, said Bill Schopf of the University of California in Los Angeles. Read More »
Published May 4, 2010 – 7:06 am
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“Voters ousted yesterday a political and economic system we”ve got to build another. Will present first a tax reform plan, another to bring down the state bureaucracy and a third for local governments,” said Orban, at its first conference reporters after the victory. The new parliament out of yesterday”s vote shall be convened by the President on May 17 and Orban, former prime minister between 1998 and 2002, be elected mayor in the first session. Fidesz won a historic two-thirds majority in the future Hungarian parliament, in the second round of elections because of the 57 disputed mandates won 53 and totaled 263 about 386 seats in parliament in Budapest. In the first round, on April 11, Fidesz had won 52.7 percent of the vote, also a record. Socialists, in power until now for eight years, had obtained in the first round 19.3 percent, finishing in second place. With the round on Sunday, reaching 59 seats in parliament. Read More »
Published April 28, 2010 – 4:02 pm
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PHOENIX (Reuters) – With new Arizona state measures against illegal immigrants, Guatemalan Samuel Roldan change the family Chevy Suburban for a Nissan, which in his opinion is not characteristic of low-income immigrants. Roland was among the estimated 460,000 illegal immigrants in Arizona-Mexico border state, which evaluates its options on Monday, three days after Governor Jan Brewer immigration law enacted tougher United States. “The old have a car (covered) with stickers of a Spanish radio station (…) is logical to think that you”re Hispanic and you do not have papers” said Roland. Ready to go into effect 90 days after the suspension of the legislative session in Arizona, the Republican-backed measure requires state and local police to determine if people are in the country legally. Critics say the law opens the door to differentiate people by their racial profiling. The law, which also makes it a felony to transport illegal immigrants and contract workers per day foreigners, created pressure on the undocumented workforce in Arizona, the main corridor for illegal immigrants from Mexico. Some, like Roland, 34, who has a steady job at a store and three daughters born in America who go to schools in Phoenix, plan to stay in Arizona, lower profile and wait to see how the law affects them. Others, such as temporary worker Jesus Aguilar, 52, said the measure would leave little choice but to leave Arizona and seek their fortunes elsewhere. Read More »
Published April 27, 2010 – 11:07 am
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Tip: be aware of the achievements and not live complaining is something we all learn. TAURUS (APRIL 21 TO MAY 21) – The speculation and unclear reign the day your workplace, try to keep a low profile. Faced with an order will feel obliged to have to make an emotional decision. Hint: we must learn to regard as something serious things that happen to our loved ones. GEMINI (MAY 22 TO 21 JUNE) – Tenderness and kindness in amorous encounters. There are things that arise when they are deep and can not handle. It carries with it the upper hand in labor because it will be recognized. Tip: everything comes, the chance of success we have it all. CANCER ( JUNE 22 TO JULY 23) – Achieve a success in the labor area. Behind the scenes in an unclear situation will want to sprinkle your day with joy. Do not let yourself grieve, ask what you need because it will be heard. Tip: If you do not say we need the other may not know. LEO (JULY 24 TO AUGUST 210003) – We present a similar situation in the area of their activities should seek early resolution. The environment is not easy but still be able to solve. There is something that comes into your life is important. Hint: to know that we always have to fight for something. VIRGO (AUGUST 24 TO SEPTEMBER 23) – The special attention that a person will show you about their problem will become. Learn to deliver your things where you know you can and can not in any way. Hint: not everyone is able to detect subtle than we are.
LIBRA (SEPTEMBER 24 TO OCTOBER 23) – The peculiarity of the way will give you a great opportunity in the labor field. Read More »
Published April 26, 2010 – 5:01 pm
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LONDON (Reuters) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Great Britain apologized on Saturday a memorandum of a public official who suggested that Pope Benedict XVI should start a hall of abortions in a hospital when he visits the country this year. The document, leaked to the Sunday Telegraph newspaper, also included suggestions that the pope would bless a homosexual marriage and throwing condoms papal flag when it comes to Britain in September. Britain”s ambassador to the Vatican despite the government said senior Church officials said the Foreign Office. “This is a document that clearly insane in any way reflect the policy or vision of the United Kingdom, “said a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. ” Many of the ideas of the document are clearly misguided, naive and disrespectful, “he added . public official”s proposals, outlined in a memorandum entitled “The ideal visit would include …”, circulated among officials in the office of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown in Downing Street , and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The memorandum, which had a note by admitting that some of the plans were “exaggerated,” also alluded to the sexual scandals involving priests in a number of countries and suggested that the pope should launch a helpline for abused children. Read More »
Published April 25, 2010 – 1:06 pm
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