Senate backs bill requiring car insurers to offer medical coverage KJCT8.com, CO - 1 hour ago AP - April 29, 2008 7:24 PM ET DENVER (AP) - Colorado drivers would be nudged into buying medical coverage on their car insurance policies under a proposal …
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A Toronto man is suing a Winnipeg Howard Johnson’s motel, claiming he was bitten by bed bugs there. CJOB in Manitoba reports, A Toronto man has filed a civil suit against the Howard Johnson Hotel on Ellice Avenue alleging he caught a case of the bed bugs while rooming at […]
‘It’s a fairly brutal sport and a great way to relieve the stress … Wall Street Journal - 4 minutes “And hopefully you have insurance,” Mr. Kiesel jokes. His gym membership about $50 per month and his home gym equipment totaled about $1500. … Read full […]
Naples? Mary Jane Hiestand of Hideout Golf Club will defend her title in the Florida Women?s State Golf Association Amateur Match Play Championship from May 5-9 at Southern Hills Plantation in Brooksville.Read full story… Share This
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Neighbor accuses official of hitting his truck Columbus — The suspended attorney general’s office manager who is already under investigation for sexual harassment and damage to two state vehicles also may have been involved in a hit-skip accident last…
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This is the official news release from the Texas Department of Insurance about the recent increase in auto liability limits: Minimum Auto Liability Insurance Limits to Increase on April 1 AUSTIN – The minimum amount of automobile liability insurance Texas drivers are required to carry for bodily injury/property damage will increase on April […]
Well America, it has come to this. If you don’t know who Don Siegelman is, I suggest you start HERE. Now for the news update: “WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman has been barred from traveling without getting prior approval. Siegelman tells The Associated Press that he was informed by […]
FDIC: Bank Troubles Expected to Grow at Manageable Pace Submitted by MichaelVail on Tue, 04/29/2008 - 4:38pm. 1984 bank run Enslavement FDIC Federal Deposit Insurance Corp Ministry of Plenty Ministry of Truth troubled-bank list he number of banks in financial trouble nationwide is expected to grow this year, but any failures should be manageable, […]
Desjardins General Insurance offers direct home and auto insurance … Canadian Underwriter, Canada - 23 minutes ago Desjardins General Insurance (DGI) is now offering direct home and auto insurance in Ontario. “We’ve been planning and researching our launch into the …
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I Want Cheap Car Insurance Now! Filed under: Insurance Reader Question: I can get a cheaper car insurance rate via the internet and some of the lesser know insurance carriers, but should I? Sure, some of those “lesser known” carriers are really well run companies that have been around a long […]
Public Meets Private Canadian Underwriter, Canada - 25 minutes ago Even so, one might wonder how Lysyk is adapting to the move from Manitoba, which has a public auto insurance system, to IBC in Ontario, which has Canada’s …
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A lawyer is run down by a car, then a man is shot down in a cafe. The only common link was that they were both caught on camera in a pedophile sting, and the team hunts for a vigilante.
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LEARN MORE Injuryboard on insurers Injuryboard on insurer profits in Florida Kaiser Family Foundation IMAGE SOURCE: WikiMedia Commons/ man woman icon/author: Anonmoos A survey finds that seven percent of Americans or someone in their family, […]
Is Your Insurance Company Robbing You? Filed under: Insurance Is your insurance company making huge profits…while cutting back on claims they pay out? Insurance companies do try to recover their losses whenever they feel they have just cause. Because they have a responsibility to stockholders to be profitable, and so […]
Brokers set for come back, says Defaqto Post Magazine (subscription), UK - 3 hours ago The company claims that while aggregators have been seen as the enemy by some, savvy brokers can ensure a significant amount of car insurance business …
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In the very near future, I’m going to have to change my automobile insurance provider, for reasons best not discussed here. (You know who you are.) So today, I’ve spent some time calling various insurance companies to get quotes. Here is part of the actual conversation I had with the American Family insurance agent: […]
LOS ANGELES, Calif. and LONDON, England — Los Angeles Attorney, Frederick A. Romero, a decorated United States Marine Corp. veteran, who has been awarded the Purple Heart medal and was previously honorably discharged as a sergeant, has requested the United Nations, European Union and Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to impose trade sanctions against […]
Yesterday, Blawgletter rhapsodized on The Value of Class Actions to consumers. Today we speak of their riskiness to class counsel. The Fifth Circuit will help us illustrate the point. Last Friday, the court affirmed summary judgment against a class of pension plan participants and beneficiaries. In Kirschbaum v. Reliant Energy, […]
I am reading Paulo Coehlo’s fantastic book “The Zahir“. There is a paragraph on Page 18 that speaks to the syndrome called “Self-esteem Insurance Syndrome” (name made up by me). This syndrome affects many Wannabe entrepreneurs and in general many people who are putting off “identifying their purpose” and taking solid steps towards realizing […]
Canadians haven’t learned their insurance ABCs Canadian Underwriter, Canada - 24 minutes ago Among the most prevalent myths among Canadians about insurance is that a person’s health condition matters for the purpose of calculating car insurance …
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Sainsbury’s Home Insurance warns tree-planters about subsidence Money News, UK - 1 hour ago Yesterday Sainsbury’s Car Insurance advised people to ensure that their child is issued with the appropriate safety seating before going on the school run.
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How safe is your workplace? Do you inspect hand and power tools regularly for wear and tear? Do all four feet of your stepladders rest on the same surface area? Are you able to move around your stockroom easily without moving things? Are your sprinklers visible and fire extinguishers easy to reach? Do […]
I heard the strangest radio commercial the other day. In the state of Massachusetts it is against the law to NOT have individual health insurance! The consequence for not having it is a tax penalty. Now I has really had time listening to it seeing as my son was chatting up a storm but I […]
The Latest News on the Tampa Real Estate Market and Everything You need to know about buying a house in Tampa, every day… Another article in my series on “Florida Insurance Issues”… Commonly known as an “Umbrella Policy”, Personal Liability Insurance “kicks in” after the limits on your Homeowner’s Insurance, Auto Insurance […]
Blah Blah Blah Blah QuestionGirl 04/29/2008 - 11:14 am Big fucking deal. More threats. And if they show up and testify, then what? Is someone going to be charged with human rights violations? War crimes? I think not. Yesterday there were hearings with former KBR employees testifying to the waste […]
Costs for long-term care rise for fifth straight year April 29 A new study shows that costs associated with long-term care for the elderly and patients with chronic illnesses have increased 18 percent during the last five years in areas surrounding Manhattan, including Westchester, Rockland and Putnam counties. […]
Today, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has released a new study on health insurance costs that shows enormous increases that far outpace income. According to the press release issued along with the report “the cost of family health insurance nationwide is increasing dramatically for employees without anywhere near an equivalent increase in […]
I came across this Associated Press article: Paying for gasoline easily tops the list of economic woes facing families in the United States, according to a survey on how changes in the economy have affected people’s lives. About 44 percent of survey participants said paying for gasoline was a “serious problem” for them. […]
Drivers could save if insurance limits lowered Detroit Free Press, United States - 1 hour ago Their push is certain to rekindle debate over how to reduce auto insurance rates, especially in Detroit, where estimates suggest half of motorists drive … Drivers could save if […]
With gas heading for $10/gal (maybe), automakers aren’t raking in the bucks. But oil companies are. Marketwatch reports that British Petroleum and Royal Dutch Shell both released 1Q profit numbers yesterday, and the results would make any automaker drool a little. BP made $7.2b in the last three months, beating analysts expectations by over a […]
Texas families saw their health insurance premiums soar 40 percent in five years — 10 times faster than their incomes increased, according to a report being released today by a national foundation that promotes health care improvement. Nationally, Texas ranked third — behind Oklahoma and Idaho — in premium increases from 2001 to 2005, […]
Some good news at the national level from the April 23, 2008 edition of The Hill:Dems hedge on healthcare By Manu Raju Congressional Democrats are backing away from healthcare reform promises made by their two presidential candidates, saying that even if their party controls the White House and Congress, sweeping change will be difficult. […]
Attorney General suggests the Mob may be dabbling in energy markets Are criminal elements controlling and manipulating the energy markets? It’s not a question posed by a paranoid blogger, but by the Attorney General of the United States. In […]
For those not in the known: watch as I turn back the tables of time with this funky, scratchy mix (supply your own beats). About a week ago, Fragcast’s Genki Rocket posted an image of the recently released Okami box-art for the Nintendo Wii, and pointed out one particularly interesting observation: the […]
In the new film, Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the city streets.
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Hello, my name is Kyla [LastName] and on March 1st, 2008, my children became part of the 1.5 million uninsured Texas children. My daughter had been covered by the [Previous Insurance] Plan which closed its program at the end of February. When we discovered we would have to find alternate coverage, I optimistically assumed that […]
There was, of course, one very important unanswered question in the wake of last week’s announcement of Liberty Mutual’s planned acquisition of Safeco. That question has been answered. Seen in Insurance Journal: A Safeco Corp. spokesman says the Seattle Mariners’ home field will continue to be called Safeco Field, despite Liberty Mutual […]
The only way you can be certain that you are getting the cheapest car insurance is by narrowing down your list of criteria for your auto insurance coverage and then taking that specific list to many different companies for them to quote on. Too often what happens is that car insurance companies dictate to […]
Sunday Snapshots April 28th, 2008 I don’t have a camera on my cell phone. I’m probably about the only person left who doesn’t. Besides the fact that I am somewhat of a purist (phones are for contacting someone, not taking pictures, playing games, or surfing the web), I just never […]
Below is the press release about the new autism legislation that New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez unveiled this morning in Weehawken, in Hudson County in northern New Jersey. The legislation has three parts: The creation of “autism navigators” to help families “navigate” their way through services, treatment options, and much more; the development and […]