How many of us actually read our insurance policy documents when they drop through the letterbox? Insurance Blogger has just renewed my home insurance and the particular policy booklet is thicker than the local freeads, that arrived at the same time. So this got me thinking about all those people who purchase home insurance cover online and are probably under-insured in some minor or major way!
Although many people who own their own houses in the UK are likely to have some type of basic insurance policy on their property, the extent of that cover, sometimes turns out to be entirely inadequate for the misfortunate few who thought they had bought a good deal.
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The National Association of Realtors (NAR) is pushing for long-term reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), and recently testified before congress stating its case.
“As the leading advocate for housing issues, NAR strongly supports reauthorizing the NFIP for a minimum of five years, and before the program is set to expire later this year, ending the current stopgap approach that has already led to nine extensions and five lapses of program authority since 2008,” NAR member Terry Sullivan said.
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Travelling is one of the favourite pastimes for people to come out of the stressful and mechanical work life. While the traveller is visiting a foreign country they need to do a basic research to understand the geography, lifestyle, culture, food habits of the country they are visiting. One of the important tools that can help travellers face medical emergencies abroad is medical insurance and it is called travel medical insurance.
Bajaj Allianz travel insurance is one of the most effective health insurance coverage for travellers who are visiting foreign countries. The coverage of Bajaj Allianz travel insurance is exclusively designed to meet the individual and family for travellers visiting abroad.
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Meerkats and Opera Singers beware: Google are coming
The big insurance industry story that made the headlines of both the trade papers and the nationals this month was mega global search engine come media owner come O/S provider come whatever else they are now, company Google have bought financial comparison site Beat That Quote for a cool £37.7m.
It was an interesting if somewhat fairly inevitable move from the mega global search engine come…. we
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A new bill in Florida that could result in higher home insurance rates for state residents cleared a Senate committee last week.
Senate Bill 1330 (SB 1330) would allow insurers to increase home insurance rates in Florida by up to 30 percent a year – without authorization from regulators.
SB 1330 aims to deregulate Florida home insurance rates by authorizing insurers to use rates that differ from rates approved by the Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR). Under current law, rate hikes that are deemed excessive can be rejected by regulators. But under the proposed legislation, insurers would be allowed to raise home insurance rates without approval.
On March 16, 2011, SB 1330 was approved by a Senate insurance committee by a vote of six to three. <
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Many travellers visit abroad from India for various reasons and stay there for a specific period of time. While the traveller is outside the home country one cannot take the risk of staying uninsured in a foreign land. Health care system is never cheaper abroad and hospitalization in foreign countries can leave the victim with huge medical bills. Only way to cope up with medical expenses in case of an emergency is relying on medical insurance coverage.
Future Generali Overseas travel insurance is one of the most popular insurance plan for Indians visiting abroad. The plan under Future Generali travel insurance can best suit the requirements of travellers belonging to various age groups.
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