Archive for 'Insurance'
Insurance For Your Worst Fears: Vampire Bites, Ghosts, Aliens, Divorce and More
May 10, 2010 - From traffic tickets to vampire bites and alien abduction, if you've got the money, you can find an insurance policy for almost anything.
How Your Credit Affects Your Insurance Bills
May 05, 2010 - Like it or not, insurance companies think that those with damaged credit are more likely to suffer damaged cars and damaged homes.
10 Tips to Save on Life Insurance
May 01, 2010 - There are ways to save on virtually anything you buy, from groceries to gas to houses. And yes, life insurance. Here are 10 tips to lower your bill.
Waiting for Change: Health Reform Timeline
Apr 29, 2010 - You'll be waiting for years for some major changes to health insurance. Others are right around the corner. Here's a look at the current timetable.
How Your Home Insurance Can Vanish Overnight
Apr 27, 2010 - It may never have occurred to you, but if you're not in your home for any reason from vacation to renovation, you may no longer have homeowners insurance.
Can You Hide Smoking from Life Insurance Companies?
Apr 23, 2010 - Anyone who smokes has considered it: quit smoking for a while, tell your insurance company you're a non-smoker, get lower rates... then, if you light up again, so what? Well, if that's your strategy, be careful not to get your ash handed to you.
How Much is Your Insurance Agent Making Off You?
Apr 21, 2010 - You'd hardly ask a commissioned car salesman to tell you have much car to buy. But odds are you're depending on a commissioned insurance agent for advice on how much insurance to buy. Just how much are these people making?
A Healthy Gift for the Class of 2010
Apr 20, 2010 - Although the provisions of the health care reform bill requiring insurance companies to allow kids 26 or under to remain on parental insurance policies don't kick in until September, some major companies are giving graduating seniors a break.
Insurance Outrage: Hike Prices, Pay CEO $100,000,000
Apr 17, 2010 - My personal health insurance bill went up 40% this year, and this week I learned that the CEO of the company that issued my policy, United HealthCare, received more than 100 million dollars in compensation last year. Do I care? Yes.
A Heart-Breaking Choice: The Family Dog or Home Insurance
Apr 13, 2010 - After a dog-bite incident, one family was forced by their insurer to choose between their beloved dog and their home insurance.
How a DUI Conviction Affects Your Car Insurance
Apr 01, 2010 - If you’ve been convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, it will likely drive your car insurance rates through the roof.
Shopping Health Insurance, Post Reform
Mar 24, 2010 - Health care reform has made learning to shop insurance more important than ever. Whether you get it from work or on your own, you need to understand how it works and what controls the price. Here's the short course.
Health Care Reform: 8 Positive Changes
Mar 22, 2010 - While health care reform is not yet a done deal, odds are good it's going to become law. So whether you were for it or against it, it's time to understand it. Today we'll look at eight positives arising from the bill that could make your health insurance healthier.
Web Extra: Professor Breaks Down Health Care Bill
Mar 22, 2010 - Understanding the newly passed health care bill can be a bit confusing. Many Americans still struggle to learn more about the nuts and bolts of this new bill.
How Health Care Reform Will Affect You
Mar 22, 2010 - Now that health care reform is nearly here, it's time to find out how it's going to affect you, your budget and your ability to get coverage. The hysteria surrounding the bill is over. Now's it's time to understand the new world we're facing.
