Monthly Archives: October 2009

Report: Kids Without Health Insurance 1.6 Times More Likely to Die

A new report from the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center in Baltimore estimates that the deaths of 17,000 children in the United States over 17 years were due to lack of health insurance. The study analyzed 23-million hospital records from 37 states Continue reading

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What is the Advantage of Life Insurance?

What are the advantages of buying life insurance? Life insurance can provide several advantages to you and your loved ones. By purchasing a life insurance policy you can provide financial security for the future of your family if you should die. The proceeds of a life insurance policy go directly to your beneficiaries, and they are usually paid free from any federal income tax Continue reading

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Learn about Smoker Life Insurance Plans

Did you know that smokers may pay as much as 2-3 times more for the same amount of type of life insurance as non-smokers? Why? Because smoking shortens your life expectancy and may lead to lung cancer and emphysema Continue reading

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Health Insurance Requires Careful Thought

When you’re looking for a health insurance policy that you can afford, it’s important that you start the process off with the right information under your belt. You should be aware that health insurance is varied and getting the right policy for your needs is what it’s really all about. So you can start by looking at what a few different policies are all about. Student health insurance is all about just what it sounds like. Continue reading

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Health Insurance Goes on the Grocery Shopping List

Health insurance companies are coming up with all sorts of interesting ways to reach out to consumers who need coverage. Today, we read that BlueCross BlueShield of Florida recently teamed up with grocery retail stores Winn-Dixie and Save-Rite to offer in-store shoppers health insurance and discount cards at the cash register. Based on the article, it looks like a popular choice in the grocery store are inexpensive bare-bones health insurance plans Continue reading

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“Cover the Uninsured”.

by: Christine Zafra Physical therapists in the United States have indeed made a clear stand: HELP THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO INSURANCE! More than 40 million people in the United States do not have health insurances and this poses a very big problem in the future (the fact that the national health care system of the country is dwindling is enough proof). They have a program called “Cover the Uninsured” and it’ll last for about a week starting the 27th of April. Their official website has a lot of facts surrounding the real deal of health insurance in the United States. They encourage you to help Continue reading

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Get Student Health Insurance Here

You need to get student health insurance for that son or daughter that’s going away to school as much as you need to get them the best text books and lodgings. The thing is that this kind of health insurance for college students is something that many parents overlook because they feel that their son or daughter will be looked after by the family health insurance policy. That’s not the case in many instances. Continue reading

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Freight Forwarder Insurance – Cruel twist of freight as FSA pulls back.

After four long years the British International Freight Association (BIFA) has succeeded in its campaign to see freight forwarders once again given the ability to provide insurance to their customers. Treasury officials confirmed this month that the Insurance Mediation Directive (IMD) Exemption is now in effect for freight forwarders meaning that they should be able to obtain an open cover freight forwarders insurance policy once again without the having to go through the lengthy and cumbersome Financial Services Authority (FSA) registration. Introduced in January 2005, the Insurance Mediation Directive meant that many freight forwarding companies began to withdraw offers of provisions of insurance to their customers Continue reading

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Cheap Classic Car Insurance Cover

Cheap Classic Car Insurance Cover By car insurance specialist blogger and expert Dave Healey Do you own a car over fifteen years old? Do you own a car which could be considered a classic Continue reading

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The Public Health Insurance Option and the Public Misconception of Reform

The big news, to a health insurance blog anyway, was the health reform bill in the U.S. Senate will include a public health insurance option, reported CNN . A senior aide to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told CNN that the public option would be included in the bill and have a clause allowing individual states to opt-out of the plan if they chose Continue reading

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