Category Archives: Travel Insurance

The Cost of Insuring The FIFA World Cup

Every four years Insurance Companies underwrite all the risks associated with holding and attending the World’s largest sporting event – The FIFA World Cup Finals. Insurance Blog reports on the risks and covers available and the large premiums paid to ensure that this years Tournament currently going on in South Africa, went without a hitch… The prior concerns and fears that had been raised over the insurance cover for the 2010 World Cup failed to materialise as the tournament passed off without a major incident or claim. FIFA had been forced to build a R6.3 billion contingency fund (around a billion US dollars) to cater for the possible collapse of the 2010 event -  a lot of money when you consider that the winners Spain only receive £40 million pounds ($60 million) in prize money.  FIFA have taken out cover  for any kind of interruption, delay or abandonment of the World Cup and the consequent loss of revenues Continue reading

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UK TV Ad Revenue Underwritten by Car Insurance Price Comparison War!

When Insurance Blogger was a nipper….. Back in the 1960′s if you were lucky you had a black and white televison – the box! with an aerial that looked like a sea mine or something out of Doctor Who sitting on top of it. There were 2 UK TV Channels: The BBC – Mother of the Nation and voice of the world…… Continue reading

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Where Do The Lawmakers Stand with Health Insurance Co-ops?

Yesterday, an article in the Los Angeles Times reported that a public health insurance option has almost no chance of coming out of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, headed by Chairman and Senator Max Baucus from Montana. So then we’re left with health insurance co-operatives Continue reading

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New Jersey Now Requires Health Insurance Companies To Cover Care for Autism

In a continued budding national trend, New Jersey becomes the latest state to mandate autism health insurance coverage for diagnosis and treatment. Continue reading

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Health Insurance Survey Reveals High Fees Are Part of the Problem

A survey released by America’s Health Insurance Plans reveals exorbitant out-of-network fees — and charges that these are playing a significant role in rising health care costs. Some of the figures in the study are definitely striking. For example, a cataract surgery that Medicare pays $675 for cost one patient in Illinois $12,712. Continue reading

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Drug Industry Backs Obama’s Health Insurance Reform

The pharmaceutical industry has announced it will spend up to $150 million on television ads supporting the president’s overhaul of health insurance and health care. While the sum is enormous, it aligns with the fact that the drug makers stand to gain millions of new customers from the expansion of health care coverage Continue reading

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Reform Focus Turns to Health Insurance Industry

Until recently, Washington has been fairly gloves-on with the health insurance industry, who has taken a conciliatory position with the upcoming health reform bill. But that is shifting. Last week, President Obama derided the industry for “windfall profits.” Continue reading

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Politicking Health Insurance Reform

We almost never blog about opinion articles, but the recent op-ed by Secretary of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius got our attention. Not so much in the way she spoke of reform, as most of her main bullets were the same talking points we’ve already heard from the Obama Adminstration, but it was a quote made by a Republican Senator. Continue reading

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Follow GoHealthInsurance on Twitter!

To make sure we’re connected to health care and health insurance at all times in 140 characters or less, we’re now on Twitter. Continue reading

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Public Health Insurance Plan To Negotiate With Health Care Providers: What It Means

Yesterday, the conservative Blue Dog Democrats struck a major deal in the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee in regards to the public health insurance plan proposal. Continue reading

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