After your teenage son or daughter has obtained a driving license, you might be faced with the huge task of making sure his or her car is covered by car insurance, the most affordable. This would cover the teenage physically while assuring safety financially.
Estimates of auto insurance rates are known to vary widely. Cover for a teenager is unfortunately among the most expensive and if you don’t find some help you could pay a lot just to keep the youth on the road. Carrying out some research on how you can get affordable cover for teenagers is very important.
One obvious fact is that the teenager, perhaps in his late teens, wields no road experience. T Read more…
Study Shows Burglar Alarms Can Cut Crime by 60 Percent
DALLAS, Feb. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — The nation’s insurance companies are encouraging homeowners to install monitored security systems by offering them substantial discounts on homeowner’s insurance.
“A survey of the 10 largest insurance companies offering homeowners coverage found premium discounts up to 20 percent if a home is equipped with a monitored alarm system,” said Dom D’Ascoli, president of the Electronic Security Association. “The discounts can be substantial enough to pay a portion of the monitoring costs or installation of the system,” said D’Ascoli.
“The majority of insurance companies offer discounts for alarm systems,” said Michael Barry, spokesperson for the Insurance Information Institute. “H Read more…
Those needing to make a claim on their critical illness (CI) insurance should in future have a better understanding of their cover, following an updated Statement of Best Practice from the Association of British Insurers (ABI).
The new Statement takes account of past problems with the insurance and aims to improve understanding of Total Permanent Disability (TPD) cover in CI policies.
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When the couples are celebrating the most romantic day of the year, a survey revealed the influence of frisky behaviour on distracting the driver. The UK couples find it interfering to their driving the frisky behaviour behind the wheel. One among the five drivers has admitted that amorous behaviour with their partner while driving has either missed or caused an accident. The distracted drivers see a close miss from the accident or most of the times meet an accident. Out of every 10 UK drivers, three have confessed that their driving efficiency lowers down when their partner accompany them. 44% of the drivers think that their partner is distracting them while driving, so they cannot concentrate on road efficiently.
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– The Ohio Department of Insurance announced the retirement of Bill Rossbach, an integral part of the Department’s Financial Regulation operation for the past 35 years. Rossbach most recently served as Chief Regulatory Officer.
Rossbach joined the Financial Regulation staff in 1976 and was promoted to Assistant Director in 2003 before being named Chief Regulatory Officer in February 2008. As C
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — AAPIA, a national association serving public adjusters, is on record opposing Senate Bill 408, a Florida legislative bill that would significantly dilute consumer protections if passed in its current form.
AAPIA’s mission is to assist the profession and its clients with understanding homeowners’ insurance policies and business insurance policies. Public Adjusters serve an important service to consumers, helping them to navigate the often complex and difficult issues they face after suffering property damage. The benefits are real and tangible.
Florida SB 408, although offering needed regulation for the insurance industry, contains certain provisions that are harmful to the very Florida consumers that need the help most. S Read more…