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  • A Guide to Buying Travel Insurance. - by Jordan Kovats
    Submitted on Nov 25, 2009 from Jordan Kovats
    So, you are going on vacation. Or, maybe business takes you out of the country for a few days. You have packed your bags, checked your itinerary, and off you go. But wait! Did you purchase Travel Insurance? There are various "types" of travel insurance. I am not talking about baggage ...
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  • A Humana health plan is perfect for you and your family - by Henry Turner
    Submitted on Oct 27, 2009 from Henry Turner
    Do you constantly think about the cost of health care? Do you worry that your family might not have all the coverage they need? Do you and your family have ever-changing health care needs? Humana health care understands how confusing the health care industry is. Knowing your options is ...
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  • Affordable Family Insurance Will Help You and Your Family through Tough Times - by Ronnie Hamilton
    Submitted on Dec 22, 2009 from Ronnie Hamilton
    When someone in your family gets sick or injured you want to have an affordable family insurance plan to help you through your tough time. Without health insurance injuries and illnesses as small as a trip to the hospital can become very costly and can mound up to be hundreds and even thousands ...
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  • Affordable Health Insurance Plans Available To Families Across The Country - by Ronnie Hamilton
    Submitted on Nov 04, 2009 from Ronnie Hamilton
    After graduating from college many people go through the big dilemma of what they want to do with their life, in the midst of that dilemma many people are plagued with whether or not they should purchase health insurance coverage for themselves, loved ones, or family. With the economy at an all ...
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  • America's Health Savings Plan - by Brent Wade & Scott Miller
    Submitted on Dec 02, 2009 from Brent Wade
    America’s Health Savings Plan Health Savings Accounts are exceeding the expectations of most healthcare providers and continue to be a popular health care solution for many Americans. If you haven’t heard about an HSA, it is only a matter of time until you do. Below are some common Questions ...
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  • Are You Health Care Aware? - by Herb Kay
    Submitted on Nov 16, 2009 from Herb Kay
    I hate to say it, but sometimes it’s easier to mislead the American public, than it is to educate them. The truth is, the thing that creates confusion about a particular topic and what seems to be the channel for all of our fears and frustrations, is nothing more than the words people use to ...
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  • Are You Scared to Drive? - by Paul Buchanan
    Submitted on Oct 12, 2009 from Paul Buchanan
    One should not be scared to drive when they get in their car, but I tell you what I am terrified to drive. Not because of the chance of getting into an actual accident, but because of the chance that my car insurance could rise. Isn’t that backwards? I’m scared to get speeding tickets. I’m ...
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  • Best Auto Insurance Tips - by Nick Andrews
    Submitted on Aug 28, 2009 from nick andrews
    Paying for auto insurance is a drag, but what’s even worse is not having it when you need it, not to mention, it’s required by law in all fifty states. So, with that being said, let’s focus on how to pay the least amount of money for your auto insurance. The easiest way to reduce your monthly ...
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  • Car Insurance Scams and How to Avoid Them - by Cheap Quotes Car Insurance
    Submitted on Sep 07, 2010 from Cheap Quotes Car Insurance
    CAR INSURANCE SCAMS AND HOW TO AVOID THEM Car insurance scams cost insurance companies billions of dollars each year. But in the end, everyone has to pay. As a result of scams and staged accidents, auto insurance premiums increase for us all, and innocent people are sometimes tragically ...
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  • Caring for Parents Gift a Monthly Income! - by Nikhil Naik
    Submitted on Feb 04, 2011 from Nikhil Naik
    When you were young your parents carefully planned your future. Now, when you're doing well, it's your turn to secure their future and give them a comfortable life. Financial independence is one of the most important factors towards this. If you're abroad and wonder how you can assure an easy ...
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  • Creating Project Agreements for Your Custom Programming Jobs - by Jim Cochran
    Submitted on Sep 21, 2009 from Jim Cochran
    Before engaging in a formal business relationship, system integrators and custom computer/software programmers need to protect their business interests with appropriate legal contracts. During the initial stages of project development, IT professionals often keep informal records by hanging ...
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  • Disability Insurance, Simplified - by Jordan Kovats
    Submitted on Jan 17, 2010 from Jordan Kovats
    Disability Insurance is often overlooked by many people, including other Financial Advisors. Some think it is too complex to understand, too difficult to collect on a claim, or too hard to be approved for. There were times when Advisors had to go through a 17 page application form, and then ...
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  • Drip Marketing: The Ideal Way of Nurturing Insurance Leads - by John Perry
    Submitted on Aug 16, 2009 from John Perry
    Lead nurturing is a very important component in the lead management process of an insurance provider. It is during lead nurturing that the prospect is convinced to buy a product or service from the company. Here, the prospect’s interest in the product or service is worked at to make sure that ...
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  • Growing the Lead Database for Your Insurance Business - by John Perry
    Submitted on Aug 16, 2009 from John Perry
    Leads are undeniably important to the insurance business. These leads constitute the people to which the product is to be offered. So you could say that without the leads, insurance providers are simply crippled and unable to do any business for their companies. Hence, there is a need for ...
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  • Have You Had a Personal Injury at Work? - by mariah cole
    Submitted on Sep 23, 2010 from Mariah Cole
    Work accidents cause serious injury and death. If you were injured on your job and it was caused by faulty equipment, poor training, or poor upkeep of the facility, you may be entitled to a Personal Injury at Work. There are several types of accidents that can happen in the workplace. Most ...
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  • Health and Productivity Management as an American Corporate Competitive Advantage - by Matthew Cantwell
    Submitted on Dec 22, 2009 from Paul Cantwell
    By: Paul Cantwell – President of HealthCorp Solutions Employers have a significant opportunity to impact their bottom line as well as the health of Americans. Studies clearly show that demand is driving health care cost at an upward trend with no end in sight. It is up to employers to drive ...
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  • Health Savings Accounts May Be The Answer For Healthcare Reform - by Wiley Long
    Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Wiley Long
    It is hard to turn on the nightly news without hearing more and more of the increasingly ubiquitous healthcare debate. With one side pushing for government-funded healthcare for all and another side urging lawmakers to look for more affordable healthcare solutions, it can be tough to determine ...
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  • Home Insurance Considerations - by Robert Henry
    Submitted on Aug 01, 2009 from Robert Henry
    Home insurance is something that most homeowners have, but yet which is often undervalued and not given the importance it deserves.There are many factors that homeowners should keep in mind when acquiring home insurance. Below are four main considerations that should be carefully reviewed as you ...
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  • How Medicare Fraud Effects All Medicare and Medigap Participants - by Wiley Long
    Submitted on Dec 09, 2009 from Wiley Long
    With the nation's attention focused on the current healthcare debate, many U.S. citizens are growing increasingly concerned over the promise of an increase in healthcare bills over the coming year and decades. Medicare participants, especially, stand to see a significant increase in the cost of ...
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  • How to Buy The Cheapest Auto Insurance Policy - by Kyle J. Norton
    Submitted on Aug 17, 2009 from Kyle Norton
    It is hard to believe that many people buy auto insurance without even searching for the best and cheapest one. It is understandable, because I have one time tried to call some auto insurances around my home town and found out that the premium is less than $50 in difference. Your insurance ...
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  • Humana Health, Great Plans with a Great Cost - by Henry Turner
    Submitted on Sep 21, 2009 from Henry Turner
    If you are looking for a health insurance company that will give you the benefits you want while adding in option benefits for an extremely low cost? If you are you may want to look into Humana Health for health insurance coverage. They offer top of the line coverage that will fit almost ...
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  • Income Protection- Protecting You When You Are Unable To Work - by Albert Smith
    Submitted on Jan 02, 2010 from Albert Smith
    Just as it is important to buy home insurance and motor insurance, it is also important to buy income protection. You can never know what is going to happen in future. You can become sick or incapacitated and be unable to work. If you are unable to work, it means that you will not be able to get ...
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  • Insurance and Other Factors for a Successful Business - by Jeff Lakie
    Submitted on Jan 10, 2007 from jeff lakie
    You need an idea to fill a need for goods or services to start a new business. You could be setting up an import-export firm to import or export goods that one area has difficulty in getting and the other area has an abundance to export, but you have to take into account routine factors. Are ...
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  • Learn About Health Savings Account Updates for 2010 - by Wiley Long
    Submitted on Nov 19, 2009 from Wiley Long
    A Health Savings Account is a type of health insurance plan that allows individuals and families to reduce their annual incomes while, simultaneously, storing money away that they can use to pay for qualifying medical expenses. Much like an IRA, the money that an individual saves in a Health ...
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  • Medicare Basics: Things You Need To Know - by Sandra Cohen
    Submitted on Aug 12, 2009 from Sandra Cohen
    Signed into law to provide health and economic security for seniors in 1965, Medicare is an important source of health insurance coverage for 45 million people. Today, about 97% of older American have health insurance through Medicare. Being covered by health insurance is vital for people of ...
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  • No Medical Life Insurance for Non-Residents in Canada - by Eugenia
    Submitted on Apr 12, 2019 from Eugenia S
    Not a resident of Canada but need life insurance? You have options! Canadian insurance companies have developed insurance plans for all kinds of visitors to Canada and offer no medical life insurance for non-residents in Canada. Protect Yourself Living in a foreign country is challenging ...
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  • People Having Trouble Finding Affordable Health Insurance - by Ronnie Hamilton
    Submitted on Oct 27, 2009 from Ronnie Hamilton
    Affordable health insurance can be very difficult to find. For a student the time can be complicated because he or she is transitioning between family and personal coverage. Unemployed people also have huge problems around health insurance. Even when one has a job, that still does not guarantee ...
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  • Plan ahead to Minimize Taxes on Death - by Phil Edney
    Submitted on Feb 17, 2012 from Phil Edney
    Nobody likes to think about their death, but who wants to pay more tax than they have to? With a little planning, you can help minimize the taxes your estate might pay at death. Leave assets to your spouse Assets left to a spouse or spousal trust are deemed to be disposed of at the ...
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  • Purchasing Health Insurance: Basic Facts You Need To Know - by Sandra Cohen
    Submitted on Aug 12, 2009 from Sandra Cohen
    With the costs of medicines and hospitalization increasing, health care has become extremely expensive for most people to tolerate. As important as it is to buy health insurance, it is also important to save money, especially in these times of economic difficulties. The only way to save money ...
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  • Term Life Insurance - Say Goodbye To Return Of Premium Term Life Insurance - by Jack Wingate
    Submitted on Nov 24, 2009 from Jack Wingate
    There exists a great debate among so-called financial experts with respect to what type of life insurance policy is best. One one hand, you have the camp that believes in the value of a properly funded "permanent" life insurance contract (i.e. whole life or universal life). The other camp ...
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  • Term Life Insurance - Term Life Quotes, Rates, Companies, Policies, Definition, Comparisons - by Donald Lusan
    Submitted on Aug 30, 2009 from Donald Lusan
    Term life insurance is favored by a large portion of our population. Let us take a close look at this policy and see why. It may be wise to begin by attempting to define this type of policy. Let us see what it is all about. Definition Term life insurance is a type of policy that pays a ...
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  • Term Life Insurance Advantages And Disadvantages - by Donald Lusan
    Submitted on Aug 02, 2010 from Donald Lusan
    Term life insurance is oh so loved my many people. There are many different types of term insurance and very many reasons why people buy these policies. There are significant advantages to owning this type of life insurance. There are also a few disadvantages. Advantages 1 - The premiums ...
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  • Term Life, Whole Life and Universal Life, Graded Premium Life And Variable life insurance - by Donald Lusan
    Submitted on Nov 01, 2009 from Donald Lusan
    Term life, whole life and universal life insurance are the the types of policies you are most likely to encounter when you set out to get quotes or, in general, examine life insurance policies. There are, however other types that not many people know much about. This may be because the companies ...
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  • The 3 Hidden Secrets To Boost Your Commissions from Affliate Programs - by Hardeep singh
    Submitted on Jul 17, 2009 from hardeep singh
    Copyright 2006 Jason Chew The following article includes pertinent information that may cause you to reconsider what you thought you understood. The most important thing is to study with an open mind and be willing to revise your understanding if necessary. Most of this information comes ...
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  • The 5 Most Important Things You Should Know About Health Insurance - by Amy Korn-Reavis
    Submitted on Dec 23, 2009 from Amy Korn-Reavis
    It is the time of year where new insurance policies will be taking effect. Many companies have made changes to these policies and it is important that you as the user of that insurance policy understand what it covers. The fact is that even if you call the customer line anything you are ...
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  • The Baby Bomb - by Andy Albright
    Submitted on Dec 08, 2009 from Andy Albright
    There are many, in fact dozens of reasons having adequate life insurance coverage is important. Remember, when selling life insurance, you're not just out there making a living for yourself and YOUR family, you're laying the groundwork to protect the FUTURE of someone ELSE's family. If you're ...
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  • The Fatal Disconnection costing Businesses and our Country Millions! - by Matthew Cantwell
    Submitted on Dec 22, 2009 from Paul Cantwell
    By: Paul Cantwell – President of HealthCorp Solutions There is a significant disconnection between how companies view the risk of providing a good health benefit program to their employees and how companies view other corporate risks like Property, Casualty, Liability and Workers ...
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  • Traditional Retirement Planning is in Trouble - Don't Get Comfortable the 3 Legged Stool is Broken - by Roger H. Ely, Pres. Financial Protectors, Inc.
    Submitted on Jul 13, 2010 from Roger Ely
    If you're over 60, you're probably familiar with the traditional "Three Legged Stool" model of saving for retirement; SOCIAL SECURITY, PENSIONS, SAVINGS. You may have used this method in planning your retirement income. Well don't get too comfortable - the stool's broken! If you've watched the ...
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  • Travel health insurance – necessity, not indulgence - by HDS Insurance Services
    Submitted on May 01, 2011 from HDS Insurance Services
    Travel health insurance has never been a part of the insurance priority list of people, who travel abroad. However, the fact of the matter remains that possessing a comprehensive health insurance while globe trotting helps us to deal with any kind of untoward incident that needs emergency ...
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  • Types of Whole Life Insurance Policies - by Jonathan Simmons
    Submitted on Nov 05, 2009 from Jaffer Abbas
    It can be a little difficult, especially at first, to sort out all of the whole life insurance policy options. While a life insurance agent can help with the details, the fact of the matter is that it can be useful to go in armed with a little bit of knowledge to begin with. Once you’ve decided ...
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  • Universal Life Insurance Explained - by Donald Lusan
    Submitted on Nov 18, 2009 from Donald Lusan
    Consider universal life insurance. One of the more popular permanent policies is the universal life policy. What is this universal life all about anyway? This policy is permanent insurance which allows for flexibility in premium payments as well as in death benefit amounts. Think of this policy ...
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  • What is this Term Insurance all about? - by John Kovats
    Submitted on Dec 11, 2009 from Jordan Kovats
    What is this Term Insurance all about? Let’s talk. People often use the expression term insurance and think that they are talking about something other than life insurance. Well gang, term insurance is another form of life insurance. Let me get into a little more explanation and see if I ...
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  • Why You Should Purchase Life Insurance - by John Perry
    Submitted on Aug 16, 2009 from John Perry
    Let us say that, one day, an agent comes out of the blue and offers you a life insurance policy. He or she makes it sound so good that you are tempted to buy. However, a question runs into your mind: what good can it do for you? Would life insurance coverage be worth the added expense every ...
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  • Would an Incentive to Buy Life Insurance Benefit the Economy? - by Andy Albright
    Submitted on Dec 08, 2009 from Andy Albright
    That's a dry sounding subject, something that would have you nodding off in Economics 101, but we're living here in the real world. Where bad economic trends hurt with real pain, that's felt by real people. There are dozens of benefits to having adequate life insurance coverage, two ...
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  • How Safe Are Fixed Annuities? - by Lisa Cintron
    Submitted on Jul 21, 2010 from Lisa Cintron
    A fixed annuity is a kind of financial instrument that is constructed to act as a source of income. Most usually, this kind of financial instrument is set up by people preparing for retirement. Annuities in general refer to financial investments that are paid into and can later be accessed ...
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  • Benefits of Using Mortgage Protection Insurance Brokers - by David Swan
    Submitted on Apr 13, 2010 from David Swan
    It is now very common for mortgage protection insurance to be bought online. Media advertisements have encouraged millions of people to compare insurance rates from competing insurers online and then buy those policies online. Although online insurance purchases are becoming very popular there ...
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  • Healthcare Debate's Frivolous Sideshow - by Herb Kay
    Submitted on Dec 09, 2009 from Herb Kay
    Every week, the national health care debate seems to change direction. However, in this seemingly never-ending battle raging on Capitol Hill there is one topic, despite the course, which comes up again and again: Reform. Regulations, protocol, and policy, while all of these may need amending ...
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  • Healthcare, Anecdotes and The President - by Herb Kay
    Submitted on Dec 09, 2009 from Herb Kay
    Like millions of other Americans, I watched the President deliver his speeches on healthcare before Congress and America, shouting and all. As neither a Democrat nor Republican, I am unfettered by the need to promote some party line or talking points. But I do have an opinion. So here are my ...
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  • Learn Five Ways to Save Money with a Health Savings Account - by Wiley Long
    Submitted on Dec 02, 2009 from Wiley Long
    Opening a Health Savings Account can help participants to save money in more ways than one. Many people think that Health Savings Accounts save money by helping them reduce their annual income tax burden. Other people think that opening Health Savings Accounts help to save money by allowing them ...
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  • Tips for Lower Homeowners Insurance Rates - by Cole Sileven
    Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Cole Silevene
    You simply cannot underestimate the importance of a homeowner’s insurance policy yet the exorbitant rates prove nightmarish for most people. However, there is no escaping this expenditure because most lending institutions will require a homeowner’s insurance policy before granting mortgage on a ...
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