GUEST POST: Travel is one of my favourite things

Oct 16, 2011 Posted Under: Life Insurance News

For most of my life I travelled ‘mainstream’ – booking hotels through a high street travel agent, hobbling on to transfer coaches, re-arranging furniture in the room to accommodate my wheelchair. Luckily, I’m quite mobile; I have cerebral palsy affecting my lower half but have been known to fling myself up a flight of stairs when the mood has taken me! But it wasn’t until I started working for Tourism for All that I realised travel can be made a lot easier.

Take train travel for instance. Who knew I could pre-arrange someone to carry my luggage and push me on to the train? Being parked so close to the wonderful smelling accessible loo isn’t so great, and having to glower at people who put suitcases in the wheelchair space. But getting

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Know How to File an Insurance Complaint

Oct 15, 2011 Posted Under: Insurance Posts

Most insurance companies are good at taking care of their customers but, not every system is perfect and sometimes you will need to work a little harder to make sure the insurance company does what it should. Knowing how to file an insurance complaint will help in a situation where one feels that their rights were violated by an insurance company.

Is Pay As You Drive Cheap Car Insurance?

Oct 13, 2011 Posted Under: Online Insurance Quotes

Along with the hot wheels, cool trim, leather interior and killer sound system, your sports car came with another line item add-on that wasn’t part of the MSRP: sports car automobile insurance. Insuring your shiny fast ride can add thousands of dollars to cost of ownership over the life of the car…unless you’re a savvy shopper. Here’s what you need to know to help you find cheap sports car insurance (or at least reasonably priced). For starters, different insurance companies have different definitions of what is and isn’t a sports car. This is typically based on a VIN (vehicle identification number) system published by the Insurance Services Office or the company’s own ranking system. Either syst

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EquiTrust Life Insurance being acquired by financial services firm

Oct 12, 2011 Posted Under: Life Insurance News

Guggenheim Partners, a diversified financial services firm, is buying EquiTrust Life Insurance Co. from its parent, FBL Financial Group.

EquiTrust Life distributes fixed-rate and indexed annuities and life insurance through a national network of more than 14,500 independent agents.

Financial terms of the deal, which is expected to close by the end of the year, were not disclosed.

“This acquisition demonstrates Guggenheim’s ongoing commitment to grow our presence in the annuity and life insurance arena,” said Mark Walter, CEO of Guggenheim Partners, in a statement.

EquiTrust will join Guggenheim’s insurance business unit, which through Guggenheim Life and Annuity Co. and oth

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Disability Insurance Shopping – Know the Facts Before you Choose

Sep 27, 2011 Posted Under: Online Insurance Quotes

A car accident, a sudden onset of a serious disease, a problem pregnancyno one knows when  or how disability will strike.  That unpredictability is why you should consider a disability insurance policy and the best one for your circumstances.   Simply put, the best Disability Income (DI) insurance policy is the one that will generate the most benefits in the greatest number of disability scenarios.

But how do you know which disability insurance policy is the best for you?  Given how much is riding on your decision your ability to maintain your familys current (and future) lifestyle it is imperative that you know what to look for before you purchase this coverage.  It

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Further benefits of trade credit insurance – especially when a company is expanding its geographic market

Sep 25, 2011 Posted Under: Life Insurance News

The purchase of credit insurance and the better management of the accounts receivable provide very positive benefits, even if a claim for a bad debt never occurs. In my last blog post, I detailed five benefits. In this “sequel” to my last post, I continue to list and explain the benefits of trade credit and political risk insurance.

Benefit #6: With further Globalization, many companies are looking to new markets, and this means taking on new buyers. If you can look at new markets and different methods to structure your approach to these markets and at the same time reduce the risk, there can be very good potential for new sales. Cre

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Selective buys Montpelier’s national platform to firm up E&S footing

Sep 23, 2011 Posted Under: Insurance Posts

Selective Insurance Group is buying an excess and surplus lines subsidiary of Montpelier Re U.S. Holdings to provide it access to a nationally licensed platform that will improve its efficiency.

Gregory E. Murphy

Branchville, N.J.-based Selectives acquisition of Montpelier U.S. Insurance Co. (MUSIC) provides it with a nationally licensed platform, enabling it to quickly begin writing contract binding authority business from its recent renewal rights transaction, according to Selective officials.

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