The California Department of Insurance announced that it will be reviewing plans for rate increases for individual health insurance policies for its four largest individual policy providers: Anthem Blue Cross, Aetna, Health Net, and Blue Shield of California. The review…
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The New York Times had an excellent article this week about travel insurance. A few decades, travel insurance was obscure. However, this summer travelers have been inundated with a variety of problems around the world that could result in a…
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Most people are familiar with health insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and long-term care insurance, among other forms of insurance. However, although 62 percent of Americans own at least one pet, most don’t consider purchasing insurance for their pets. California…
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Last weekend, the L.A. Times published this article about a state program that helps provide low-income Californians with auto insurance at a reduced cost. The article pointed out that there are estimated to be millions of California drivers without auto…
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According to the Wall Street Journal, a new nonprofit institute, Green Products Innovation Institute, has recently been formed to help establish product safety standards to be used by California’s regulators. The regulators will use these standards when enforcing a California…
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Last month, a state investigation into a 2009 roller coaster accident at Knott’s Berry Farm that injured two riders has concluded that the accident could have been prevented with proper maintenance. The accident was captured by a video camera and…
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Insurance claims from crashes that appear to be staged rose 46 percent between 2007 and 2009, according to recently released statistics from the National Insurance Crime Bureau. California had the third highest number of staged accidents in the U.S. between…
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When evaluating their life insurance, many couples assume they only need life insurance for an employed spouse. After all, stay at home parents, caregivers for elderly parents and other non-employed spouses typically don’t contribute financially to the household. In addition,…
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On April 21 the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling in favor of debtors who are subject to abuses at the hands of debt collectors. In Jerman v. Carlisle, the Court ruled that if a debt collector makes an incorrect…
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In 2006, Eric Sedie of Corte Madera, California, suffered injuries in a crash with a U.S. Postal Service truck. In 2008 he sued the Postal Service for $2.5 million, claiming that because of his injuries, every aspect of his life…
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