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Oxnard Life Insurance – Cheap Life Insurance in Oxnard
November 6th, 2011
Oxnard life insurance is appropriate for many different California residents. You do not need to wait to buy life insurance just as you are preparing for retirement. In fact, you might find that not only is Oxnard life insurance suited to your needs despite your age, it costs a lot less than you originally assumed it would.
Who Benefits from Coverage
Many Oxnard consumers put off purchasing life insurance for different reasons. Maybe they feel they will be able to afford it another year, but for now they can do without the additional expense of a life insurance plan. Living expenses seem high enough to many California residents.
Yet, imagine your family attempting to make immediate, unexpected funeral plans on the budget they are working with currently.
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Health Insurers Predict They Will Pass On Health Law’s New Tax To Consumers
November 4th, 2011
A report financed by insurance trade group America’s Health Insurance Plans predicts that premiums will increase by about 2 percent in 2014, and 3 to 4 percent by 2023.
Bloomberg: Health Law Premium Tax Will Boost Small-Group Coverage Costs, Insurers Say Health insurance premiums for people buying coverage through small-employer markets will increase by as much as 3.7 percent, or $3,100, over 10 years as a new tax takes effect in 2014, a study by U.S. insurers found. The analysis by America’s Health Insurance Plans, a trade group, shows the new tax on insurers would be passed onto consumers and boost premiums for individuals and families, as well as seniors and the disabled who participate in Medicare Advantage plans and the government’s prescription drug program.
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Salute 2011 honours Brian Wills and Jeremy Green
October 29th, 2011
2011 Insurance Person of the Year: Brian Wills
BC’s insurance community honoured Brian Wills at the 20th annual Salute insurance banquet last night at the Pan Pacific Hotel.
Brian is a well-known Axa Pacific (Intact) marketing exec and long-time industry promoter. Born in England, and raised in Toronto, Brian moved west in 1978. An Associate of the Insurance Industry (A.I.I.C.), he attended the University of Waterloo, majoring in Mathematics. He
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House Approves Bill To Block Abortion Coverage
October 13th, 2011
The measure, which among other things would ban women from using the health law’s tax subsidies to purchase health insurance that includes abortion coverage, is unlikely to be considered in the Democratic-led Senate and has recieved a veto threat from President Barack Obama.
The Associated Press/Washington Post: House Votes To Stop Abortion Coverage Under New Health Care Law The House on Thursday returned to an abortion issue that nearly sank President Barack Obama’s health care law last year with legislation that bars an insurance plan regulated under the new law from covering abortion if any of its customers receive federal subsidies.
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Best Whole Life Insurance – The Best Whole Life Insurance
September 25th, 2011
The best whole life insurance for you and your family is a policy that will fit your needs with as few restrictions as possible. You do not want to be saddled with expensive premiums that are difficult to pay for the whole life of your insurance policy. The best company will work with you to make sure you have best whole life insurance policy to care for your family at a price you can afford.
Like any other business, life insurance has its own lingo that shoppers will need to understand. If you are planning on doing your research in the privacy of your own home it is especially important to know what these terms mean since no one will be sitting at your side to explain things.
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RIBO guidelines on social media advertising
September 22nd, 2011
In its latest bulletin, the Registered Insurance Brokers of Ontario (RIBO) is reminding brokers to mind the “Advertising Oneself” regulations when using social media.
“We have seen an increase in the use of social media (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, etc.) for broker advertising/networking,” the bulletin states. “We wou
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Perry Takes On Romney’s Massachusetts Health Reforms
August 26th, 2011
GOP presidential hopeful Rick Perry criticized the Massachusetts health overhaul that became law while fellow candidate Mitt Romney was governor. Meanwhile, news outlets are fact-checking statements about related reform initiatives — such as Texas’ tort reform law, and members of Congress appear to be taking a less-is-more approach to August town hall meetings.
The Boston Globe: Perry’s Critique Of Romney Health Law Has Practical Focus Governor Rick Perry of Texas tepidly criticized Mitt Romney’s Massachusetts health care plan yesterday, but the two GOP rivals remain in general agreement over the Bay State’s right to develop its signature health care law. “Massachu
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Health Insurance Exchanges: A Race to the Bottom
July 21st, 2011
President Obama says that his health plans popularity will grow once its provisions start being implemented. But peculiar rules tucked into the legislation are likely to make the entire scheme even more disliked as its implementation approaches.
At the heart of the Obama plan are 50 state-based exchanges where insurers will be able to sell health plans inside new marketplaces. The health plans that insurers market will have to comply with a strict set of government rules on the minimum benefits that they need to offer, and the amount of money that plans can spend on overhead and take for profits. Th
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