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Know your facts while shopping for auto insurance

March 19th, 2011

Though most people treat buying auto insurance as a tedious chore, there’s no idea buying auto insurance if you cannot get the full benefit of it when you need it most. Here’s a list of often missed facts that you ought to know before you start shopping for auto insurance.

Bluebook Value of your car: when you file a claim of your car, the blue book value is taken into account. Bluebook value is simply an appraisal of how much a similar car (make and model) with cost in your area. Insurance companies use this as a reference point to settle your claims fairly when your car is totaled. Oft

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China’s economy: Decelerating

March 19th, 2011

THE arrival of rain and snow on China’s parched northern plain has raised hopes that the country’s crop of winter wheat will fare better than feared. Food prices, which rose by about 11% in the year to February, have made a big contribution to China’s consumer-price inflation, now running at 4.9%. But if drought is responsible for some of China’s price pressure, a deluge of credit is to blame for the rest. So China-watchers were quick to welcome a turn in the monetary weather this week.

The country’s broad money supply (M2), which includes currency and a variety of bank deposits, grew by 15.7% in the year to February, slower than expected. Monetary

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7 worst natural disasters of the 21st century

March 19th, 2011

Natural disasters have the ability to affect many people, not only through the physical destruction they cause, but also through injury, homelessness and even death. The earthquake and tsunami in Japan last week remind us that Mother Nature can be extremely destructive.

Here we list the seven worst natural catastrophes of the 21^st century. There have been many more natural disasters since the start of the millennium, but these seven were the most severe given their cost, the injuries inflicted and the lives they claimed.

Catastrophe statistics are from the Insurance Information Institute (III).

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Take STEPS to be a Smart Traveler

March 19th, 2011

Simple steps before you travel make you better prepared, more comfortable and better protected. The U.S. State Department’s Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP) is one extra item on your travel planning list that could save you a lot of trouble on your vacation.

The STEP program is free and when you sign up you receive a compilation of the most current and important information on the country you are traveling to. Added to a comprehensive international travel insurance plan, STEP ensures you are covered for any eventuality.

STEP also provides updates, travel warnings and travel alerts to your inbox that you might otherwise miss. P

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Way of working of private health insurance

March 5th, 2011

The first and foremost knowledge of that one should have while selecting a private healthcare insurance is that how does a private healthcare insurance works?

Although the customers residing in United Kingdom are given this service for free by the NHS system, but some mostly prefer the use of private healthcare insurance in order to gain more access to the private services. Some are given these services for free as per their company benefits while others choose to pay as per their requirements. Now a question arises – what is public health care insurance? Read more…

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