I Got You Covered: Ensuring Your Business Has Insurance When You Need It

Just in the last few years, there's been Hurricane Sandy thundering up the East Coast and causing more than $8 billion in damage to businesses just in New Jersey alone. On the other coast in California, the drought this year has racked up more than $2 billion in losses and cost thousands of job. Factor in record floods and tornadoes, and the threats aren't just to your life and safety, but to your company's survival as well. With each disaster, countless businesses suffer damage, only to discover too late...

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Understanding the Insurance Sector Scenario in India

Whether it's Life or General Insurance, the insurance sector in India has surely revived over the past few decades due to privatization. Since the introduction of The Indian Insurance Companies Act in 1928, the major reform in the insurance industry came through in 1993 with the formation of the Malhotra Committee. Its aim was to determine the performance of the sector and guide through the prospective in the future. The committee emphasized on...

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Lawyer: Tracy Morgan struggling after June crash

86 42 Share This Story! Let friends in your social network know what you are reading about Lawyer: Tracy Morgan struggling after June crash An attorney for actor and comedian Tracy Morgan says he's having a tough time recovering from a June accident on the New Jersey Turnpike that left one person dead. Post to Facebook Try Another Audio CAPTCHA Image CAPTCHA...

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After Napa Jolt, Quake-Proofing Your Homeowner’s Insurance

Photo A house slid off its foundation in Napa, Calif., after an earthquake hit the area on Monday. Credit Peter Dasilva/European Pressphoto Agency AS Napa County, Calif., recovers from the earthquake that jarred the area last weekend, many homeowners may be wondering whether they should...

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Lawyer: Tracy Morgan struggling, relies on wheelchair

40 25 Share This Story! Let friends in your social network know what you are reading about Lawyer: Tracy Morgan struggling, relies on wheelchair An attorney for actor and comedian Tracy Morgan says he's having a tough time recovering from a June accident on the New Jersey Turnpike that left one person dead. Post to Facebook Try Another Audio CAPTCHA Image CAPTCHA...

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Rethinking Ghana’s Criminal Justice System: Setting The Agenda For A Paradigm Shift In Our Criminal Justice Delivery

The rather urgent need for a rethink of our criminal justice system can no longer remain either on the drawing board or continue to be a talk show, given the extreme consequences of the current sentencing policy which has failed to go beyond the fines and custodial disposals or thresholds.Several factors may indeed account for the high rate of the over- crowding in our prison estates, nevertheless the most significant of it all...

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For many Californians, cost of earthquake insurance outweighs the risks

(Reuters) - During Sunday's 6.0 magnitude earthquake, some $75,000 worth of bottles of wine, rum and whiskey flew off the shelves of Aiyaz Masani's liquor store in Napa, California. He estimates about half his inventory was damaged, winding up in three-foot piles in the aisles. But that financial hit is far from enough to convince him to buy earthquake insurance for Redwood Liquor....

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Shift manager at WW ready to shift into higher gear

Although Annie Gontarek, 27, graduated from Penn State Abington last December with a bachelor's degree in criminal justice, she has made the shift to shift manager at the Weavers Way in West Mt. Airy. (Photo by Frankie Plourde) by Karen Plourde Someday, Annie Gontarek will be able to put her time in the grocery business in her rear view mirror. But for now, being shift manager at Weavers Way (WW) Mt. Airy is a way to support herself while...

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Community rallying behind Violi family as Attorney General investigates accident that severed employee’s arm

MASSENA — An ongoing investigation of an industrial accident at Violi's Restaurant by the state Attorney General's Office has led the family that owns the business to seek community support. The brothers announced earlier this month the restaurant will close on Sept. 27. According to friends and family members of Ross and Dominick Violi, the brothers who own the restaurant find themselves "under attack" by the attorney general's staff probe of an accident at the restaurant that seriously injured one of their employees. Brett M. Bouchard, then...

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Will the Insurance Company Pay When Your Car is Stolen? Guess Again.

"My car was stolen and the insurance company won't pay me." This is a phone call I get too often – considering I do not advertise that I handle insurance claim denials. People only call me because they heard I handle "car cases." Close enough. This area of the law disturbs me far more than the lemon law. I understand that a defective car gets made every now and then. But when your car gets stolen and you had insurance coverage for that, well...

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Insurance Basics for Stables

The tricky part about insurance is that you can lie awake at night worrying that you'll lose everything if you don't have enough insurance, or you can insure your stable to the point it bankrupts you. Somewhere in between you have to find a balance that provides enough coverage to make you comfortable, while also leaving money in the bank. "I tell my clients that their best protection is like a three-legged stool. Proper documentation and proper structure (LLC, DBA, etc.) are the first two legs, and the third leg is always insurance," said Ruth...

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Just because parents are paying for their kid's health insurance doesn't mean they want to pay their medical expenses, too. But are they liable for them? Getty Images Some parents are now keeping their adult children on their health insurance plans thanks to the Affordable Care Act. That law requires healthcare plans that offer dependent coverage to make the coverage available until a child reaches the age of 26. But just because...

Want Cheap Car Insurance? These 5 States Have the Lowest Rates

Even old cars are expensive to insure. Image source: KB35/Flickr. With high prices at the pump and the ever-present need for regular auto maintenance and repairs, Americans are frustrated with how much it costs to drive these days. Car insurance is just one more thing that drivers have to worry about, and in many states you'll pay an arm and a leg for coverage. Yet going without insurance is illegal and carries major financial risks if...

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Government suffers setback as opposition baulks at insurance reform bill

NEW DELHI Thu Aug 14, 2014 1:47pm IST People stand in front of the parliament building on the opening day of the winter session in New Delhi November 22, 2012. Credit: Reuters/B Mathur/Files NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Plans by the new government to open the insurance sector to more foreign investment suffered a setback on Thursday after the opposition blocked the legislation in the upper house. The landmark...

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