October 24th, 2009
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act – This law protects people in retirement, health and other benefit plans through private employers by providing rights to information and a grievance and appeals process for private employer health insurance participants. The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act – This law only applies to special instances, but if you qualify as a former employee, retiree, spouse or dependent child you can purchase a temporary continuation of health insurance at group rates.
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act – This law applies to working Americans and families with preexisting medical conditions. Through this act there is a guarantee of individual health insurance policies for eligible people and it prohibits discrimination in health care coverage. The Newborns’ and Mothers’ Health Protection Act – Just as it sounds, this law offers rules on minimum health insurance coverage on how long the mother and child can stay in the hospital after childbirth.
Mental Health Parity Act – This law ensures mental health is given as much emphasis as physical health by requiring annual, or lifetime, limits on mental health benefits to be no lower than limits for medical and surgical benefits provided by a group health insurance plan. Women’s Health and Cancer Rights Act – Breast cancer is a frightening diagnosis and treatment runs a wide range of intensity and invasiveness. This law protects breast cancer patients who want to have a breast reconstruction after a mastectomy.
When you are part of an employer – based health insurance plan the Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration is a great source of information on subjects such as your rights to information on how your plan works, how to quality benefits available in your plan and how to make claims on your health insurance plan.
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August 21st, 2009
Insurance agents are professionals, through whom you can buy insurance products such as life insurance, disability insurance, homeowner’s insurance, and car insurance. The insurance business is a state regulated business, which means that each state sets its own rules about various aspects of the insurance business. One of the common features of these rules is that all insurance agents have to be registered with a state’s insurance commission. In order to register, insurance agents have to fulfill certain requirements like passing state-issued exams and regularly completing continuing education courses.
Insurance agents are supposed to work in the best interest of a client, as is the case with all financial professionals. Unfortunately the reality is such that insurance agents and other financial professionals are often swayed by the commission they receive for selling you, the client, certain financial products like an insurance policy. The problem comes in when they push you to buy a product that may not be suitable for you, but one that provides the insurance agent with a handsome commission.
As a client, you have the right to ask an insurance agent to tell you the amount of the commission he or she receives for selling you one product or another. If you do not understand the impact your insurance agent’s commission has on your insurance policy and your financial well-being, ask the agent out right. You will quickly find out how forthcoming he or she is about answering such sensitive questions. If you get the sense that your insurance agent is not honest, trust your instinct and get help and advice from another agent. Be aware that there is nothing wrong with an insurance agent or any other financial professionals to get paid for his or her services to you as long as he or she gets paid for a service valuable to you, the client.
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August 19th, 2009
Thanks to the Internet, we can do everything from pay our bills online to chat with friends who live on the other side of the country, and we do it all without leaving our homes or getting an outrageous phone bill in the mail.
However, there are other benefits to having the Internet that go beyond work-related issues and enjoyment. Having the Internet also allows access to a plethora of information that you may not have been privy to without the Internet. Some of that information includes about the various kinds of insurance.
Many of us rely on our local insurance agents to get the insurance coverage we need. We’ll purchase homeowner’s insurance, car insurance, and life insurance from those familiar faces. If we’re lucky, we’ll rely on our employers for health insurance. Yet, there’s a world of insurance out there that goes beyond your hometown, and the Internet can help you find it.
Whether you’re looking for auto insurance or dental insurance, there’s no doubt you’ll find an insurance company online that sells it. The even better news is that when you search for insurance using the Internet, you can also compare different insurance companies to get the best insurance coverage for you, your home, your car, and your family.
So, the next time you sit down in front of the family computer, take a few minutes from checking your email and do a quick search for insurance, even if you already have all of your insurance needs met.
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