Foreign travel checklist: Passport – check. Visa – check. Airline tickets – check. Hotel reservations – check. Health insurance coverage – ? Any foreign travel requires some planning. Since nothing can ruin a trip faster than an accident or unexpected illness, don’t forget to check how your health insurance coverage applies outside the U.S.! Continue reading “Do You Need Travel Insurance?”
The Insurance Information Institute (III) reported that dog bite claims cost an average of $24,461 in 2008 (the most recent figures available). If you own one or more dogs, do you have the insurance coverage to protect you from dog bite liability? Continue reading “Protecting Your Family from Dog Bite Liability”
Electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, are growing in popularity. How will they affect your health…and your insurance coverages?
Tobacco vs. E-Cigarettes
Cigarette smoke contains more than 4,700 chemical compounds, Continue reading “E-Cigarettes and Your Health”
Many studies have shown the positive benefits of having pets. You would likely agree. If you’re like most Americans, 39 percent have at least one dog and 33 percent have at least one cat. And many Americans consider their pets as family members. Continue reading “Pet Insurance: Coverage for Our Four Legged Family Members”
Like financial identity theft, medical identity theft can leave you responsible for bills you did not incur. But unlike other types of identity theft, it can also affect your medical records, jeopardizing your health. It could even jeopardize your health insurance coverage.
Medical identity theft occurs when another person uses your identity or insurance information to Continue reading “Thwarting Medical Identity Theft”
Almost a third of cancer patients have healthcare costs totaling 10 percent or more of their family income, and roughly one in nine have costs that exceed 20 percent of family income. As a result, 11 percent Continue reading “Critical Illness Insurance Fills a Benefits Gap”