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Does That Travel Insurance Include Winter Sports Cover?

By at 19 November, 2011, 11:20 am

Recent studies into Travel Insurance policies covering Winter Sports have shown that cover can vary a great deal depending on which provider someone is purchasing from. Quintessentially Covered give their expert opinion on what needs to be considered when purchasing travel insurance in the winter climates. London, UK (PRWEB) November 18, 2011 Before heading off [...]

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Panel: No state health ‘exchange’

By at 18 November, 2011, 4:47 pm

South Carolina should not manage its own “exchange” where health coverage will be sold once the new federal health care law takes full effect in 2014, a state panel is expected to recommend today. The S.C. Health Planning Committee wants private companies to create their own exchanges to sell insurance, an option critics said will [...]

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Travel insurance firms to cash in on space tourism

By at 18 November, 2011, 10:44 am

November 18 2011 at 05:00am A German insurer will offer space travel insurance, hoping to cash in on a wave of “ordinary astronauts” ahead of the first commercial space trips next year. Allianz says it will offer space travel policies, covering everything from cancelled trips to medical cover, from the start of next year to [...]

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Workers’ Health Premiums Rose 63% in 7 Years: Study

By at 17 November, 2011, 4:25 pm

Enlarge image Workers’ Health Premiums Rose 63% in Seven Years David McNew/Getty Images Workers bore higher out-of-pocket costs as well. Workers bore higher out-of-pocket costs as well. Photographer: David McNew/Getty Images U.S. workers’ health insurance premiums rose 63 percent from 2003 to 2010 as employers shifted more of the burden of rising medical costs to [...]

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