Thứ Hai, 24 tháng 8, 2009

Phoenix Launches First Standalone Dual Coverage Universal Life Policy That Pays Benefit on the First Death

Joint Advantage UL Offers Cost Savings Over Two Standard Policies But Doesn’t Sacrifice Cash Accumulation

HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Phoenix Companies, Inc. (NYSE: PNX) today introduced Phoenix Joint Advantage Universal Life (UL), a first-to-die universal life insurance product for two lives that features flexible premiums and cash accumulation, giving customers vital insurance protection and the opportunity to grow their cash values.

Phoenix Joint Advantage UL, the first of its kind, is designed to appeal to couples or small business partners who are concerned about cash flow or liquidity on the first death. For businesses, its primary use is protecting each partner’s interest for buyout purposes.

This policy covers two lives under one policy and one premium payment. It pays a death benefit on the first death, and, if clients add the Survivor Purchase Option Rider to their policy, the surviving spouse or business partner will be able to buy a new Phoenix policy at that time with no need for medical evidence of insurability. With a Phoenix Joint Advantage UL policy, customers can meet their need for dual income replacement and stable accumulation at a cost they can afford.

"Phoenix Joint Advantage UL is an important addition to our product portfolio because, for many clients, it's a significantly cost-effective alternative to the expense of two standard UL policies," said Tom Buckingham, senior vice president, Product Development, Life and Annuity. "At a time when conserving your working capital is especially important, a life insurance solution that actually saves money is truly a valuable asset.”

"We heard from advisors that in today’s volatile markets, their clients want insurance products that offer an economical approach coupled with flexibility and an opportunity for steady cash accumulation. Phoenix Joint Advantage UL delivers on both counts," Buckingham said.

Phoenix Joint Advantage UL is highly cost effective compared to two individual UL policies. For example, a male and a female, both age 45 with face amounts of $1 million and a preferred plus risk class, would pay an annual premium cost of $12,103 for two individual UL policies. The annual premium cost for one Phoenix Joint Advantage UL Policy with Survivor Purchase Option Rider is $10,193, creating annual savings of 16 percent over two individual policies*.

Phoenix Joint Advantage UL is also very flexible, with features that include flexible premiums that allow clients to decide when and how much they want to pay. Depending on their needs, couples or business partners can elect to have different amounts of coverage on the two people being ensured. Clients can also choose either a fixed death benefit equal to the policy’s face amount or an increasing death benefit that equals the policy’s face amount added to its cash value.

Clients who prefer additional insurance protections can add the following optional riders to their policies at no additional cost: Policy Exchange Option Rider, which allows clients to exchange their Phoenix Joint Advantage UL policy for two single life policies without evidence of insurability; and, Overloan Protection Rider, which helps to prevent policy lapse (a taxable event) if loan debt should exceed cash value due to a heavily-loaned policy. Other riders available for purchase at issue include: Level Term Rider, Increasing Term Protection Rider, Survivor Purchase Option Rider, Alternative Surrender Value Rider, and Waiver of Surrender Charge Rider.

In addition to flexible premiums and insurance protections, Phoenix Joint Advantage UL lets clients who need to access their cash values take a withdrawal or a policy loan, without current income tax up to the cost basis of the initial premium.

To learn more about Phoenix Joint Advantage UL and other life insurance products available from Phoenix, agents and financial advisors can contact their Phoenix wholesaler, the Life and Annuity Sales Desk at 800-417-4769, or visit www.phoenixwm.com.

ABOUT PHOENIX

With a history dating to 1851, The Phoenix Companies, Inc. (NYSE:PNX) provides financial solutions using life insurance and annuities, with particular expertise in the high-net-worth and affluent market. In 2008, Phoenix had annual revenues of $2.0 billion and total assets of $25.8 billion.

Phoenix is a leader in the life insurance industry, with a distinguished record of industry firsts in product design and underwriting. The company's underwriting capabilities can accommodate a range of customers and risk situations and address clients' estate, business and retirement planning strategies. Phoenix also offers a complete suite of annuity products with a full spectrum of optional guarantees, and with expert technical analysis of complex annuity contracts to help customers own the right products to fit their unique needs.

*This is a hypothetical example and is used only to describe how this strategy may work. Which strategy works best for clients will depend on their individual facts and circumstances. Actual results will vary. Any representation of life insurance premium or death benefit is purely hypothetical in amount and is not a guarantee of cost or death benefit now or in the future from a specific life insurance policy. Clients will receive a personalized illustration that reflects all applicable fees and charges, including the cost of insurance.

Thứ Năm, 6 tháng 8, 2009

Leadbot Helps Agents Increase Their Conversion Rates With Qualified Life Insurance Leads

Leadbot, the nationally recognized producer of high-quality health, annuity and life insurance leads for insurance agents and brokers, has developed a system of lead generation that... begins with the creation of popular web properties full of helpful insurance information, advice and resources. These websites are then optimized for the major search engines, including Google, Bing and Yahoo...

Thứ Bảy, 1 tháng 8, 2009

Auto Insurance Companies and Repair Shops

The article “Shops debate the place of insurers in the repair process” by Brian Albright on SearchAutoParts.com talks about how car designs have become more complex and expensive which is causing more and more auto insurance companies to get involved in the auto repair process.

Issues sometimes arise between repairers and insurers as the insurance companies pressure shops to cut costs. The repair shops see this as meddling as they deal with their own financial pressures. Most repair shops prefer that the insurance company give a check and stay out of the repair process, but customers find a lot value in the insurance companies taking over. In addition, insurance companies want to keep the repair shop's prices down as much as possible to save themselves money.

Not all insurance companies are getting in the way of the repair shop's agenda. State Farm auto insurance is generally seen as cooperative according to the article. Recently, they have participated in programs striving for efficiencies in the repair business. While some repair shops see this as intrusive, others see it as a positive force. Gene Regan, general manager at Causeway Collision Center in Manahawkin, NJ believes it is a productive initiative for State Farm to get involved. He sees the program bringing the repair shops and insurance companies together to learn from each other and develop better business practices. This will ultimately benefit the mutual customers who both parties look to please.

Thứ Tư, 22 tháng 7, 2009

Massachusetts Auto Insurance Rates Are Down



According to the article “Car insurance rates fall 8%, state says” by Todd Wallack in the Boston Globe, Massachusetts auto insurance rates are down since Massachusetts stopped setting their own rates in 2008. This information is from a study completed by the Division of Insurance.

The state study shows that auto insurance rates are down 8.2% from April 2008 to April 2009. The rates fell 5.2% from 2006 to 2007. In April of 2008 Massachusetts began allowing auto insurers to set their own rates which was to create controlled competition. Before this change, rates in Massachusetts were highly regulated.


Jason Lefferts is a spokesperson for the insurance division, and he said the study also found that during the last year the number of uninsured cars in Massachusetts dropped and that less people were considered high-risk drivers. Since the change in regulation, nine companies have become part of the Massachusetts auto insurance market.

Thứ Hai, 6 tháng 7, 2009

Spending habits during a recession

There is a study recently published by M&C Saatchi, a global advertising agency with headquarters in London. It puts consumers into categories based on their behavior and reaction to the recession.

I'll get to those categories in a minute, but I think it's important to first note that the premise of this study is that while we are all effected by the recession differently depending on where we live and the local economy there, we generally are reacting to the macro economy - as it's reported by mass media.

We are bombarded daily by dismal reports of national or even global economic downturns. We cannot help but let this color our thinking. Yet, things might actually not be so bad in the immediate area around us.

So, the study and the categories are generated by how we are reacting to macroeconomics.

‘Reacting to Recession' is the name of the study. It identifies and categorizes attitudes and behavior adopted by different groups of consumers. The study finds eight consumer types with distinct approaches to spending in this recession.

Each identified group has adopted an overall specific behavior to cope financially with the downturn.

Crash Dieters

Scrimpers

Abstainers

Balancers

Treaters

Justifiers

Ostriches

Vultures


A caveat before the descriptions: they're not based on socioeconomic status, meaning that you can be in the Crash Dieter...and a millionaire.

Crash Dieters are the largest segment, grabbing 26% of adults participating in the study. The group was so named because it aims to "shed pounds" from their weekly budget by identifying and cutting out all non-essential spending until things improve. Crash Dieters are a heavily cash orientated group. Debt clearly frightens them (or is unavailable to them). They live from week to week and when the money runs out they're forced to take quite drastic action.

Scrimpers made up 13% of the study population. Cutting spending is still a main reaction, but they want to maintain their lifestyle and are reluctant to make sacrifices. "Trade down" is more their philosophy than "cut out." Cheaper stores and private labels have become more important to them.

Abstainers, like their Scrimper brethren, don't plan to make any huge cuts in spending habits. About 15% of the population are Abstainers. "The big purchases can wait until the economy improves," is what they'll tell you.

Balancers is one of the smallest groups. Nearly one in 10 people in the study fit into this category, which doesn't want to compromise or make any changes to their pre-recession lifestyle. However, a monetary crisis for them, say a job loss, triggers abrupt behavior. There's no "trading down" - It's gone.

Just over 12% of the study population are Treaters. You could describe them as Crash Dieters who occasionally binge. Every once in a while, the frugality they have adopted to deal with the recession gets rewarded by the purchase of something they promised themselves they wouldn't get.

Another 12% are Justifiers. They'll spend, but they need to have a reason - and it's not price-sensitive. If it's a newer version of something they already have, they want it and convince themselves it's a wise expenditure.

Everybody knows what an Ostrich does when it confronts danger - supposedly - and this is the way 9% of the study population is reacting to the recession. They're simply ignoring it - either because they have sufficient means to do so or because they have been brought up to believe that large balances on credit cards is the accepted norm.

At 4%, the smallest category was given the name Vultures. They're thriving on the carnage caused by the recession. Prices on many things have plummeted. They're swooping in and purchasing all they can.

The study is ostensibly for the purpose of how to market to these groups during the recession; and these distinctive categories of behavior strongly show that there may be only one recession globally...but we certainly are not all reacting to it in the same way.

Obviously, the propensity to purchase life insurance products at this time by these categories presents the same types of obstacles and challenges as any other industry.

Do you recognize yourself in any of them?

Thứ Bảy, 27 tháng 6, 2009

Health Insurance Reform - What Do Doctors Think

Lindsey Tanner wrote an article entitled “Doctors signal they’ll work with Obama” published in the Associated Press discussing Obama's meeting with the American Medical Association (AMA).

The AMA is a group of doctors representing the nation. Traditionally, the AMA is conservative and have fought previous administrations' health care reform attempts. There was speculation that they were going to create an obstacle for Obama and his health insurance plan. But after Obama spoke to the doctors at their annual meeting in Chicago, the AMA signaled that they won't close the door on his health insurance proposal. Specifically, they are not against the part where public health insurance will compete with private insurers.

Obama's trip to Chicago for this meeting shows how much the President values the AMA's support. They would have liked a stronger endorsement, but this is a small battle in the large fight ahead for the Obama administration.

Thứ Bảy, 23 tháng 5, 2009

Drug benefits are many and who should not join the drug insurance?

Houston (NN) - In America 43 million people eligible to join the Insurance News medications Medicare Part D (abbreviated as MPD), but according to estimates by the authorities, there are probably only 29 million will apply. The reason is that the program is too complex and difficult to understand, on the other has too many programs by hundreds of insurers that provide cause people like to be at glamor match, do not know which side to choose to send "gold". Houston in particular has 20 insurers with 47 different programs. ABC Radio has interviewed three people by the doctors of all three counters are shaking head back. Mr. Jan Blustein, Medical doctor, PhD in Public Management, professor at the University of New York said: "the situation to choose from and different circumstances of each person is set as we entered the beginning". Today has two articles on MPD still feel readers need more information to find a program appropriate for your circumstances. So that more messages below.

For readers can compare programs and find the program of your circumstances, we would offer a different case:

1. Mr. X per month $ 80 target for drug money (by prescription). If not joined the MPD at all the drug money he spent, each year is $ 960. If he choose insurance program by AARP MedicareRx drug:

- Insurance (premium) is $ 28.50 / month $ 339/nam News.
- He does not have to pay $ 250 deductible money (to pay for his AARP).
- Money co-pay about $ 420.

Thus, if the program chosen by the AARP, he takes the $ 339 + $ 420 = $ 759. So Mr. X saved: $ 960 - $ 759 = $ 201.

If Mr. X select the insurance of Advantage Rx Value Plan is to reduce how much?

- Money offered by the employer premium is $ 23, 24 / $ 279 monthly News.
- Expenses deductible is $ 0 (because the employers pay for their deductible).
- Money co-pay, if a generic drug is $ 12/thang even $ 144 per year or $ 42/thang if brand name is $ 504/nam News.
- So he saved from $ 537 to $ 177 depending on the generic drugs or brand name.

From the two examples we see when selecting the insurance do we need to know which drugs have to pay co-pay at least by searching the title of the table medications are approved by Medicare (Formulary).

In the table title Formulary, drugs are classified into four grades:

- Tier 1: the drug co-pay at least: from $ 0 to $ 25 depending on insurance.
- Tier 2: cash co-pay from $ 20 to $ 40 depending on insurance.
- Tier 3 co-pay from $ 35 to $ 70 depending on insurance
- Specialty tier (SP) is co-employers to pay 25%, employers are not that co-pay is how much.

Over here we just compare the two employers, while employers have to 20 times. Each insurance funds co-pay should be different want to compare all the employers is a "smoking in the bar."
If you are proficient in computer use may be on the Medicare website. Generally perform the steps as follows:

Website: www.medicare.gov

- Click for "Compare Prescription drug plan"
- Fill in the righthand frame: the number of Medicare, their date of birth, date of your Medicare effective.
- Zip code
- Then select the insurance you want to know
- Then enter the name of his drug use.

You will know the money premium, deductible, co-pay.

Formulary want the table back to the website first and click on "formulary checker.

2. Mr. Y was involved in the Medicare Avantage (like an HMO or PPO). Medicare Advantage program have paid for prescription drugs and then he. If he joined an insurance program, the other medicine he may be terminated Medicare Advantage insurance and he's in this case the insurance of the hospital and his doctors were terminated.

3. Mr. Z is still covered by medical manufacturer that he is working or is not he should join the MPD. He should consult with your insurance carrier to ask their opinions.

In summary:

- If the amount of medication (prescribed) by the less you should choose the program that funds low premium and no deductible to pay.
- When your doctor commitment by the Formulary to ask your doctor for drugs they have to pay co-pay at least (tier 1).
- Each insurance carrier associated with a pharmacy, the medication must be purchased in system pharmacy insurance by themselves.

Remember:

- Not to offer (salesperson) that personal information such as your social security number, and bank account, etc. ..
- Do not offer for the home.
- Do not condescension solicitor signed the application for the insurance program.
- With gold because you are very much time to "research" (deadline is 15 5 in 2006).
- There are many agencies and organizations ready to help you fill out and insurance.
If you do not use computer experts, do not "have" and ask "children" to help the organization by Kaiser Family Foundation Harvard School belongs to because the 76% If you dont't never to the internet.

Report on migrant visa by 12 months of 2005.

Following the announcement of visa Center National (National Visa Center) on the due date visa (cut-off date) by the application resided in the U.S. from the family (family based immigrant) by 12 months 2005:

F1 (single 21-year-old who has citizenship): 22 tháng 4, 2001
F2A (spouse and single children under the age of 21 permanent staff): 1 1, 2002
F2B (single from 21 years of age by permanent residents): 8 in 6 in 1996.
F3 (I have family who has citizenship): 8 Months 6 1998
F4 (brothers and sisters of the nationality): 1 in 5 in 1994.

So compared to the 9 months:

- Diện F1, was not in any
- F2A Diện to be 1
- F2B Diện 3 weeks
- Diện F3 is 1
- F4 Diện is 1 ½

Insurance coverage and the problem Landmarks Print E-mail

Every year at the summer house owner is concerned the cost of insurance increases. Five rate increases approximately this high level of inflation. There are years, like last year, the rate of growth exceed the inflation rate increases as much 7.4%. This year the popular organs of Insurance Insurance Information Institute, the rate of increase of cost of accidents, only 2.8%, the increase in at least five years.

Any reason the insurers to increase insurance coverage by only 1 / 3 last year this year?

According to BusinessWeek magazine, issue number 21 tháng 6, 2004 There are two main reasons leading to price increases of the cost less in 2004.

The first reason is because the administration of the insurance nationwide United States just breathing phào light when the group decided by 46 government states the responsibility of the insurance companies.

Decision for this important that insurance companies are not forced responsibility for the claim related to Landmarks of cats, ie "mold," mọc inside.

In the past month results of a study on harmful effects of landmarks must be announced. According to a landmark study this is not harmful to human health as many mistook before.

Due to the claim of harm's landmark home in which the insurer had to indemnify the $ 3 billion dollars in 2002 to make cost-free in 2003, skyrocketing significant.

The second is for the owner to purchase additional insurance against terrorism họa in 2003 decreased more than in 2002. Part because Americans think that the rate họa terrorism occurred in the United States not as high they fear the period immediately following the terrorist attacks 11 months 9 days, 2001.

Họa terrorism that we can not control the time and effort to prevent the country and each locality concerned the reduction can hope times have not attacked any other.

Landmarks problem is not cats but are the responsibility of the insurance is still the responsibility of the owner whether you are home or continue to reside in the house with them landmarks. Deliberate a little people can find them before becoming victims of a biological process in normal this time.

According to Jeffrey C. May, an expert on air quality and co-author of the book My House Is Killing Me! and The Mold Survival Guide, by the company Johns Hopkins University Press published, the owner should pay attention to some of the following to stopping them landmarks in their home.

The signs of the grass: If you see in the scent to smell like moist Landmarks and if friends, relatives for clothing your fuggy you to note where to find landmarks in the house. This is especially necessary if you are sick cough, asthma (asthma) and lean nose (Sinus) that in Indonesia the disease has not found out the disease seems more severe. Many people are allergic to them attacks on landmarks which may cause only a landmark onion west or damaged pipe in the Air is mọc landmark.

Landmarks are often the most stimulating students: If you are in the system air-conditioning the whole house landmark often spread more easily. Next to the heating pipe for this system have to run to the low humidity in the house. When steam pipes keep water đọng time opportunities will increase mọc landmark. At the turn air conditioners or air heating you create opportunities for landmark clusters spread elsewhere in the system pipe to this spread, or the house.

In the basement have: Approximately 90% of carpet covering the ground in the basement (usually common in the East and Central America) are usually grass, the type of germs, or exclude students or other materials, according to Mr. Jeffrey C. May. Although most types of insects and living with this harmless about 3 section 4 who are not allergic but of people with allergies often prove ill because of this living.

The problem how milestone in the house: You can be the milestone in the problem by editing the end where the water or leak from the roof to the rainwater drainage pipe. Keep moisture in the root cellar under the house and buy 50% in humidity measurement (digital hygrometer) in the house. That machine type humidity usually good to about $ 40 dollars. Specialist for humidity to about 70% to 80% ensuring environmental development convenient for them landmarks. If you have high humidity, you should buy in reducing moisture (dehumidifier) to reduce them landmarks. When did all that remains of fuggy, you need to hire professionals detect landmarks in the companies check the status of the landmark status in their home and seek proper professional milestone of this problem.

How to figure in the landmark, in the case and also to better treatment. The water pipes in the bathroom should be kept for not leak. Place water pipes connected from the wall should be kept dry to drag landmark can mọc inside walls if the time dripping. To prevent them in the landmark you can start with the entire sanitation system pipe in air-conditioning in the house and replace the filter in this system. According to Jeffrey C. May type filter fragile cheap is not good. You need to buy filter types have the same placement of fans, the type of laundry and then not be used again, enough new filter dust and harmful materials.

Hopefully these ideas to contribute on here help you to prevent and treat the problem in a landmark home. A small joy, with the increased cost of at least 5 years you can spend a little money for the room and treat them cats landmarks to ensure health for themselves and also live in the house.

Chủ Nhật, 17 tháng 5, 2009

Canada introduction system of health insurance private E-mail Print

TORONTO, Canada - The Canada very long time still proud of the health system's public, and is regarded as a symbol of national values, and often look system of private insurance in the United States as a disadvantage.

But this supreme court decision was Canada that need a system health insurance to private insurance with public health. With this decision, we puncture the wild and bring not know the future of health insurance in Canada to start.

First, the decision can spring a debate in the gay gắt authorities in order to improve the chronic problem, the wait is too long a list operation, testing and treatment . Some experts believe that this decision will then bring the system to a private insurance combined insurance with public health.

Doctor Albert Schumcher, President Medical Association Canada, speech, "For the rights of our, this decision is a very stringent about how their operating system. I hope that this place will bring us to go to a system of private insurance. The word 'private' is always the politicians considered a bad word, associated with the United States and means' the only profitable, but not necessarily always be so. "

All started with a doctor any man, Mr. Jacques Chaoulli and his patient George Zeliotis is a traders retired, Quebec residents. He was waiting near a newly years to the list instead of surgery hipbone.

In a decision decomposed, sovereign Canada France Institute recently recorded a wait list for treatment it is too long, that is not acceptable, cause too many patients suffer or die before treatment. The supreme judge has rejected an act prohibited by the Quebec manufacturer of private health insurance are the cases of insurance the government provide. By sovereign decision of France, the patient as he should be Zeliotis go outside the public system and pay to enjoy the timely treatment through health insurance private.

Doctor Schumacher speech, "There are tens of thousands of cases he is Zeliotis whine because they must wait." For example, the patient he must have belonged to Detroit states neighboring United States and the equipment bags of money to pay taken 'CAT scans' within 6 days, instead of waiting 6 months in Canada. "(DP)

Select insurance program for Medicare Part D? Print E-mail

Drug benefits are many and who should not join the drug insurance?

Houston (NN) - In America 43 million people eligible to join the Insurance News medications Medicare Part D (abbreviated as MPD), but according to estimates by the authorities, there are probably only 29 million will apply. The reason is that the program is too complex and difficult to understand, on the other has too many programs by hundreds of insurers that provide cause people like to be at glamor match, do not know which side to choose to send "gold". Houston in particular has 20 insurers with 47 different programs. ABC Radio has interviewed three people by the doctors of all three counters are shaking head back. Mr. Jan Blustein, Medical doctor, PhD in Public Management, professor at the University of New York said: "the situation to choose from and different circumstances of each person is set as we entered the beginning". Today has two articles on MPD still feel readers need more information to find a program appropriate for your circumstances. So that more messages below.

For readers can compare programs and find the program of your circumstances, we would offer a different case:

1. Mr. X per month $ 80 target for drug money (by prescription). If not joined the MPD at all the drug money he spent, each year is $ 960. If he choose insurance program by AARP MedicareRx drug:

- Insurance (premium) is $ 28.50 / month $ 339/nam News.
- He does not have to pay $ 250 deductible money (to pay for his AARP).
- Money co-pay about $ 420.

Thus, if the program chosen by the AARP, he takes the $ 339 + $ 420 = $ 759. So Mr. X saved: $ 960 - $ 759 = $ 201.

If Mr. X select the insurance of Advantage Rx Value Plan is to reduce how much?

- Money offered by the employer premium is $ 23, 24 / $ 279 monthly News.
- Expenses deductible is $ 0 (because the employers pay for their deductible).
- Money co-pay, if a generic drug is $ 12/thang even $ 144 per year or $ 42/thang if brand name is $ 504/nam News.
- So he saved from $ 537 to $ 177 depending on the generic drugs or brand name.

From the two examples we see when selecting the insurance do we need to know which drugs have to pay co-pay at least by searching the title of the table medications are approved by Medicare (Formulary).

In the table title Formulary, drugs are classified into four grades:

- Tier 1: the drug co-pay at least: from $ 0 to $ 25 depending on insurance.
- Tier 2: cash co-pay from $ 20 to $ 40 depending on insurance.
- Tier 3 co-pay from $ 35 to $ 70 depending on insurance
- Specialty tier (SP) is co-employers to pay 25%, employers are not that co-pay is how much.

Over here we just compare the two employers, while employers have to 20 times. Each insurance funds co-pay should be different want to compare all the employers is a "smoking in the bar."
If you are proficient in computer use may be on the Medicare website. Generally perform the steps as follows:

Website: www.medicare.gov

- Click for "Compare Prescription drug plan"
- Fill in the righthand frame: the number of Medicare, their date of birth, date of your Medicare effective.
- Zip code
- Then select the insurance you want to know
- Then enter the name of his drug use.

You will know the money premium, deductible, co-pay.

Formulary want the table back to the website first and click on "formulary checker.

2. Mr. Y was involved in the Medicare Avantage (like an HMO or PPO). Medicare Advantage program have paid for prescription drugs and then he. If he joined an insurance program, the other medicine he may be terminated Medicare Advantage insurance and he's in this case the insurance of the hospital and his doctors were terminated.

3. Mr. Z is still covered by medical manufacturer that he is working or is not he should join the MPD. He should consult with your insurance carrier to ask their opinions.

In summary:

- If the amount of medication (prescribed) by the less you should choose the program that funds low premium and no deductible to pay.
- When your doctor commitment by the Formulary to ask your doctor for drugs they have to pay co-pay at least (tier 1).
- Each insurance carrier associated with a pharmacy, the medication must be purchased in system pharmacy insurance by themselves.

Remember:

- Not to offer (salesperson) that personal information such as your social security number, and bank account, etc. ..
- Do not offer for the home.
- Do not condescension solicitor signed the application for the insurance program.
- With gold because you are very much time to "research" (deadline is 15 5 in 2006).
- There are many agencies and organizations ready to help you fill out and insurance.
If you do not use computer experts, do not "have" and ask "children" to help the organization by Kaiser Family Foundation Harvard School belongs to because the 76% If you dont't never to the internet.

Report on migrant visa by 12 months of 2005.

Following the announcement of visa Center National (National Visa Center) on the due date visa (cut-off date) by the application resided in the U.S. from the family (family based immigrant) by 12 months 2005:

F1 (single 21-year-old who has citizenship): 22 tháng 4, 2001
F2A (spouse and single children under the age of 21 permanent staff): 1 1, 2002
F2B (single from 21 years of age by permanent residents): 8 in 6 in 1996.
F3 (I have family who has citizenship): 8 Months 6 1998
F4 (brothers and sisters of the nationality): 1 in 5 in 1994.

Thứ Hai, 11 tháng 5, 2009

Should review the contract of insurance hous

Just then, a forest fire risk was missing thousands of samples in some areas north of the city Los Angeles. This area has houses expensive money million. First few months of this year, some houses in the city Laguna Beach, Orange, and dip valley after some drencher before making land subsidence. Area is also home worth a two million dollars.

California has three natural disasters causing much damage especially earthquakes, land and forest fire sequence. Types of natural disasters are causing more significant damage, both the network and physical assets, if the disaster to happen in this area of the trees.

In the East, to avoid the earthquake, the storm was. In August and September 2005, two match Katrina and Rita storm damage estimated at more than 100 million dollars. Private insurance industry will pay out about $ 34 billion dollars, the number of most its the insurance industry to compensation for a disaster.

Any houses yet, the building will have some coverage of natural disasters and accidents basis. This is required to purchase the home. Sponsors will not loan money to buy a home if the loan would not buy insurance for your home. Because if the destruction was by a natural disaster is, the more the debt will not be able to pay more in debt when they lose business products.

But a majority owner of the house may know or not know that their home was not covered enough for many (not May after a disaster) has money to build houses.

According to the company Marshall & Swift, a company specializing in cost of construction, nearly 6 in 10 houses in the state Louisiana was not home to buy full insurance (underinsured). Similarly, just after the company (headquartered in Los Angeles) said that nearly 60% of houses across the United States was not fully insured. Also say that lack of insurance to start, this company said that average is about 22%. This means that if necessary the amount $ 300,000 to build the house was a disaster destruction, people only buy insurance and that compensation has been $ 234,000.

This figure is very significant and alarming people to review the insurance contract. Construction materials, labor cost, as we all know, increased very rapidly in recent times. Without insurance compensation enough to be building a new home, homeowners will face great difficulties. One side must continue to pay debt for financing the company, on the other, not enough money to build the home.

So who is responsible for the review of the insurance contract? Main house owner, not anyone else. Insurance or employees of their duties have not terminated exchange customers to purchase additional insurance for the full replacement value (replacement cost) of the house. Main owner must know that the insurance you are, whether there is enough to build houses when other natural disasters may not, or a fire because that's, to enter.

How is most appropriate?

Do you want insurance compensation amount is not enough to reconstruct the house and the furniture has been the destruction? Furthermore, you want insurance to provide money for your family staying elsewhere (hotel, rent house) temporary home after the destruction? Then again all the responsibilities of owners (liability) if someone other than family injury present in your home when the disaster occurred or accident?

Typically, the insurance company based on the area of the house to determine the construction cost to replace (replacement costs). But the company Marshall & Swift (with experience has been 75 years) said that the calculation method of construction costs based on all the parts of the house (total component formula) is more accurate. This company has a program computing the total gộp all parts, components of the house with the structure and material architectures characterized by them to calculate the actual cost of a home.

Only to remove the $ 19.95 the company Marshall & Swift can provide to anyone (via Internet) to the ability of their expertise, based on the special characteristics of the house you owned, a analysis and cost money to start, based on rules of construction (building codes), labor cost, material cost of each locality to replace in case of the destruction. Estimate copies this host a basis for discussion with the office of your insurance about the need to adjust appropriately.

To help you easily decide more, the company said on a number of questions. If your answer is "yes" to one of the questions below, call the office for your insurance.

- Are you smoking the page, as more (significant home improvement) for the house not? Example: How to room, upstairs, replace the entire bathroom, kitchen with expensive materials, etc. ..

- From the first time (calculating the cost to replace the house with representatives insurers) to now, has not exceed 12 months? Furthermore, the calculations have focused on the characteristics of the home that you owned or not?

- Value in the areas of the house you have to increase very rapidly in recent times or not?

- Your home is the value of history or not?

Copy of your insurance you have to include all land located beneath the house or not? If so, such a legacy. Value of land is not in the home insurance.

You certainly know that insurers will come to you in those cases separately as fire, storm, flood, earthquake, just lốc, the chain etc. .. home if your damaged completely?

Do you know how much the types of furniture in the house your insurance or not? Most of the insurance compensation only by a rate based on the replacement cost of the house structure. If this is the case, you did not buy enough insurance for obvious it did not help with the acquisition were similar destruction.

Mobile insurance: Who benefits?

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Quite popular in England and America, but now, the form of insurance, this new start implementing in Vietnam. This is also the first insurance company in the country applied, the 3 Group is Vinasure fact assessment and resolution when problems occur.

During the first program only applies to customers buying new products at the supermarket system of Mobile Telecommunications A. The product was old or notebook to not participate in this program. After participating in the insurance, if mobile phone is stolen, losses due to unexpected accidents, by country ... customers will be repaired free of charge or compensation by the co-branded mobile phone, the features or compensation in cash but not to exceed 17 million in the case can not be replaced by co-branded mobile phone. It is noted that only those situations device harmless because of the impact outside the individual or a non-slip body's free (to forget, to take), that the witnesses are compensation applied. Consequences of damage by natural disasters Mobile is not resolved.

Besides, the cost of package insurance is also quite high. For example with a mobile phone worth more than 510,000 Vietnamese Dong had to spend additional 200,000 VND / year for insurance. Mobile Phones with available from 16,320,000 VND to 17 million, the cost that customers pay up to 3,226,000 VND / year, equivalent to a phone line high fashion high. Nguyen Thi Thanh Huyen, chief development project insurance products for this, surely the cost of package insurance is high because the risk of unexpected problems cause loss or loss of the device is very large.

Once found stolen mobile phone, customers should contact the provider network is not slower than 12 hours after the work, taken with the police would not confirm the delay more than 24 hours and contact managers are not slower than 48 hours. However, according to Mr. Luong Hong Thap, Head of development of new products, insurance companies AAA, the duration of review and resolution of repair customer damage lasts from 7 to 10 days from receiving fully valid paperwork. Time pending insurance, customers will have to rotate the bucket to media contact.

Mobile has become the objects can not be missing every day, not including the face with the report simply does not advance public safety agencies. With the cost and waiting time as, a customer with salty that form this insurance? As N.'s Village, a customer of a Telecommunications, instead of buying insurance for a phone worth 17 million, kept the money to buy it "subject" Nokia 6300, or face the loss of problem is also the right to use, also see it more.

Persons requiring insurance is purchased by insurance companies

13/12/2007
Question 2. Persons requiring insurance is insurance purchased by insurance companies not operating in Vietnam or not? DNBH must be qualified to perform what commitments with customers?

Answer:
- Organizations and individuals with insurance needs are involved in insurance business insurance activities in Vietnam.

- Business insurance must ensure the requirements of finance to implement their commitments for the purchase of insurance. (Article 6 Law BH KD) Guidelines insurance participation is in Decree 45CP 27 months 3, 2007 guiding the implementation of the Law KD insurance (Article 3 of Decree 45 CP) as follows

"1. Organizations and individuals want to business insurance, business insurance, active insurance brokers in Vietnam is the Ministry of Finance license the establishment and operation as stipulated by Law Business insurance .

2. Organizations and individuals with insurance needs with a choice of insurance companies and are only involved in insurance business insurance are allowed to work in Vietnam. No organization or individual is allowed to interfere with illegal choice to business insurance, business insurance brokers buyer's premium "

This is to protect the interests of customers to buy insurance because the insurance companies operating in Vietnam is state management closely, being governed by the laws of Vietnam. If disputes occur, the buyer of insurance may give Vietnam court hearing.

Thứ Tư, 6 tháng 5, 2009

Conditions and procedures for transfer of coverage between 02 ...

57 questions. Conditions and procedures for transfer of coverage between 02 DNBH specified how to ensure the benefits of buying insurance?

Answer:

The transfer from HDBH DNBH to other DNBH must comply with the conditions and procedures to allow KDBH Law. Article 75 Law KDBH stipulated conditions of the transfer HDBH as follows:

"The transfer of insurance contracts are made on the following conditions:

1. Business insurance franchisee business insurance business to be transferred;

2. The rights and obligations under insurance contracts to be transferred does not change until the expiry of the insurance;

3. The transfer of the insurance must be accompanied by the transfer of funds and for services related to all insurance contracts are transferred. "

Article 76 Law KDBH rules of procedure transfer HDBH as follows:

"The transfer of the insurance is done by following procedures:

1. Insurance business transfer contract of insurance must have the proposal to transfer the insurance to send the Ministry of Finance reason, plan transfer, accompanied by the transfer. The transfer of the insurance only be conducted after the Ministry of Finance approved in writing;

2. Within 30 days after the Ministry of Finance approved the transfer of insurance business transfer contract of insurance must be published on the transfer and notify the buyer of insurance in writing. "

Defining the contents and conditions of transfer of such insurance is to guarantee rights and benefit customers buy insurance even in the worst situation occurs.

6 It should know when buying Life Insurance first

1. Understand why Cần Buy Insurance
Most of all we need life insurance at a time in life, but never purchased insurance because hearing other people say it is a good idea. Life insurance is designed to give families a full financial security in case the wife or husband having to uncertainties, or when your parents have to uncertainties. Life insurance can help pay the house, money for college, help supplement retirement funds, to a property here at the same time is another important factor in plan assets. In short, if you have a relative to your income, you should think of life insurance. Even if you think you have no need now, you still should think of buying with a small amount as a starting point. Because, as the child life insurance as cheap.

2. Amount determined Insurance required
The amount that families or inherit will receive after your death is called the amount of insurance. To determine the amount of insurance need, you can use a computer on the network or New York Life www.insure.com network. After using the computer, you will get one guess yourself. Easiest method to obtain the amount of annual salary to 8. Method in more detail as all the monthly charges which family you must pay after you meet uncertainties. Remember always to be public costs and consequences of spending it on home, and fees. Retrieved total monthly charges for that 0:07. This figure indicates that 7% of the total money will be used to pay for monthly charges. Get that amount plus the costs need to pay once, you will estimate the amount of life insurance need. Yes you can measure the amount of life insurance need when using the computer, but the machines that you can not. It can not give you an answer last. Computer only for you the whole "on theory" but are based on the facts are different, the computer will give the different results. Should only use the computer to learn more about how to calculate the amount of life insurance products and other financial, however, you will feel more secure when you talk to a professional as representative by New York Life.

3. Please Choose a Type of Agreement Matches
Once the amount has been estimated for life insurance, should think of the kind which suit your needs. Today, life insurance becomes more diverse and plentiful, but they also have the 4 basic types of life that is periodic, life for life, full of life, and life have changed. One of 4 basic types will match the buy life insurance first.

Life Insurance Dinh Ky
Insurance period will only provide protection in a given period of time. The amount of insurance can be used to liquidate the debt and when you encounter the uncertainties. Life insurance regular insurance is less expensive and enjoy the pure amount of insurance. This agreement will not accumulate cash, and often do not receive a share.

Insurance period may be an ideal choice when you get the time needed insurance. This agreement can only protection needs only exist in a certain time, such as university funds or loan money home loan. Those aged 20 to 30 usually buy insurance period and conversion through life insurance (Insurance Through reading For the bottom). Conversion rights for the period to ensure that they can convert any of the health status is.

New York Life has many types of insurance such as 5-year period, 10 years and 20 years.

Life Insurance For Suốt
Opposed to regular insurance, life insurance will protect you throughout life from start to purchase insurance to go, and of course the conditions have to pay regularly. The difference is the second life insurance life accrue cash value. Form of a loan from the contract, you can use the cash value to the objectives for the various funds and cash funds for additional retirement income. However, you must pay on borrowed money and borrowed money with the convenience will be deducted from the amount insured. Contract for life insurance guaranteed throughout the life of you, regardless of health status as when alive and of course must be closed to regular fees.

Contract for life insurance qualify to receive money pass. Pass money is money that a company drawn from surplus funds and are for the owner. (Money's share can be used under many different methods such as cash received, or used to pay the premium monthly, or accrued to a receipt, or used to purchase additional life insurance prepaid full insurance coverage. Tiền pass does not guarantee.) Life insurance for life offer a lasting solution to the financial worries such as:
* Pay the debt: the amount of insurance can be used to pay debt and cut the debt in case you are having uncertainties
* Conservation of assets: life insurance life can bring money to pay the cost of housing and help from having to sell assets or borrow money to pay expenses
* Pension Fund: cash value can be drawn through the method of loan terms, or to supplement retirement income. Loan amount will be deducted from the amount of insurance
* Money Charity: the life insurance for life can help you contribute to charitable funds that popular after death
* Business needs: life insurance for life can be a valuable benefit for managers and staff to ensure the future financial enterprises
New York Life provides the life insurance life diverse as Life Insurance Conversion (Modified Premium Whole Life), and Life Insurance For Life (Survivorship Whole Life).

Life insurance whole Năng
Life insurance to provide full protection for life and accumulated cash value basis should postpone the tax. Life insurance with all the other life insurance points in life that you can choose the amount of insurance is suitable for families. With life insurance to all, you can increase or decrease the amount of insurance you need to change and can check the times of payment of fees. The contract can be designed with additional terms to suit the lifestyle of each person.

Life Insurance Most variable
Life insurance has variable flexibility in the amount of closing costs, the life insurance life allows the owner to divide the premium into a variety of different investments, including fixed account. Life insurance usually has variable provide insurance money on the basic income tax exemption, the cash value increases on the basis refunds, and can be withdrawn through the method of borrowing or withdrawing money, the This may reduce the amount of insurance. Loan amount and you'll be deducted from the amount insured. The amount drawn will also reduce the amount of insurance, cash value and may have to pay.

4. Evaluation capacity of the Company
Insurance contract is only good when a company has good support. You should look away from the company's release of the still existing in the future to serve and make the promise to pay insurance when needed. To help see the company is strong, the organization evaluates Financial capacity has ratings of insurance companies based on the quality of the gym, the quality of the investment method, and financial cover. The ranking is considered as the independent evaluation of the ability to pay insurance compensation in time and financial obligations other. This is the core of a company life insurance. 4 organization capacity evaluation leading Financial: AM Best, Standard and Poors, Moody's and Fitch.

Each organization evaluated based on criteria quite different. When looking at the ranking of a company will help you look on the general financial strength of that company. 4 Organization has ranked New York Life to the highest ranking.

5. Reference to Representative
Representative to bring an invaluable service. First, representative to help you analyze the factors that "people" and into items of insurance to help determine the amount of insurance need. The relationship between representative and client relationship is eternal. 2, the representative can help you update the amount the insurance needs change. They can also help guide decisions about finances, reduce a burden in life. Click here to have discussions with representatives New York Life.

6. Understand words expert
The discussions on insurance will include words such as cash value, insurance coverage, divided by money, insurance money, and more. To discuss a master, here's a short summary part of the terms used.
* Cash Value: in life insurance for life, it means that the amount accumulated on the
* A Division of Money: A surplus of the company divided by the owner of the
* Support the Company: An insurance company has no stock or shareholders, as it is the owner. New York Life is a mutual company
* Insurance coverage in the insurance, the amount is limited to keep the contract value
If you have any questions about this article or product by New York Life? Please call toll free 1-877-NYL-VIET (1-877-695-8438) for a discussion with representatives New York Life.

The offering documents (policies, contracts) for all New York Life and its subsidiaries products are available only in English. In the event of a dispute, the provision in the policies and contracts will prevail.
Documents (rules, contracts) and products by New York Life and branches of New York Life provided only in English. In case of dispute, the terms in the rules and used the official.

Thứ Tư, 29 tháng 4, 2009

When To Shop Your Auto Insurance


Auto insurance companies can be quite amazing. I say that because they will do almost anything to get your business initially. Many times this includes offering you a rate that is competitive or lower than your currently paying.

So it really isn't the initial policy that you have to worry about.

But what happens when your premium comes up for renewal. Have you noticed increases that are unexplained. If you have not had any tickets, or major changes in your life such as adding a teenage driver or moving to a metropolitan area, then you really need to shop your insurance on an annual basis.

Auto insurance is just protection against what could happen in the future. The sad thing about it is that whenever you have a claim you can almost always expect a rate increase.

So what happens is people tend to not file a claim unless they absolutely must. This leads to them paying their insurance rates and hoping that they're getting the best rate.

With the Internet there's really no excuse for that, as you can compare your current policy against virtually every auto insurance company online. At the very least you should do this at least once a year before your policy updates.

If you don't like the service you're getting that is another reason that you may want to do some shopping. You are a valued customer and should be treated as such.

This is a couple tips on when to shop your auto insurance. The key is that you know what your coverage is now, what you are paying for it, and then take the time to compare that to see what it could be.

Chủ Nhật, 26 tháng 4, 2009

Why Buy Life Insurance

Life insurance is a type of insurance that pays a benefit upon the death of an insured person. Because everyone will eventually die it is important that you get life insurance coverage as soon as possible.

We never know when our time is up here on earth and having that peace of mind that there needs will be provided for is important to most people.

Here are 4 reasons you should carry life insurance.

1. Purchase it at a young age when your health is still good and you will be able to lock in an affordable rate. As your age increases you begin to experience health problems then you can expect to pay a higher rate.

2. Life insurance provides means for family members especially spouses. You want to make sure that you cover your basic obligations such as funeral costs, mortgage balance and any unpaid bills. Beyond that it may be worth it to provide adequate income for future years for your spouse to live off of.

3. Some life insurance policies offer an investment option. Depending on the cost, this may be the route to go as it will allow your premiums to develop future income for your family.

4. As you get older, your life insurance needs decrease. Many times your personal investments have grown, your mortgage is paid off, and your overall debt is at an all-time low. The amount of life insurance you need now is not as important as it was when you were younger.

This is four tips to keep in mind when you buy life insurance.

Chủ Nhật, 5 tháng 4, 2009

Drug benefits are many and who should not join the drug insurance?

Houston (NN) - In America 43 million people eligible to join the Insurance News medications Medicare Part D (abbreviated as MPD), but according to estimates by the authorities, there are probably only 29 million will apply. The reason is that the program is too complex and difficult to understand, on the other has too many programs by hundreds of insurers that provide cause people like to be at glamor match, do not know which side to choose to send "gold". Houston in particular has 20 insurers with 47 different programs. ABC Radio has interviewed three people by the doctors of all three counters are shaking head back. Mr. Jan Blustein, Medical doctor, PhD in Public Management, professor at the University of New York said: "the situation to choose from and different circumstances of each person is set as we entered the beginning". Today has two articles on MPD still feel readers need more information to find a program appropriate for your circumstances. So that more messages below.

For readers can compare programs and find the program of your circumstances, we would offer a different case:

1. Mr. X per month $ 80 target for drug money (by prescription). If not joined the MPD at all the drug money he spent, each year is $ 960. If he choose insurance program by AARP MedicareRx drug:

- Insurance (premium) is $ 28.50 / month $ 339/nam News.
- He does not have to pay $ 250 deductible money (to pay for his AARP).
- Money co-pay about $ 420.

Thus, if the program chosen by the AARP, he takes the $ 339 + $ 420 = $ 759. So Mr. X saved: $ 960 - $ 759 = $ 201.

If Mr. X select the insurance of Advantage Rx Value Plan is to reduce how much?

- Money offered by the employer premium is $ 23, 24 / $ 279 monthly News.
- Expenses deductible is $ 0 (because the employers pay for their deductible).
- Money co-pay, if a generic drug is $ 12/thang even $ 144 per year or $ 42/thang if brand name is $ 504/nam News.
- So he saved from $ 537 to $ 177 depending on the generic drugs or brand name.

From the two examples we see when selecting the insurance do we need to know which drugs have to pay co-pay at least by searching the title of the table medications are approved by Medicare (Formulary).

In the table title Formulary, drugs are classified into four grades:

- Tier 1: the drug co-pay at least: from $ 0 to $ 25 depending on insurance.
- Tier 2: cash co-pay from $ 20 to $ 40 depending on insurance.
- Tier 3 co-pay from $ 35 to $ 70 depending on insurance
- Specialty tier (SP) is co-employers to pay 25%, employers are not that co-pay is how much.

Over here we just compare the two employers, while employers have to 20 times. Each insurance funds co-pay should be different want to compare all the employers is a "smoking in the bar."
If you are proficient in computer use may be on the Medicare website. Generally perform the steps as follows:

Website: www.medicare.gov

- Click for "Compare Prescription drug plan"
- Fill in the righthand frame: the number of Medicare, their date of birth, date of your Medicare effective.
- Zip code
- Then select the insurance you want to know
- Then enter the name of his drug use.

You will know the money premium, deductible, co-pay.

Formulary want the table back to the website first and click on "formulary checker.

2. Mr. Y was involved in the Medicare Avantage (like an HMO or PPO). Medicare Advantage program have paid for prescription drugs and then he. If he joined an insurance program, the other medicine he may be terminated Medicare Advantage insurance and he's in this case the insurance of the hospital and his doctors were terminated.

3. Mr. Z is still covered by medical manufacturer that he is working or is not he should join the MPD. He should consult with your insurance carrier to ask their opinions.

In summary:

- If the amount of medication (prescribed) by the less you should choose the program that funds low premium and no deductible to pay.
- When your doctor commitment by the Formulary to ask your doctor for drugs they have to pay co-pay at least (tier 1).
- Each insurance carrier associated with a pharmacy, the medication must be purchased in system pharmacy insurance by themselves.

Remember:

- Not to offer (salesperson) that personal information such as your social security number, and bank account, etc. ..
- Do not offer for the home.
- Do not condescension solicitor signed the application for the insurance program.
- With gold because you are very much time to "research" (deadline is 15 5 in 2006).
- There are many agencies and organizations ready to help you fill out and insurance.
If you do not use computer experts, do not "have" and ask "children" to help the organization by Kaiser Family Foundation Harvard School belongs to because the 76% If you dont't never to the internet.

Report on migrant visa by 12 months of 2005.

Following the announcement of visa Center National (National Visa Center) on the due date visa (cut-off date) by the application resided in the U.S. from the family (family based immigrant) by 12 months 2005:

F1 (single 21-year-old who has citizenship): 22 tháng 4, 2001
F2A (spouse and single children under the age of 21 permanent staff): 1 1, 2002
F2B (single from 21 years of age by permanent residents): 8 in 6 in 1996.
F3 (I have family who has citizenship): 8 Months 6 1998
F4 (brothers and sisters of the nationality): 1 in 5 in 1994.

So compared to the 9 months:

- Diện F1, was not in any

Insurance coverage and the problem Landmarks Print E-mail

Every year at the summer house owner is concerned the cost of insurance increases. Five rate increases approximately this high level of inflation. There are years, like last year, the rate of growth exceed the inflation rate increases as much 7.4%. This year the popular organs of Insurance Insurance Information Institute, the rate of increase of cost of accidents, only 2.8%, the increase in at least five years.

Any reason the insurers to increase insurance coverage by only 1 / 3 last year this year?

According to BusinessWeek magazine, issue number 21 tháng 6, 2004 There are two main reasons leading to price increases of the cost less in 2004.

The first reason is because the administration of the insurance nationwide United States just breathing phào light when the group decided by 46 government states the responsibility of the insurance companies.

Decision for this important that insurance companies are not forced responsibility for the claim related to Landmarks of cats, ie "mold," mọc inside.

In the past month results of a study on harmful effects of landmarks must be announced. According to a landmark study this is not harmful to human health as many mistook before.

Due to the claim of harm's landmark home in which the insurer had to indemnify the $ 3 billion dollars in 2002 to make cost-free in 2003, skyrocketing significant.

The second is for the owner to purchase additional insurance against terrorism họa in 2003 decreased more than in 2002. Part because Americans think that the rate họa terrorism occurred in the United States not as high they fear the period immediately following the terrorist attacks 11 months 9 days, 2001.

Họa terrorism that we can not control the time and effort to prevent the country and each locality concerned the reduction can hope times have not attacked any other.

Landmarks problem is not cats but are the responsibility of the insurance is still the responsibility of the owner whether you are home or continue to reside in the house with them landmarks. Deliberate a little people can find them before becoming victims of a biological process in normal this time.

According to Jeffrey C. May, an expert on air quality and co-author of the book My House Is Killing Me! and The Mold Survival Guide, by the company Johns Hopkins University Press published, the owner should pay attention to some of the following to stopping them landmarks in their home.

The signs of the grass: If you see in the scent to smell like moist Landmarks and if friends, relatives for clothing your fuggy you to note where to find landmarks in the house. This is especially necessary if you are sick cough, asthma (asthma) and lean nose (Sinus) that in Indonesia the disease has not found out the disease seems more severe. Many people are allergic to them attacks on landmarks which may cause only a landmark onion west or damaged pipe in the Air is mọc landmark.

Landmarks are often the most stimulating students: If you are in the system air-conditioning the whole house landmark often spread more easily. Next to the heating pipe for this system have to run to the low humidity in the house. When steam pipes keep water đọng time opportunities will increase mọc landmark. At the turn air conditioners or air heating you create opportunities for landmark clusters spread elsewhere in the system pipe to this spread, or the house.

In the basement have: Approximately 90% of carpet covering the ground in the basement (usually common in the East and Central America) are usually grass, the type of germs, or exclude students or other materials, according to Mr. Jeffrey C. May. Although most types of insects and living with this harmless about 3 section 4 who are not allergic but of people with allergies often prove ill because of this living.

The problem how milestone in the house: You can be the milestone in the problem by editing the end where the water or leak from the roof to the rainwater drainage pipe. Keep moisture in the root cellar under the house and buy 50% in humidity measurement (digital hygrometer) in the house. That machine type humidity usually good to about $ 40 dollars. Specialist for humidity to about 70% to 80% ensuring environmental development convenient for them landmarks. If you have high humidity, you should buy in reducing moisture (dehumidifier) to reduce them landmarks. When did all that remains of fuggy, you need to hire professionals detect landmarks in the companies check the status of the landmark status in their home and seek proper professional milestone of this problem.

How to figure in the landmark, in the case and also to better treatment. The water pipes in the bathroom should be kept for not leak. Place water pipes connected from the wall should be kept dry to drag landmark can mọc inside walls if the time dripping. To prevent them in the landmark you can start with the entire sanitation system pipe in air-conditioning in the house and replace the filter in this system. According to Jeffrey C. May type filter fragile cheap is not good. You need to buy filter types have the same placement of fans, the type of laundry and then not be used again, enough new filter dust and harmful materials.

Hopefully these ideas to contribute on here help you to prevent and treat the problem in a landmark home. A small joy, with the increased cost of at least 5 years you can spend a little money for the room and treat them cats landmarks to ensure health for themselves and also live in the house.

Thứ Sáu, 27 tháng 3, 2009

Asset Protection - Recipes Insurance

U.S. insurance is also a good way to be used in the purpose of protecting property, but if not master the secrets of the insurance will not achieve results as you like and may also not be protected anything.

In principle there are three insurance ability to protect assets before compensation is integral when petitioned, insurance to replace the temple for the property when disaster such as fire, flood error, and after all life insurance is a method of creating an asset protection for the body when you die. Using insurance as an important factor in any plan to protect assets, but should consider buying insurance to carefully avoid the protection is not necessary that attention to the danger bulky entrepreneurship in life. What to remember Although insurance is important, but never depend entirely on insurance to consider is the protection of unique, but combination with other methods. Here are details on the types of insurance.

The property is the need to protect properly, we must first buy "home insurance" (homeowner insurance) includes some examples of different "houses" (dwelling) protection architecture of the house, private garage or subarchitecture called "architecture other" (other structure), while "personal property" (personal property) only for objects in the house. There are types of insurance include "all damages" (all loss) but also have insurance only for a specified disaster, of course, depends on the owner to buy more or buy less. Should therefore be careful that the danger is greatest and do not regret because money is not the place to households and miss remorse after disaster, for example in California do not buy insurance and earthquake in Florida or not to buy insurance and the storm. Emphasis should also buy insurance to read the contract (policy) to master what is covered and how to limit how much, what are the exception not because this is often in the line of text is very small for small to mind.

Now the people are not home and still buy the "insurance people rent (renter insurance) because of course the owner does not have responsibility about the personal property leased by the face of disaster as the fire that must Ganh take. If you have expensive personal property such as price jewelery you Sincerely, rare chemical product or other valuable then you should buy "insurance assets listed (listed property). Vehicle laws of the state must have "car insurance" (automobile insurance) as well as other cars similar, and also the price protection "integral" (liability) for compensation for damage caused for others and protection "crash" (collision) to repair or replace your car if you have any control nát kitchen equipment, not including the many types of cover vary according to which the insurance charge . There is also a type of insurance called integral "even cover" (umbrella) for the large loss rate exceeds normal insurance, eg a contract with limited compensation is $ 500,000 and that's up people to $ 1.5 million, if the plaintiff to $ 1 million, the insurance only paid $ 500,000 advance, the remainder owner must bear; conversely if "even the" natural insurance Ganh must end.

In many states life insurance have the protection of the property that the funding (creditors) are not to be touched even "value fund (cash value) can be drawn. However, the best is to learn in his state apply the laws and restrictions is to prevent as many households as there are many state exemption for very little. In many cases life insurance is settled under the management of a credit entry (trust) or another member in the family should completely escape the hands of the creditors and are not affected by state law however, the level and types of protection insurance and credit entries have many differences.

Death is the biggest risk in families especially those who have many relatives are based financial nương. In addition to the transfer of significant assets to relatives so they are more careful life insurance to help these people due to troubles before the procedure to protect the property complex. Want to use life insurance as property protected category, it must buy "life insurance (whole life insurance) instead of buying" insurance period "(term life insurance) are not worth the metal.

Sovereignty a contractual life insurance outside the employer may delegate to another person if the trust. If state law to protect a limited owner is sure that amount is safe, but once the people take the creditors are also not to quiet easily! Therefore constitute the wife or husband of course no one is doing what and who can supply more cash when needed. However this also is not a perfect solution for example, then the spouse or divorced than the distribution petitioned for causing the accident on the User must necessarily compensation injury. If the Committee for the third party such as children or inheritance, the combination of family, or credit item, the books will have benefits as well as defects should decide who to entrust entirely on trust wall and trusted by people for this community.

Health insurance (health insurance) to the need to protect assets from wastage targets because medical expenses when working in the disease. When healthy it is the first to manufacture for themselves and for relatives when they located a hospital or in the raising of the long-term costs will amount to giant stars from the mountain xiet is whether any of the sập , more than delay any such carrier to sell insurance or patients infected profile deaths.

Running costs of treating patients can be up to unlimited amount of the purchase of health insurance that I need not have. Regular working people can buy companies at work insurance covered all the family, to use one of two types are in an HMO (the word stands for Health Maintenance Organizations) when illness is indicated to physician and hospital organizations, the money to pay each of which, is also another PPO (the word stands for Preferred Provider Organizations) have the right to choose any physician or hospital in the network of the PPO medical doctor or other but close to first and money (deductible) higher. On the elderly 65 years old can apply for the federal government eligible for Medicare include two parts, Part A for hospital and Part B to your doctor. Top Part A is free, but later have to pay Part B premium each month. However, Medicare is only limited, with many items must be self-sufficient so need to buy extra insurance to Medicare Supplement to the items that Medicare does not pay.

The gaffer, disability or any details need to be "insured long-term care (long-term care insurance) needs to help foster needed goods such as bathroom cleaning, for food or help move traveling or care at home or in hospital (nursing home). The cost is not health insurance should include cover for the front to back to this property are not targets for wastage costs this expensive.

Planning "insurance disabilities (disability insurance) and no less important in the protection of property when a disaster is to never to once. Never expected to grant Social Security (Social Security) because conditions gắt gao very difficult to get, more money is very little support is not significant. The same health insurance, insurance, disabilities usually can be purchased in the workplace or purchased from insurance commercial advertising market.

As usual writer would confirm the contents of the article series to learn this law only uses the character information (information) to help your readers some general knowledge of basic legal Flowers period only and can not be considered to contact lawyers with clients (attorney-client relationship). So if issues related to law, if readers still need to discuss with a lawyer expert in the case of you.

Thứ Tư, 25 tháng 3, 2009

Health insurance companies which have many defects Print E-mail

WASHINGTON - The U.S. economy or system of health care in the United States now, mainly based on the insurance plan by the employer from providers that have many defects, as it is about limit the efficiency of service health care, to make people not be covered if there are no jobs; addition, a system of insurance so the often too expensive.

Up to 63% the American people have not entered the age of seniors is to buy health insurance at the base of their own because they are a worker or spouse is in it. But the majority of the American seniors Medicare coverage, and those who get to enter the low Medicaid (in California called Medi-Cal).

But still a large number of people - 17% people in the older age, ie 45 million people - have no health insurance at all.

Mr. Alain Enthoven, professor of public administration and private Ðại Learning in Stanford, speech, "A system of health insurance based on work certainly has many shortcomings."

First, as Mr. Enthoven, owner of the company certainly is not the people working in the health sector. They use health insurance to all of the other objectives of the company, not to contribute to the health system.

In addition, the system of insurance based on employment also led to the failure of the labor market. Mrs. Brigitte Madrian, economic and Warton School Learning under Ðại Pennsylvania, said the conference in Chatham, Massachusetts, that "health insurance is one of the factors to decide who we have to work or not."

Insurance system based on the work also encourages the owners hire less workers full time, mainly hire workers part time to start to provide benefits on health. As a result, the workers were put to do the job that they do not employ specialists. "

Mr. Henry Farber, economics professor at Princeton University, said a more specific, lack of health insurance for those who practice freedom that is as spiritual damage business xoc vác people in them. "

However, the American people do not like a health system in our government funded the same as Canada, because it means raising taxes on very high. And more, the system of insurance based on the workplace is also a benefit is provided by a large number of customers, the owners have the power while negotiator with insurers on insurance coverage to pay . In the past this time, we have not found a solution to adapt to the medical care in the United States before state medical expenses each time a skyrocketing in recent years. (DP)

Thứ Sáu, 20 tháng 3, 2009

Life insurance match for you and your Family?

Have many discussions about life insurance than regular life insurance for life for many years, but hard to say which type is better type. Here is some information to help you understand the difference between the two types of insurance.


Why is Life Insurance ?
Life insurance has periodically of the importance of it. If you have children or not have much cash, life insurance period can be a temporary solution is ideal to help protect yourself and family. If you must choose between no life insurance with anything the insurance exam life insurance period may be a choice best.

Life insurance is a regular on the insurance needs increase in a certain time and then decrease, such as the family grows. In addition, life insurance period are considered effective methods to help substitute for life insurance for life in the years necessary, for example, when family and financial responsibility to overcome other income .

In those cases, the life insurance to help get the cash compensation insurance without causing disorder family budget. Moreover, the amount of insurance can be converted (the insured may convert a contract of life insurance equivalent to life without proven health status), you can buy life insurance periodically necessary today ... and still have the ability to transition through life insurance for life in the future. Of this, life insurance periodically to meet the needs worthwhile.

Charges actual Life Insurance Dinh Ky
However, life insurance periodically have its defects. It is not appropriate for everyone or all circumstances. In the defects, it should be noted some points below:

* You must die new "winning". This may not hear very tuneful, but it is true. Life insurance to pay only the compensation insurance in a certain time. When the insurance period expires you will no more compensation money. And if you do not pay the premium, the cash compensation will also not valid. Only so simple.
* For example, you buy $ 500,000 insurance on a regular basis for 10 years and the contract will expire in the middle of the night this 31 months 12. If you die in 11 hours 59 minutes to 31, the 12 families will receive the full amount of compensation is $ 500,000. But if you die at 12 hours 1 minute morning of 1 1 the family will not be entitled to anything because the contract has expired.
* Buy life insurance period is the same as when you hire. When you are home, you all right to use the house and pay rent in full and regular. Even if you rent a house there for 30 years, you still do not own anything from the house.
* There is a very remarkable that when the insurance period expires and the health status of the owner is not covered anymore. Many of the insurance period can be converted through life insurance, and the other is not. But if the insurance period expires before the conversion you must apply from the beginning. At this time, if the health status of your disapproved you will lose money compensation.
* Insurance coverage insurance period will increase by each re-term, long-term costs will increasingly become a burden. Many people buy insurance on them periodically at age 20, when the price is just right. But when they are age 40 to the cost becomes high, and will continue to increase. Until they are age 50 to the cost becomes too large for life insurance. Finally, when they are age 60, they put the contract - not because they do not need insurance but because they can not pay up anymore. Meanwhile, those who buy life insurance for life can pay the premium at a higher initial purchase of life insurance with the same period an amount of insurance. But when they age to 50 or 60 years, the amount is not such a change. That is why the shift in the period is very important. And this feature exists only in a few years of the contract, and allow conversion through life insurance without having to prove health status. Conversion through life insurance to help "lock in" circulation must close and indemnity will never cancel the terms of the close of regular fees and in full.


Value of Life Insurance For Suốt
Life insurance is often life-long-term solution is best for many people. Here are some reasons why:

* For life insurance for life will be covered throughout the life provided that the premium must be paid. Only a few exceptions, if you are approved to buy insurance, the contract will not be canceled. Regardless of health status such as how money compensation insurance is in force.
* Although the premium initially quite high, but if you compare the length of time it is high again. Most contracts for life insurance are eligible to enjoy a share of money, money do not pass are guaranteed but if the company will announce.


Reference to Representative
Representative New York Life - experienced and the classes are trained professionals - can help you analyze your needs and make appropriate solutions through insurance products and financial. Click here to have discussions with representatives in New York Life provinces.

The offering documents (policies, contracts) for all New York Life and its subsidiaries products are available only in English. In the event of a dispute, the provision in the policies and contracts will prevail.
Documents (rules, contracts) and products by New York Life and branches of New York Life provided only in English. In case of dispute, the terms in the rules and used the official.

Mar 15, 2009

6 It should know when buying Life Insurance first

1. Understand why Cần Buy Insurance
Most of all we need life insurance at a time in life, but never purchased insurance because hearing other people say it is a good idea. Life insurance is designed to give families a full financial security in case the wife or husband having to uncertainties, or when your parents have to uncertainties. Life insurance can help pay the house, money for college, money to help supplement retirement, leaving a property here is also another important factor in plan assets. In short, if you have a relative to their income, then you should think of life insurance. Even if you think you have no need now, you still should think of buying with a small amount as a starting point. Because, as the child life insurance as cheap.
2. Amount determined Insurance required
The amount that families or inherit will receive after your death is called the amount of insurance. To determine the amount of insurance need, you can use a computer on the network or New York Life www.insure.com network. After using the computer, you will get one guess yourself. Easy way to obtain the most amount of annual salary multiplied by the 8. Method in more detail as all the monthly charges which family you must pay after you meet uncertainties. Remember always to be public costs and consequences of spending such as the debt, and fees. Retrieved total monthly charges for that 0:07. This figure indicates that 7% of the money will be used to pay for monthly charges. Get that amount plus the costs need to pay once, you will estimate the amount of life insurance need. Yes you can measure the amount of life insurance may need to use the computer, but the machines that you can not. It can not give you an answer last. Computer only for your calculated "on the theory" but are based on the different data, the computer will give the different results. Should only use the computer to learn more about how to calculate the amount of life insurance products and other financial, however, you will feel more secure when you talk to a professional as representative by New York Life.

3. Please Choose a Type of Agreement Matches
Once the amount has been estimated for life insurance, should think of the kind which suit your needs. Today, life insurance becomes more diverse and plentiful, but they also have the 4 basic types of life that is periodic, life for life, full of life, and life have changed. One of 4 basic types will be appropriate to buy life insurance first.

Life Insurance Dinh Ky
Insurance period will only provide protection in a given period of time. The amount of insurance can be used to liquidate the debt and when you encounter the uncertainties. Life insurance regular insurance is less expensive and purely enjoy the amount of insurance. This agreement will not accumulate cash, and often do not receive a share.

Insurance period can be an ideal choice when you get the time needed insurance. This agreement can only protection needs exist only in a certain time, such as cash loan college loan or the money. Those aged 20 to 30 usually buy regular insurance and conversion through life insurance (Insurance Through reading For the bottom). Conversion rights for the period to ensure that they can convert any of the health status is.

New York Life has many types of insurance such as 5-year period, 10 years and 20 years.

Life Insurance For Suốt
Opposed to regular insurance, life insurance will protect you throughout life from start to purchase insurance to go, and of course with conditions to pay regularly. The difference is the second life insurance life accrue cash value. Form of a loan from the contract, you can use the cash value to the goals like money for the fund and additional money for retirement income. However, you must pay on borrowed money and borrowed money with the convenience will be deducted from the amount insured. Contract for life insurance guaranteed throughout the life of you, regardless of health status as when alive and of course must be closed to regular fees.

Contract for life insurance qualify to receive money pass. Pass money is money that a company drawn from surplus funds and for the owner. (Tiền pass may be used under many different methods such as cash received, or used to pay the premium monthly, or accrued to a receipt, or used to purchase additional life insurance prepaid full insurance coverage. Tiền pass does not guarantee.) Life insurance for life offer a lasting solution to the financial worries such as:
* Pay the debt: the amount of insurance can be used to pay debt and cut the debt in case you are having uncertainties
* Conservation of assets: life insurance for life can bring money to pay the cost of housing and help from having to sell assets or borrow money to pay expenses
* Pension Fund: cash value can be drawn through the method of loan terms, or to supplement retirement income. Loan amount will be deducted from the amount of insurance
* Money Charity: the life insurance for life can help you contribute to charitable funds that popular after death
* Business needs: life insurance for life can be a valuable benefit for managers and staff to ensure the future financial enterprises
New York Life provides the life insurance life diverse as Life Insurance Conversion (Modified Premium Whole Life), and Life Insurance For Life (Survivorship Whole Life).

Life insurance whole Năng
Life insurance to provide full protection for life and accumulated cash value should postpone tax basis. Life insurance with all the other life insurance points in life that you can choose the amount of insurance is suitable for families. With life insurance to all, you can increase or decrease the amount of insurance you need to change and can check the times of payment of fees. Contracts can be designed with additional terms to suit the lifestyle of each person.

Life Insurance Most variable
Life insurance has variable flexibility in the amount of closing costs, the life insurance life allows the owner to divide the premium into a variety of different investments, including fixed account. Life insurance usually multilateral provide insurance money on the basic income tax exemption, the cash value increases on the basis refunds, and can be withdrawn through the method of borrowing or withdrawing money, the This may reduce the amount of insurance. Loan amount and you'll be deducted from the amount insured. The amount drawn will also reduce the amount of insurance, cash value and may have to pay.

4. Evaluation capacity of the Company
Insurance contract is only good when a company has good support. You should look away from the company's release of the still existing in the future to serve and make the promise to pay insurance when needed. To help see the company is strong, the organization evaluates Financial capacity has ratings of insurance companies based on the quality of the gym, the quality of the method of investment, and financial cover. The ranking is considered as the independent evaluation of the ability to pay insurance compensation in time and financial obligations other. This is the core of a company life insurance. 4 organization capacity evaluation leading Financial: AM Best, Standard and Poors, Moody's and Fitch.

Each organization assessment based on criteria quite different. When looking at the ranking of a company will help you look on the general financial strength of that company. 4 Organization has ranked New York Life to the highest ranking.

5. Reference to Representative
Representative to bring an invaluable service. First, representatives help you analyze the factors that "people" and into items of insurance to help determine the amount of insurance need. The relationship between representative and client relationship is eternal. 2, the representative can help you update the amount the insurance needs change. They can also help guide decisions about finances, reduce a burden in life. Click here to have discussions with representatives New York Life.

6. Understand words expert
The discussions on insurance will include words such as cash value, insurance coverage, divided by money, insurance money, and more. To discuss a master, here's a short summary part of the terms used.
* Cash Value in life insurance for life, it means that the amount accrued on the
* A Division of Money: A surplus of the company divided by the owner of
* Support the Company: An insurance company has no stock or shareholders, as it is the owner. New York Life is a mutual company
* Insurance coverage in the insurance, the amount is limited to keep the contract value
If you have any questions about this article or product by New York Life? Please call toll free 1-877-NYL-VIET (1-877-695-8438) for a discussion with representatives New York Life.

The offering documents (policies, contracts) for all New York Life and its subsidiaries products are available only in English. In the event of a dispute, the provision in the policies and contracts will prevail.
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Terms Life Insurance




1. Agents life insurance: the organization, Vietnamese citizens are insurance companies authorized on the basis of the insurance agent to make the provision of insurance products by life companies in Vietnam .



2. Buyer insurance: the organizations and individuals currently reside in Vietnam, aged 18 and over, have the capacity for civil acts in full, the declaration and sign the record required insurance and submit the insurance premium.



3. Person insurance is a personal residence is Vietnam, business insurance, insurance accepted by the insurance.



4. Beneficiaries: the organizations and individuals are buying the insurance assigned to receive insurance benefits as stipulated by the insurance.



5. Benefits may be covered: the relationship between the buyer and the insurance coverage, in which the risk of the insured loss will cause financial or spiritual side to buy insurance.

Buyer has insurance benefits may be insured for the following people:
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Itself buyer insurance;
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Spouse, child, father, mother of the buyer of insurance;
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Bowel brothers and sisters, who are feeding us / legal guardian;
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You direct us buyer's premium;
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Another buyer if insurance suffered a financial loss when the actual coverage death.




6. Insurance premium is a sum of money to buy the insurance filing for business insurance coverage for the period and how do the parties agreed in the contract of insurance.




7. The amount of insurance is a face value of insurance is the purchase of insurance and business insurance agreement in the contract of insurance.



8. Injury and the entire permanent: as the coverage is lost or completely specified and can restore the functions of:
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Two hands, or
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Legs, or
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One hand and a leg, or
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Two eyes, or
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One hand and one eye, or
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One leg and one eye.

In this concept, your hands from the wrist upwards; blanket from my ankle up, completely lost and can not restore the functions of the eye is lost or completely blind.



9. Profile required insurance: registration form is purchased by insurance companies issuing insurance. Insurance buyer is obliged to complete, honest records to insurance requirements. Profile required insurance is a part of separate contract life insurance.



10. Certificates life insurance is a written confirmation by the insurance business of insurance issued, listed the benefits of insurance of the insured. Certificate of life insurance is a part of separate contract life insurance.

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11. Terms of the contract of insurance is a legal document by the Ministry of Finance approval, listed in detail rights and obligations of the buyer's insurance and business insurance. Rules terms of insurance is a part of separate contract life insurance.



12. Phiếu illustrate benefits insurance: is illustrative of the benefits of insurance is before drafting a contract of insurance are assessed, signed and issued. This method is useful to explain to customers about the important figures related to the insurance that the customer order to join such as the amount of insurance, insurance, security and even Cumulative value is again ...



13. Periodically submit insurance is a period between two times due to submit insurance period. Periodic filing fee can be:
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Monthly, or
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Every 3 months (quarter), or
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Every 6 months (half year), or
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Annually.



14. The time limit is a period of insurance companies accept insurance as the insurance buyer submit full insurance as stipulated by the insurance.