Christmas is all about the year just past. You look around, gather in your family and friends, and celebrate the strength of your friendships by giving and receiving presents. Then comes New Year and, in a gesture to taking some responsibility for what happens in the next twelve months, people traditionally make resolutions. Most commonly, […]
Today people are looking for any possible way to cut down their expenditures. And even those types of expenses that have been regarded as fixed in the past are now reviewed for any possibility to reduce the outflow of money from the family budget. We are talking about insurance.
In 2008 the average cost of insuring […]
At one time or another, we have all walked into a car rental office and met with one of the counter staff on a mission to hard sell insurance. It’s like a knee-jerk reaction. See customer, sell additional insurance. The most common add-on is called loss damage waiver (LDW) and that can seriously boost your […]
Insurance is a contract between the insurance company and you. Like all contracts, it’s give and take. That’s what makes a good bargain. In this case, we’re talking about an auto insurance policy. So, in return for the premium, you’re asking the insurance company to pay whatever costs arise from the traffic accidents you get […]
This last few months has seen all the prices of basic necessities rise. As jobs have come under pressure, the purchasing power of the average household has dropped. Nowhere has the family budget come under greater pressure than with health insurance. All too often, the premiums have been raised (again). This forces yet another tense […]

