Property Insurance

Floridians won a great victory on Tuesday. Against the wishes of powerful legislators in Tallahassee and the exceptionally influential insurance lobby, Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty struck down most of Citizens Property Insurance Corporation’s proposed 447% sinkhole insurance rate hikes.

This victory proves that Floridians, organized and united, can fight the insurance lobby and win.

Citizens board members proposed in July to raise sinkhole rates statewide by 430 percent on average to make them actuarially sound. I

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It can be challenging to encourage healthy eating habits on the road where it can be only too easy to reach for chips and cookies, especially on vacation. When doing your RV trip planning, keep these healthy snack ideas in mind for your kids!

Homemade Fruit Leathers

Better than the candied fruit rolls you find at the store that are full of artificial flavors, colors, and excessive sugars, homemade fruit leathers make excellent kids’ snacks on the road! You can get creative with what you put in them, ask your kids what they’d like. Apple cinnamon? Guava with shredded coconut? Yum! Thanks to Abigail R. Geh

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Many of us would like a chauffeur-driven Rolls Royce – but Thunderbirds’ Lady Penelope actually had one, and a pink one at that.

Yes, we know that the part of the well-dressed secret agent of the famous television series was performed by several different puppets – but the impact the show has had culturally makes us feel that we are entitled to feel envious of Lady P’s lifestyle anyway.

She was an aristocrat with flattering designer clothes and a large house in the British countryside!

Well, although we may never be able to get into the back of a pink chauffeur-driven Rolls Royce and say, “To the shops please, Parker,” we could own Lady Penelope herself since one of the original puppets is being auctioned off on the 29th of June this year.

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If you own your property, then you will understand the importance of home insurance coverage. However, fewer people realise that home insurance policies differ between, and within, insurance companies.  Some policies may offer comprehensive insurance, other policies may provide minimal coverage only.  It is essential that homeowners understand the market and base their decisions on the level of coverage, rather than the price – as many people are prone to doing.

The chances of claiming on a house insurance policy are very small.  However, it does happen.  Some properties are more prone to hazards.  For instance, a house built in a plain is more likely to experience problems with heavy rains (floods, leaks, etc.) than a house built at the top of a hill.  It is advisable that homeowners establish the risks associated with their particular type of property, and its location, to ensure the insurance policy covers the potential dangers. Read more…

The fourth largest nonprofit Medicare Advantage health plan in the U.S. is partnering with the American Cancer Society to provide its more than 130,000 members in California with cancer prevention and early detection messages.

Long Beach, Calif.-based SCAN Health Plan is working with the California division of the ACS, in part focusing on how seniors and others on Medicare can manage cancer as a chronic condition with new medical advances and constantly emerging information on the disease.

One of the most effective ways we can enhance and manage our members health is through thoughtful and caring partnerships with organizations that have proven to make a difference, said Timothy Schwab, chief medical officer of SCAN, in a statement.

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