Mar 27

When you’re jetting home for the holidays, traveling to your new university or heading off on vacation, the last thing you need is jet lag. Arm yourself with travel insurance and advice on how to lessen the impact of jet lag on your next trip.

Jet lag makes you tired, disorientated, dehydrated and unmotivated – not the best start to a college term or vacation. How can you beat it? Start out rested – make sure you have a good amount of sleep and rest before you start to travel. Sleep – if you can sleep on the plane, do so. Take ear plugs, eye mask and a travel pillow.

Drink lots of water and avoid too much alcohol, caffeine and sugary drinks. Try to get up and walk around the plane, and do some foot and leg exercises, to help prepare your body for being back on land.

When you arrive, get as much natural light as you can before bedtime. Try to

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Mar 25

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Auto insurance fraud is soon to become a felony in the state of New York.  Legislators are working on harsher penalties for those submitting false claims and other fraudulent activity according to the article “New York Senate Passes Bill Making Auto Insurance Fraud a Felony” found on the US Insurance Corner website.

The New York Senate is hoping that passing harsher penalties against perpetrators will not only encourage less fraud but will ultimately lower costs of auto insurance quotes for everyone in the state.  Fraud losses have to be made up somehow by insurers and unfortunately it ends up coming out of innocent, law-abiding customers.

Republican Senator James Seward sponsored the bill and on the Senate’s insurance committee as a chairman.  He believes the new legislation offers a strong deterrent to those considering fraud against their auto insurance company.  He also

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Mar 23

To help celebrate the one-year anniversary of health care reform, the White House has issued information regarding its youth health initiative known as “Better Benefits, Better Health.” The initiative focuses on the aspect of health reform allowing young adults to remain on parents’ policies and is asking these adult children to learn more about health insurance opportunities available to them.

Health Care Reform Reaches 1-Year Anniversary

After health care reform was signed into law on March 23, 2010, a number of adjustments to health insurance were set to take effect. One was allowing young adults to remain on their parents’ policies until the age of 26, instead of 19 as in the past, which took effect on Sept. 23, 201

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Mar 22

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Electric cars date back as far as the late 19th century and the concept has been floated at various times over the last 100 years; however, it is only in the last ten years and with the imminent oil shortage, that the concept has really gained ground and this year sees the launch of an array of new models, all set with the latest mod cons and in the latest style. But the real concern everyone harbours is that electric cars are more expensive. In recent years the upkeep of a car has become increasingly expensive, what with the rising cost of car insurance and fuel, many shudder at the thought of extra cost and hassle. Read more…

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