Utah-based MGIS Companies (MGIS) has appointed Mark Dayton as vice president of marketing.

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Private health insurance is the main source of health coverage for the majority of people in the United States. Approximately 58% of all Americans have private health care coverage. For elderly citizens and eligible children and families from low-income households, public programs are the primary source of health cover. Public programs include Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP. TRICARE and the Veterans programs also provide some coverage.

Since the turn of the millennia, millions of Americans have found themselves with no health cover at all. Full post…

Today is Valentine’s Day: a whole day devoted to the celebration of love and romance. But when the pressure to impress is on, sometimes a little inspiration can go a long way. Step forward, Cupid! This winged legend of love has been filling hearts with desire since the days of Greek mythology.

As travel insurers, we’re fully aware that people’s jobs can take them all over the world. But don’t think you’ll catch Cupid at an airport. He can fly! Just as w

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Health Insurance Companies Make Coverage Easier to Understand

Health insurance companies are now responsible for ensuring their customers are able to understand the basics of their coverage as determined by final rules issued by the White House. Coverage details will take the form of simplified summaries of benefits and coverage, along with a glossary of terms.

Consumers will receive the forms when they apply for a new plan or have their coverage renewed. Arriving in an eight-page document, the forms will outline the following:

• Co-payments for drugs, doctor and hospital care
• Deductibles for limits on coverage
• What services the plan does and does not cover

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Home loans are the easiest and perhaps the most popular way of buying a home for one’s family. Even for commercial properties, loans are available from banks and other financial institutions that are repaid in equated monthly installments over a period of 5,10, 15, or even 20 years. This is really easy as property remains in the name of the lender while the customers enjoy the right to live in the homes along with their families. In some cases, it allows a person to have a property in his name while paying the EMI’s to a bank just like paying rent to his landlord.

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Chief executives from some of the UK’s biggest insurers will meet the prime minister on Tuesday to debate what needs to be done to tackle the “whiplash epidemic” pushing up the cost of motor insurance.

The Association of British Insurance’s director general, Otto Thoresen, will be joined at the summit with David Cameron by the bosses of Admiral, AXA, Aviva, Co-operative Financial Services, RBS Insurance and Zurich. Whiplash claims are costing insurers £2bn a year and adds an extra £90 to the average motor insurance premium, the ABI says. O

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