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Wednesday, October 7, 2009

General or Professional Liability - Corporate Insurance

By Anne Torres

When you talk about insurance, you essentially talk about protection from risk or ensuring that one is provided adequate measures to address risks. Factors posing danger to an insured individual may come in the form of vehicular accidents, natural disasters, illness or any other condition that compromises the welfare of the policy holder. This can be taken care of either by a self-insured medical plan or a group policy.

In some cases, properties are insured and risks can likewise come in a variety of ways. Insuring business entities, however, can be a more serious type of coverage and is definitely more expensive as well. You are simply not responsible for your company and your staff but also for those that will have something to do with your business one way or another.

Yes, when you talk about insuring a business, you talk about risks that could be far greater than any other type there are in the world of insurance. This brings to mind the issue of liability which covers situations not just as a direct result of the conduct of business but also as a side effect of the act. This will touch on a lot of possibilities such when an error committed by manufacturing personnel causes unwanted effects on a consumer. These possibilities are, of course, very hard to foresee and this is why Liability Insurance, whether professional or general, is crucial if you want to ensure protection for your business.

There is, of course, a disparity between general liability and professional liability insurance. It doesn't matter if you're looking for personal or corporate coverage. There will be a suitable plan for both individuals and groups. Once you know the determining differences between general and professional liability, you can proceed with other connected decisions being essential to your business.

General liability will usually cover conditions that involve physical injury or damage to property and is nothing new to most companies. On the other hand, professional liability is more on insurance for probable acts of negligence committed by a company in the delivery of their products or services to consumers.

This is more of financial in nature and is obviously closely associated with the business' accounting department. This kind of coverage will be anchored on legal issues as regards professional standards dictated by law on the conduct of a business' financial affairs. Naturally, for a business to be sufficiently secured, it is suggested to have both general and professional liability insurance. - 23211

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Visitor Insurance - Visitors Care Insurance

By Ray Sondeo

Visitors Care Insurance is a plan with a wide variety of plan options for travel outside a person's home country. It offers basic coverage for short-term international travel. The visitor care insurance plan offers three levels of maximum benefits, and three deductibles, for a total of nine options. The maximum visitor insurance benefits are $25,000, $50,000 and $100,000, and the deductibles are $0, $50, and $100.

You can request Visitors Care insurance for any period from 5 days to 12 months, with a possibility of extension for another 12 months. The extension, however, will fall under a new policy, with new parameters such as deductibles and pre-existing conditions.

Whichever plan you choose, Visitors Care insurance offers you the following constant benefits: a. Emergency medical evacuation b. Repatriation of remains c. Home country coverage for incidental trips home d. Common carrier accidental death benefit

All Visitor Care insurance plans cover similar medical expenses. The difference is in the maximum benefit for each. Typically, charges related to ambulance and emergency services, doctor consults and visits, surgery, tests, prescription drugs, nursing, and physiotherapy are covered by all the visitors insurance plans. Damage to the natural teeth also nets coverage in the Visitors Care health insurance plan.

As Visitors Care is a fixed benefit insurance plan, each of the benefits has limited coverage, as specified in the brochure. If the expense exceeds the covered amount, the insured pays the difference.

Your visitor insurance policy usually covers new or hitherto undetected medical conditions and injuries. However, you cannot usually claim reimbursement for costs related to pre-existing conditions, wellness visits and maternity.

While it is not necessary to use a hospital or doctor within a preferred provider network, providers within the Preferred Provider Organization may be able to bill the policy directly, thus enabling cashless billing. Various resources, such as the Preferred Provider Organization link to locate a provider in the United States, or the Visitors Care Insurance online database for international health care providers, are available. Round-the-clock travel-related assistance is also provided and comes in handy in an emergency.

Visitors Care insurance is underwritten by Sirius International Insurance Corporation (publ), rated A (excellent) by A.M. Best and A- by S&P. In general, your visitors insurance policies are underwritten by well-known companies. - 23211

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Comparing Dental Insurance Policies For The Best Values

By Aretha Holly

If you have been putting off a trip to the dentist for a checkup because of cost, then you need to have dental insurance. Compare dental insurance policies and you will find that coverage is surprisingly cheap.

While health insurance focuses on coverage for major illnesses or emergency care after an accident, dental insurance focuses on preventative care. Most dental insurances will pay a large percentage of the costs of preventative care, but progressively less for care that results from not having that care.

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Since most dental problems could be prevented annual or semiannual checkups and cleanings, many policies cover this care at one hundred percent. This helps to keep the cost of dental insurance very low. Much, much lower than the cost of health inusurance.

If you have insurance and wait until something that was only a minor problem becomes a major one, it will cost you more to have that problem fixes. As an example, many dental insurances will only pay fifty percent of the cost of dentures, extractions or root canals, but will pay eighty percent of the cost of fillings and one hundred percent of the cost of cleaning.

There are some policies that have higher limits and pay a higher percentage for such treatments, but they too, will cost you more in premium than the standard policies will cost. Overall, dental insurance is a bargain in the insurance industry and encourages you to take good care of your teeth.

If you are looking for dental insurance, start by checking with your employer. Many times they offer such coverage to employees and the premiums can be a payroll deduction. Before making your decision, be sure that you compare the coverage your employer is offering with the coverage you can get through a private policy.

When making those comparisons between what the employer offers and the private policies, the general finding is that you get better prices and coverage through the employer. If this option is not available, you will find that there are many companies that offer dental insurance and that by making comparisons you can find the policy that is best for you. If you have a family, be sure to check the cost difference between a policy that is written for an individual and the whole family. Since this is a preventative care insurance, you will want to start early in taking care of your child's teeth. Preventative care for children could mean a life without cavities. - 23211

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Opting For Health Insurance On Your Own

By J. D Theis

Health insurance is not something that all of us get as a default option. In fact, many people who are salaried and employed dont get health insurance coverage despite working for a good job for long continuous hours. For such cases, it would be more sensible if you buy health insurance on your own rather than pleading with your boss to provide coverage for you as well as the other employees.

Sometimes, it is not viable for companies to provide health insurance and they might have alternate arrangements for taking care of the health needs of their employees. This might not always be the best option for you.

If it is feasible, do consider getting health insurance from a private firm that can take care of your coverage and your other needs. The sad reality with this is that you should be ready to shell out a lot more money just to be covered, but you will have the peace of mind that you at least have some protection if you fall ill and dont want to spend money from your savings account. In fact, you can even tailor the coverage in the way you like and make it work such that it wont cost you a lot to be on the plan.

If going on the private plan is not an option that is worthwhile for you, then you can consider doing something else like perhaps opting for HMO or even PPO. These are slightly different than the regular insurance and with this kind of coverage; you can visit only the doctors and health care facilities that are listed on the contract of the policy that you choose. These physicians are usually very good and often, one can be assured of good quality health care. However, you can visit any physician outside the contract by paying the consultation fee on your own.

In addition to this, you can even consult an independent broker by paying a certain fee and asking them to help you out by providing more options and seeing whether you have chosen the right kind of health insurance. It is possible to not have considered all the options and have chosen something in haste. Hence, to avoid such a thing from happening, it is safer to just consult someone knowledgeable and find out for sure whether you are opting for the best health insurance or if there is a better option for your budget. - 23211

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Morgelons Sydrome Fact Fantasy or Psychosis ?

By Simone U. Uskiw

It was not too long ago that patients who visited their doctor claiming numbness , changing pain and exhaustion and insisted to their doctor that they were suffering from an illness that they had heard about on the media or read in the Reader's Digest magazine in the doctor's waiting room - that disease being Lyme Disease spread by insect ticks , were relegated by most medical practitioner's to the nutcase or malingerer classification in the doctor's personal notes and records. At the best Lyme Disease patients could get referred to a Psychiatrist for psychiatric assessment. At the worst they and their various neurological symptoms were just plain ignored. Not so today in 2009 /2010. Lyme Disease is a disease well recognized by the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta and the Mayo Clinic. There are titers ( specific tests) available. On top of that the focus on the treatment of Lyme Disease is early detection and relatively simple pharmacological treatment with simple and standard antibiotics. Enter Morgellons , Morgellons Disease or Morgelons Syndrome our current mystery "Lyme Disease" of 2009 / 2010.

The signs and symptoms of Morgellons Disease and Syndrome are many and varied . Not all people and patients and people who claim to have the disorder seem to suffer in the same way or manner. On top of that add in exhaustion and mental fatigue. On top of that when they tell their medical providers and even families that they feel something always moving around under their skin , that they have even seen insects fly out of rashes on epidermis of their skin along with fibers that seem to grow on a regular and irregular basis from their skin - no one seems to believe them. To many these people are nothing but malingerers out to scam the medical and insurance systems. The problem is basically , that unlike Lyme Disease , Morgellons is not a recognized disease by majority of the medical community and as well , unlike Lyme Disease there is no simple test to diagnose the illness and malady accurately as well as quickly. Many of those who believe that they do have this illness , and it is a real illness , find that after a time , they may give up on the conventional medical community and seek "alternative medicine".

From time to time, individuals may find that they can pull things out from under their wounds. Those things will have the visual aspect of being crystals or granules. Another symptom that is the most common is pain. The pain that forms will be taking place in the joints, muscular tissue and connective tissues.

Dermatologists themselves are often confused by the appearance of the rash. Most Dermatologists as a whole are up to date on their science. The skin is essentially the largest organ of the body and is actually quite a consistent apparatus. For rashes the basic rule of dermatology and the science of dermatology is if it is wet - dry it , if it is dry - wet or moisten it , and if none of the previous apply - then use a steroid cream ,salve or tablet. Yet the rashes apparent from this disorder seem entirely resistant to all standard medical and pharmacological therapy and therapies.

Folks that are suffering from this disorder generally go to their physicians searching for some relief. However, when they do go, they sense that they are being made of and are not believed. The physicians generally treat their patients for Delusional Parasitosis and use antipsychotic medications.

What a life to have been given the sentence of Morgellons Disease. If only there was a test - or titer - for Morgellons . No one used to believe those who had M.S. in its early stages. Neurological symptoms along with tiredness , pain and exhaustion came and went out of the blue with no apparent cause. Its only when the Muscular Sclerosis went along its progressive disease development and path in patients was the disorder recognized in the patient and care given. Now however with modern medicine high tech scans can easily rule out or identify M.S. as the culprit dealing with the patient's health and apparent health-wise decline. M.S. sufferers in early stage disease states are not taken seriously and therapy initiated promptly. You would hope that the same scenario and scenarios would come to pass in the lives and medical treatment of those afflicted with Morgellons in its various forms and stages. - 23211