Updating your bathroom is similar to remodeling project in your home: The value added can increase the worth of your property. Your insurance policy is usually not part of the to-do list when it comes to planning a remodel. QuoteWizard.com recommends that this increase in value is covered by your homeowners insurance if you want to protect your …
Open Enrollment or an Open Door?
Recently, my clients have been calling for help. They are getting a lot of phone calls and mail about their Medicare and supplemental insurance. One client told me she had been asked to give her personal information over the phone. She said she had been speaking to “a very nice young man” who was selling her an insurance policy that would …
6 Ways a Daily Money Manager Can Set You Up for a Smooth Retirement
If you’re preparing for retirement, there are a few key steps a Daily Money Manager can help you take to ensure a smooth, successful transition. As a Daily Money Manager, I help people with all sorts of personal financial tasks. This includes everything from paying day-to-day bills to organizing insurance claims and tax records. I’m often asked …
Long term care insurance
While making plans for the care you may need in the future, don’t forget to consider long term care insurance. Long term care insurance helps cover some costs of long term care, which may become necessary for as much as 70% of the population over age 65. Whether you experience gradual decline of abilities or suffer a sudden illness or disability, …
10 Steps You Can Take to Get the Coverage You Deserve
Health insurance coverage costs are rising at an alarming rate. According to a 2005 survey conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation, employee premiums have increased 70% since 2000. During the same period, wages rose just 15%. Unfortunately, while insurance costs are rising, the medical claims processing system remains highly complex, resulting …
Blue Cross gives medical records access via cell phone
Parents or people providing care for elderly parents will have a new way to carry personal health records and provide them to physicians. Blue Cross of Northeast Pennsylvania is providing an application for cell phones to it's insured. The first wave of patients have been given access to it and it allows them to add their own information. The next …