AT&T to sell smartphone insurance for broken phone screens

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This coverage will be available for owners of any of eight models of mobile devices. AT&T has announced that it will be selling smartphone insurance to cover a limited number of device models. This policy is designed to be somewhat different than the standard cell phone coverage. The broken phone screen insurance from AT&T will let customers obtain same day repairs. Overall, the smartphone insurance from AT&T sounds like the traditional form of coverage. Should the mobile device screen break, the company – and its insurance provider, Asurion – will…

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Mobile commerce in the insurance industry is about to take off

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Ensquared is prepared for an explosion of smartphone adoption and online shopping. Leading smartphone and iPhone insurance authority, Ensquared, has announced the results of its latest customer and industry data analysis and has announced that American mobile commerce will truly be taking off within the upcoming two to five years. As a result, they also say that tablet and cell phone insurance will also skyrocket. Though the United States is never a world leader in terms of mobile commerce and devices, it is about to take on a leadership role…

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Online insurance brand Protect Your Bubble is released in the United States

A new online insurance brand called Protect Your Bubble has had its initial American launch today, with the backing of a Fortune 500 company and the intention to provide modern consumers with the additional choices they need to protect the things that are important in their lives at a given moment, such as pets, travel, and gadgets. According to the Europe and North America Protect Your Bubble president, Stephen Ebbett, when consumers think about insurance, they usually call to mind health, life, homeowner, and auto coverage. However, he also pointed…

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Ensquared predicts sharp increase in Apple mobile device insurance

The leading device insurance authority, Ensquared, has predicted another spike in the number of policies purchased in the near future for iPad and iPhone mobile devices. The reason that they expect so many people to purchase these policies throughout the holiday season is that the devices themselves are considered to be the hot gift during that period of time. Shortly after the recipient obtains the device, many of them will then look into buying coverage for it, just in case it should ever by damaged, lost, or stolen. As the…

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iPhone 4S owners encouraged to insure their devices instead of purchasing an extended warranty

On the heels of the release of the iPhone 4S, a top provider of electronics insurance, Worth Ave. Group, has released its recommendation to consumers that they avoid buying a warranty and insure their mobile devices, instead. The insurer claims that when a customer purchases a warranty for an iPhone 4S, he or she remains unprotected in many ways and runs the risk of possibly needing to spend the hundreds of dollars in replacement fees should something happen to the device. It is anticipated by analysts, that the latest iPhone…

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