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Illinois Startup Aims To Make Dashcams Popular In The USA

August 27, 2015 PR Article

Willowbrook, IL – Illinois-based online startup Eyewitness Dashcams aims to bring dashboard cameras to the United States on a large scale. They aim to educate the public about dashboard cameras and show them as an important part of car security. Dashboard cameras are small recording devices that don’t mount on the dash as the name suggests, but on the windshield or behind the rear-view mirror, capturing everything that someone sees while driving. These cameras are very popular in countries like Russia and South Korea, where insurance fraud is quite rampant…

Bad credit makes homeowners insurance in Washington D.C. far more expensive

August 27, 2015August 26, 2015 Julie Campbell

Property owners in the district pay almost 3 times more for their coverage if they don’t have good credit. When you have poor credit, it can feel as though everything in your life is more expensive, and according to a recent data analysis, when it comes to homeowners insurance policies in Washington D.C., that is absolutely the case. D.C. is one of the most expensive places in the country to have poor credit in terms of home insurance premiums. According to an InsuranceQuotes.com survey, homeowners insurance in Washington D.C. is…

Health insurance program at University of Central Arkansas to change

August 27, 2015August 26, 2015 G. Turner

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The board of trustees at the college has voted to alter the design in order to become a self-insured model. The board of trustees at the University of Central Arkansas has now put the school’s health insurance program in the spotlight as it will be changing the current design for employees to one that is based on a self-insured model. The changes that have been made to the coverage program will go into effect in January. When the insurance program changes were put to a vote, they were passed unanimously…

More grad students could lose their health insurance coverage

August 27, 2015August 26, 2015 Marc

Grad students from University of Georgia may lose insurance subsidies Grad students at the University of Georgia are expressing concern that they may be losing their access to health insurance subsidies provided by the federal government. Per federal law, all U.S. citizens, including grad students, must have health insurance coverage. For many students, however, the only way to afford coverage is to take advantage of subsidies created through the Affordable Care Act. Grad students from other universities have already lost their subsidies, which has put others on edge when it…

Health insurance rates to spike in Kansas

August 26, 2015August 26, 2015 Logan B.

State regulators approve health insurance rate increases Health insurance rates are expected to go up in Kansas next year. The Kansas Insurance Department has approved rate increases for individual coverage after having received proposals from many companies operating in the state. Rate increases are expected to affect those seeking coverage through the state’s insurance exchange as well as directly from insurers. For some, the premium hikes may present more financial strain, as state regulators have approved significant increases. Premiums expected to rise by an average of 25.4% Initially, some insurers…