Surviving a bad car crash can be daunting but not impossible

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A car crash is not something that many people think will ever happen to them… but these events can, at times, be unavoidable. If the unfortunate were to happen, it is important to be prepared. Being prepared can mean the difference between life and death for drivers or their passengers and it is not something that should be taken lightly. Car accidents are not uncommon, and there are some things that drivers can do to ensure their safety and overall survival if they are the unfortunate victim of a crash.…

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California insurance industry trends forum hears from Schwarzenegger about risk

H. Cutner
Arnold Schwarzenegger California insurance industry trends

The former state governor and well known actor weighed in at the Southern California university event. Actor and former governor Arnold Schwarzenegger spoke at a California insurance industry trends forum this week in order to discuss certain central topics such as that of risk. He spoke to insurance students and professionals in the industry about what it took to play some of his most famous roles. Schwarzenegger also took the chance to use the California insurance industry trends seminar to discuss the types of risks he faced when he originally…

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First mobile units with insurance adjusters head to Fort McMurray, Canada

Julie Campbell
Fort McMurray wildfire insurance adjusters

As the wildfire that has eaten much of the city begins to move in a new direction, insurers are sending in teams. On Sunday, the massive wildfire nicknamed “the beast” started to stabilize after causing catastrophic devastation in the Canadian city of Fort McMurray, and insurance adjusters are now being deployed in mobile response units being flown in from across the country. This will be the initial wave of experts who will start to assess the widespread damage to Fort McMurray. The majority of insurers have natural disaster and crisis…

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Arizona children’s insurance plan gets the go ahead

G. Turner
Children's insurance plan health care

The state has now joined the rest of the country and has become the last one to offer low income kids a program. Arizona has now become the fiftieth state to offer a children’s insurance plan to low-income kids, after the plan’s backers pushed it through the Legislature and landed it on the desk of Governor Doug Ducey (R), who signed it right away. The program will be known as KidsCare and will be the federal Children’s Health Insurance Program version for Arizonians. In Arizona, the children’s insurance plan has…

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Fort McMurray insurance losses may be more than $9 billion

Julie Campbell
Fort McMurray insurance losses

The wildfire that continues to devastate the Canadian city is expected to be the most expensive in the country’s history. The Fort McMurray insurance losses resulting from the devastating wildfire that has burned its way through the city in the Canadian province of Alberta is expected to bring about the largest insured property losses the country has ever experienced from a single disaster. In fact, one analyst has estimated that the insured losses could come to a massive total as high as CAD$9.3 billion. The Fort McMurray insurance losses are…

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