Renters insurance is among the top recommendations for college students

Renters insurance

Once again, this year, students heading off to college are being advised to make sure a policy is in place. College students that head out to live on their own for the first time can sometimes find it difficult to believe that the worst can, in fact, happen, and that their possessions can be the victim of those disasters, so they are being reminded to purchase renters insurance in order to protect themselves against those potential losses. There are many responsibilities that these students face, but protecting themselves from losses…

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University of Toledo student insurance no longer required

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There is no longer a regulation for enrollment, but it remains possible to voluntarily enroll if desired. The student insurance that used to be required for everyone going to the University of Toledo has now been changed to a voluntary coverage, which is available to anyone who Is taking at least one credit hour per semester. The reason behind the decision is that many of the students attending the university no longer require the coverage. The reason is that because of the federal health care reforms, student insurance often overlaps…

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College insurance protection now often extends to rape scandals

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Institutes of post secondary education are now purchasing coverage for new kinds of risk. As students return to their campuses, this fall, they may discover that college insurance policies are now taking an entirely new shape due to the shifts that are taking place in the culture of these communities. These schools are becoming increasingly aware of the risk that sexual attacks can have when they occur on campus. For that reason, these schools have taken a number of steps to change the way in which accusations of abuse are…

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Insurance refund total of $2.75 million and a fine to be paid by insurer

Health Insurance Refund

A company based in Virginia will be issuing the payments on top of a $1 million fine after being caught overcharging. An insurer based in Virginia will be sending out an insurance refund that totals $2.5 million on top of a fine that will cost almost $1 million in order to settle the claims that have been made that indicate that it had been overcharging students in New York. Estimates are that there were approximately 22,000 students from 37 New York colleges that were overcharged. The insurance refund and fine…

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Michigan State University requires its students to purchase health insurance

Michigan State University has now joined five other schools among the “Big Ten” in adding mandatory health insurance to their requirements for their students. This regulation will function by requiring new students who are starting school at MSU for the first time to either find their own health insurance policy or be billed by the school, which will then provide the coverage for them. According to Kent Cassella, a spokesperson from MSU, “We have partnered with Aetna to devise a specific plan, that’s an MSU sponsored plan for $1,505 a…

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