New 'Pay-as-You-Drive' Insurance Plans Help Some Drivers Save

                         New usage-based insurance plans that require a small plug-in device that collects data on your personal driving habits and reports back to your insurer can help produce significant savings for some drivers on auto insurance. NY1's Tara Lynn Wagner filed the following report. For the most part, your car...

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Even with Obamacare, shopping for health insurance isn’t as easy as buying a plane ticket

In-person enrollment help played a huge role in Obamacare’s first year. (Photo by Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg) I've written recently about the importance of in-person assistance during the first year of Obamacare's coverage expansion. And new Kaiser Family Foundation polling of these assistance programs today shows just how much help people need with purchasing health insurance. The big headline from this morning's poll was about how many people actually...

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Packers, American Family Insurance renew partnership for 10 years

Partnership includes new Lambeau Field gate on stadium's east side The Green Bay Packers and American Family Insurance today announced that the Madison, Wis.-based insurance company will renew and expand its partnership with the Packers to become the “Official Insurance Company of the Green Bay Packers” through the 2023 season. Included in the partnership will be American Family’s sponsorship of Lambeau Field’s new east-side gate – the American...

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Hearing on homeowners insurance rates rescheduled

A hearing on the insurance industry’s request for an average increase of 25.3 percent on homeowners insurance rates has been postponed until October. The hearing, originally set for Aug. 6, is now set for Oct. 20 beginning at 9 a.m. in the Dobbs Building at 430 N. Salisbury Street in downtown Raleigh. Postponing the hearing, according to the state Insurance Department, will give its experts time to prepare testimony in light of revisions to the rate hike request filed by the N.C. Rate Bureau, which represents the insurance industry. The hearing...

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Auto insurance discounts you may be missing

With gas prices stuck at a permanently high level, you need to look for any edge that might cut your total car costs. Start by making sure you aren't missing any auto insurance discounts, some of them new. Financial website Bankrate.com notes that fierce competition among insurers leads to a steady introduction of new discounts. Bankrate surveyed the top 10 auto insurers and found that some discounts have been introduced or greatly expanded in the past year, including those for having daytime running lights and for driving low annual mileage....

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Marketplace insurance customers asked to verify info

Potentially thousands of central Wisconsin residents who signed up for health insurance through the federal marketplace are being asked to clear up questions about their personal information that could affect their coverage. Reports from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services inspector general revealed key personal details submitted by customers, including annual income and citizenship information, don't match records the government...

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Newest Health Insurance Customers Are Generally Happy

We’ve known for a few months now that lots of people signed up for health insurance this year in new marketplaces. A new survey shows that the people who did so are also pretty happy with their purchases. The survey, from the Commonwealth Fund, a research group, came to similar conclusions as other surveys about the expansion of health insurance. It found that about 15 percent of adults younger than 65 now lack health insurance, down from...

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