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Insurance Blog Week in Review – May 13 – 19, 2012

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Once a week, the Insurance Blog Week in Review gives you a brief description of all of the blogs that were posted in the past seven days. There could be anywhere between twelve and fourteen blogs that appear here weekly. Did you miss something? Now is your chance to “ketchup”. Governor Christie Vetoes Insurance Exchange New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has vetoed a bill that would have set up an online marketplace for health insurance. He feels that it is too early to set up his state’s insurance exchange, and is waiting to see what the Supreme Court decides about … Continue reading →

Insurance Podcast Roundup – Week of December 26, 2011

The weekly Insurance Podcast Roundup is a great way to stay current with the news that affects your insurance policies. It is also a good way to stay informed about upcoming changes to insurance, and to learn more about useful types of insurance that you don’t happen to know much about. Lockton is a risk management insurance company. Someone at Lockton re-wrote “The Night Before Christmas” into “The Night Before Riskmas”. The re-written Christmas poem tells, and shows, exactly what kind of risk Santa Claus would be facing each Christmas. Unless, of course, he purchased some helpful insurance policies to … Continue reading →

Insurance Companies Make Acupuncture a Pain

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More and more people are turning to acupuncture for the many health benefits that this form of treatment can provide. At the same time, health insurance companies are unwilling to cover the cost of the acupuncture treatments, or are placing limits on what they will cover. This is one example where insurers are not in touch with what their customers want in a health insurance policy. A report done by Deloitte and Oxford Economics find that in 2009, people spent $363 billion dollars more on health care than the official government reports acknowledged. This is a 15% discrepancy. For many … Continue reading →

Glam Shots for Shelter Animals

Do I look cool/cute enough to take home? I have a horrible addiction: I love to look at pictures of dogs and cats on petfinder.com. I know I shouldn’t, but sometimes I just can’t resist. I’ve always been an avid Petfinder follower. I’ve spent time looking at it since I was in high school, and I found the first two pets of my adult life through the site. At this stage I can reasonably say I’m a Petfinder expert. One thing I’ve learned from Petfinder is the importance of creating a good profile for the pets. I’ve seen some pet … Continue reading →

Pleasure Island Converting to Hyperion Wharf

Many of Pleasure Island’s restaurants will likely remain Change abounds at Disney World. In addition to all the other construction happening around the park, plans are underway for Downtown Disney. Soon Pleasure Island will be replaced with Hyperion Wharf. Those who love Pleasure Island shouldn’t fret: the language used by the announcement post on the official Disney Parks blog says that Pleasure Island will “evolve.” That could just be fancy PR talk to soothe any upset over the change, or it could mean that elements of Pleasure Island will remain. The Disney Parks blog doesn’t have much information about the … Continue reading →

Understanding Legal Business Structure—Part One—Sole Proprietorship

It dawned on me when I was writing about coming up with a written company description for a home business, that we haven’t really talked about all the different types of business structure possibilities there are. Even for a small home business, you might want to spend some time evaluating what sort of legal structure is best for your situation. Many of us choose to organize our businesses as a sole proprietorship because there is only one of us and it can seem the easiest way to go about things… Being a sole proprietorship means that you are the business … Continue reading →

Dealing with Dragons – Patricia C. Wrede

“Dealing with Dragons” is a simply delightful young adult fantasy about a princess named Cimorene. Like all princesses, she is expected to act with a certain amount of decorum and she’s being educated in very useful things like embroidery and how to get rescued by princes, although she never can remember when she’s supposed to scream and when she’s supposed to simper. She sneaks off to various parts of the castle and learns a little bit of magic, a little bit of sword play, and the basics of cooking, but her parents find out about her clandestine education and forbid … Continue reading →

Author Interview — Robert H. Moss

Robert H. Moss is one of the pioneers of LDS fiction, coming on to the scene at a time when the genre was in its infancy. With a career that spans two decades, Bob is living proof that writing can be a life-long pursuit and passion, and as his first series prepares for a rebirth with a new publisher, it’s obvious that the classics never die. Bob graciously agreed to take time from his busy schedule to answer the following questions for the readers of Families.com. Bob, can you tell us a little bit about the Nephite Chronicles, your first … Continue reading →