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Three new photo contests on Lenzr.com expire Jan 1st, 2010
There are three new photo contests on Lenzr.com for the months of October and December 2009 ! Photographers look sharp - there's something for everyone to focus on here. Medicinal Plants in Nature celebrates botanical photography and hopes to collect images of natural medicine growing wild in the great outdoors.Insurance Company: No arm for 12-year-old Boy
Benjamin French was born with his right arm missing below the elbow. In his 12 years, he has been fitted with seven prostheses. His most recent replacement will cost nearly $30,000 and his doctor says he will soon grow out of it.
Many insurance companies are not insured against cyber attacks
Video: Small Business Insurance
A leading organisation is of insurers and underwriters are predicting that the recession and continued job losses will see an increase in white collar extortion against businesses. The organisation also found that many businesses are not insured against cyber crimes which could result in data or business loss.
“According to a DTI Information Security Breaches Survey, a third of UK businesses think general small business insurance provides full cover for damage to the business arising from data loss,” commented a spokesperson, “but the reality is quite different, with very few businesses likely to be insured against the result of cyber attacks on its most crucial management and business tool – corporate and customer information, most of which is today held on corporate IT systems.
Lindsay Lohan Had Troubled Getting Insured
Only ONE insurance company was brave enough to cover Lindsay Lohan on the set of her new movie, Labor Pains. Her history of drug and alcohol use is making organizations politely decline when asked. The problem is you NEED insurance to work and if no one is willing to take on Lindsay, then she will be in much fewer roles.Lawyers: Insurer Won't Pay $10 Million to Heath Ledger's Daughter
A life insurance company is balking at making a $10 million payout to Heath Ledger's nearly 3-year-old daughter Matilda, lawyers for the child claim. ReliaStar Life Insurance Co. first wants to investigate whether Ledger died by suicide, which would allow the insurer not to pay, says attorney John LaViolette, representing Matilda’s estate, who filed a lawsuit in July.Why small business insurance is needed even if working from home
In these recessionary times, being a small business owner is not a bed of roses. New business owners are often tempted to reduce costs by not insuring their businesses just because they work from home.
In the short term this might save some money, but it the long run, it could seriously affect future business plans.
Home start-ups face extra risks without small business insurance
Fresh data collected by online small business insurer Insurantz.com shows that an increasing number of entrepreneurs face extra risk of litigation, loss, etc.
The insurer’s research reveals that nearly one million entrepreneurs who are starting their own small businesses from home are unwittingly placing themselves at severe financial risk because of the wrong impression that their businesses are covered by existing home-contents policies.
The study revealed a serious gap between what is needed and the commercial reality.
The American Safety Council's Online Safe Driver Course: Reduce Points and Get Insurance Discounts
If you have a need to reduce insurance points, or if you want to get a discount on your car insurance, click on http://www.safemotorist.com. This link is directly to New Jersey's page, http://www.safemotorist.com/NewJersey/Defensive_Driving.aspx?lgr=6C1E22E5-B50B-DD11-BB0F-00C09F3F0F12 but, on the right of the page is a link to select other states. In this New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission approved online course, the American Safety Council discusses safe driving strategies in general and their application to safe driving in New Jersey in particular.Need Life Insurance... Hilarious
Ok someone sent this to me over the weekend I have been rolling since then. It's on old Swedish commercial for Life Insurance. It's freaking hilarious.Scotland sees rise in business insurance fraud
Video: Small Business Insurance
Reported cases of business fraud have risen by an astounding 450% during the first six months of 2009, according to the accountants BDO Stoy Hayward.
So far this year fraud has cost Scottish companies as much as £10m compared with just over £1.8m for the same period last year.The accountancy firm had predicted a rise in fraud because of the economic downturn, but the steep rate of increase has shocked even industry experts.
The level of recorded fraud only tells half the story, since a lot of fraudulent activity either goes unnoticed or companies avoid reporting it in order to avoid negative publicity.
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