Archive for the 'Insurance' Category


Make the Most of Open Enrollment

I opened the mailbox on Friday and found a thick envelope from my employer: the 2010 Guide to Open Enrollment. During the next two weeks, employees of my company can renew our benefits selections or choose new ones for 2010.
If you find yourself in the same situation, it’s important that you take advantage of it. [...]


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Shopping Insurance and Landing at Allstate

I mentioned that we switched our insurance to Allstate earlier this month.
Since I used to work in the insurance industry, I actually didn’t shop our rates very often. Because of the state filings, I knew that we had some of the best coverage and premiums around.
Everything changed when we decided to enter the [...]


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10 Important Tasks for Your Mid Year Checkup

We’re half way through 2008. It’s a great time to do a mid-year checkup of your financial situation. Here are a few of the topics that I like to revisit in the summer to make sure that we are on track!
1. Asset allocation rebalancing. Have you rebalanced your portfolio lately? With the decline in the [...]


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What Happened to My Cell Phone?

I should have listened to Nickel right away when he sent me an email to get a nice case for my Sprint Centro. Unfortunately, it went into my to-do pile and I just haven’t gotten around to it.
My 3 month old Sprint Palm Centro Broke
I’m not exactly sure how it happened. It just kept trying [...]


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Saving on Insurance Premiums

Photography: ozzzie
When we recently found out the insurance premium for my husband’s motorcycle was increasing by almost 400% we took action.
He got quotes from four different insurance companies and also did some digging in forums he reads to see which companies typically had competitive motorcycle rates.


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