Saturday, June 17 — America’s first accident insurance company was chartered on this date in 1863 in Hartford, Connecticut. It was the Travelers Insurance Company — still with us today as the Travelers Companies — and its first policies insured against […]
Thursday, December 15 — America’s first life insurance policy issued by a general insurance company was issued on this date in 1794 in Philadelphia. The Insurance Company of North America was organized two years earlier, with a capital of $600,000. But […]
The Dangers of the Airbnb Experience by David P. Lesch, Esq. By now you’ve heard of Airbnb, the online house-sharing marketplace that connects people looking to rent their homes with people looking for non-hotel accommodations. With listings in over a 109 countries worldwide, Airbnb […]
The first recorded automobile accident involving two vehicles occurred on this date in 1896 in New York City.
FIRE HAZARD Profile America — Wednesday, January 6. Today, when a home is damaged or destroyed by fire, there usually is no question that it was insured against such a common danger. The first fire insurance company in Colonial America was the […]
Horrible Insurance Advice by Lenore Skenazy This is how insurance companies think, blame and change our culture. The paragraph below appears at the top of the “Effective Playground Supervision” page on the site of West Bend Mutual Insurance. West Bend insures the […]
Boy Scouts Can’t Squirt Squirt Guns at Each Other and Must Use Goggles Boy Scouts can’t shoot squirt guns at each other. Here’s the rulebook (see page 99). And here’s the article for Boy Scout leaders that points out: “Water guns and rubber […]
(New York, NY) — NY State of Health, the State’s official health plan Marketplace, announced a special enrollment period (SEP) for individuals and families who had to pay a federal penalty for 2014 and had not been aware or had […]
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