Fleming Europe : fifth annual bancassurance forum to be held in Barcelona
Posted on November 27th, 2011
Bancassurance for Advanced
Bancassurance aka Bank Insurance Model helps insurance companies to maintain smaller direct sales teams. This is already a well-established link between banks and insurance providers, but it is challenged by popping out technology opportunities and never-ending competition. Forced by the mentioned elements, Bancassurers are looking to improve how they implement these strategies.
Nevada Wildfires: Business Interruption Losses Caused By Order of Civil Authority
Posted on November 24th, 2011
The recent wild fires in Reno, Nevada, caused tragic losses of many homes and extensive loss to business property and business income. Commercial property policies with business interruption coverage vary widely with regard to coverage of business income loss due to order of civil authorities.
Some policies require direct physical damage to the property before business interruption coverage is covered. Generally, under these types of policies, where the order of civil authority (and not physical damage) causes the business interruption loss, coverage is not triggered.
Other polices require a “direct nexus” between the civil authority order and the suspension of the insured’s business. S
Dos and Don’ts after Car Accident to Claim car Accident Insurance
Posted on November 22nd, 2011
If you have suffered from a car accident, then the next thing that you want to do is to claim for car insurance for fix all damages incurred by your vehicle can also give you financial assistance for your personal injury. Right before you contact your car insurance provider, there are important steps that you need to do to help you make sure that you will not face any problem in claiming for your car insurance.
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Help for truck drivers
Posted on November 14th, 2011
As a truck accident lawyer, I am frequently asked for help from good truck drivers. Many of these truckers are pushed or pressured by their companies or the safety directors to break mandatory safety laws.
Sometimes this causes egregious violations of the FMCSRs, such as pushing these drivers to drive way past the hours of service requirements, or pressuring these drivers to skip pre-trip inspections so they can complete deliveries faster.
In the past, I’ve even included some of these requests for help with the truck driver’s permission. The most frequent request I get is simply for help when these truckers are being pressured by their company to do something illegal. These truck drivers want to report company violations that endanger both themselves and threaten the public, but they fear retaliation (by the way, this is one of the biggest reasons why I’m a fan of union truckers who have more safety provisions in place to prevent this type of illegal pressure and abuse of drivers). Drivers ask me what they should do, especially when they work for trucking companies where safety and maintenance violations are rampant and widespread.
The answer lies in Section 405 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act, which prohibits retaliation/discrimination for truck driver whistle blowers.
Be forewarned that in some cases a claim will become a long process. OSHA oversees these whistle blower claims and depending on the claim, an OSHA investigation will take time. However, the statute does provide protection for truckers. There are some truck accident lawyers who now specialize in these type of whistle blower cases against bad trucking companies that pressure drivers. Also, the statute allows collection of attorneys fees, so even if you live in a state that does not have a truck accident lawyer that handles Section 405 whistle blower type cases, I am happy to give you the name of a truck attorney who does.
Stopping this type of abuse translates to saving lives. Most truck drivers I’ve met (almost all of them in fact), are genuinely good people and really hate being pushed by companies to break safety rules that threaten them and the public. Section 405 claims serve the public interest, protect good drivers and promote safety.
Tags: Drivers, Truck Drivers
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Car Insurance For Women
Posted on November 4th, 2011
Who wouldn’t want a good discount on their insurance policy premiums? We have insurance discounts for senior citizens, women, teenage drivers, doctors, engineers etc. And that means no matter what category of drivers you fall in; you will get cheap car insurance for women anywhere with a sort of discount!
But the biggest and the most noticeable discount in the car insurance industry is the beginning of a car insurance policy especially tailor-made for the women. Women are indeed a happy lot as they are now considered much more careful drivers than their male counterparts. You will be surprised by the number of car insurance companies that cater to the female gender alone. Bu
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