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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Europe : low interest rates will harm life insurers
Posted on October 31st, 2011
Fitch Ratings says the European Central Banks 25bps interest rate cut today puts into focus the pressure on life insurers margins and earnings from low interest rates. Although insurers are exposed to long-term bond yields rather than the ECBs short-term interest rates, the ECBs rate decision means long-term interest rates are expected to remain low. Although not generally a threat to capital or existing ratings in the near-term, prolonged low interest rates will create challenges.
Life insurers are exposed to interest rate risk through investment leverage, product guarantees and policyholder options.
Tags: Insurers, Interest Rates, Life Insurers, Low Interest Rates
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Garages gridlocked with “stuff”
Posted on October 31st, 2011
Multi-car households keep around £3,429 worth of items in their garage while £13,487 worth of vehicles are left on the road or driveway. <
Nicole Will be Back Next Week With Her Series on Public Insurance Adjusting
Posted on October 30th, 2011
Nicole will be back next week posting on her series regarding issues relating to public insurance adjusting. This weekend, Nicole and Merlin Law Group’s Sandy Baldinelli are walking in Tampa Bay’s Susan G. Komen 3-day walk for the cure to breast cancer. Nicole and Sandy are each walking 60 miles and together they have raised more than $4,600.00 to find a cure.
Tags: Adjusting, Insurance Adjusting, Public Insurance, Public Insurance Adjusting
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The importance and need of auto owners insurance
Posted on October 25th, 2011
Auto owner’s insurance is something that is needed not only by the requirements of the law but also for the general monetary well being of a car owner. When a person invests in buying a car, the person obviously feels a need to do everything that can be done in order to keep the car safe and to ensure that no harm or damage come to the car. However careful a person may remain, there are certain things that cannot be controlled and the car may get damaged. The reason for the damage could be a road accident due to the carelessness of another driver or a natural calamity in which the car may get damaged. These are things that are not in the hands of a person and they occur unannounced. T
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