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30% of Employers Likely to Stop Offering Health Insurance in 2014

Companies to Back Out Due to Lack of Provision Waiver

The study found that a growing number of employers are seeking waivers from an early provision in the health overhaul that requires them to enrich their benefits for workers this year. The law mandates that employers not cap annual benefit payouts below $750,000 per person, per year.

In order to sidestep the provision, employers have been receiving waivers in droves. By the end of April, the administration had granted 1,372 employers, unions and insurance companies one-year exemptions from the requirement.

Of course, this waiver is very useful to companies now, but it will no longer be available in 2014.

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Tags: Health, Offering Health

Prepare Your Car for Summer

warmer weather, and a lot of fun in the sun. For drivers, however, it also means worrying about new dangers to your car that weren’t present in the winter and spring months. Just because you have to be responsible, however, doesn’t mean all of the fun has to be sucked out of summer. In fact, preparing your car for summertime now can actually end up allowing you to have a better, more protected, and more worry free summer.

One thing you’ll want to check out with the start of summer, or even sooner depending on where you live and when cold weather subsides, is if there is any leftover salt residue on the car’s body. Salt, used to make slippery roads less dangerous in the winter, often attaches itself to the body of the car and, if left unheeded, can cause rusting and other external damage. If rust

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Tags: Car, Car Summer

I Can’t Afford to Get Sick

Everyone remembers the dreaded doctors visits of our youth. No one was excited about having a strange person shine a light in our eyes or press some tasteless Popsicle stick on our tongues. But nowadays, with the shortage of health insurance coverage becoming a major issue, adults have financial reasons to dread visiting the doctor.

People may joke about the fact that they cant afford to get sick due to the high cost of medical bills. But in some instances, because health care is so astronomically expensive without insurance, people honestly cannot afford to get sick.

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How Much Can Age Affect Auto Insurance Rates?

Almost everyone knows that the age of a particular driver can affect how much he or she pays for automobile insurance. What many people don’t realize, however, is just how much age affects premium rates. A driver can be affected by age so very much that policies become almost unaffordable. As such, it’s important for you to know, especially if you’re a young driver or have a young driver on your policy, what is fair and just in the automobile industry as it relates to age and what you can do to lower your car insurance premium no matter what your age may be.

In most states in the United States, drivers generally begin driving around the age of fifteen. Typic

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Hackers new worst enemy for business

Lockton is warning that hackers pose an increasing threat to business, as commerce continues to move online.

The insurer reckons that no firm is safe; only last month Marks & Spencer along with as many as 50 other clients of email marketing company, Epsilon, had thousands of customer details stolen.

In the case of M&S, Lockton partner, Ben Beeson, says: “It was a major breach. H

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Most Popular Car Insurance Companies in Los Angeles

Residents of beautiful, sunny Los Angeles, California have a lot of different choices when it comes to choosing a car insurance provider, and more choices means more chances to save. However, most people don’t take advantage of this wide selection as they should. A lot of people simply open the phone book or do a quick online search for insurance providers and then sign up with the first company that they find. Obviously, if you really want to get a good deal on your car insurance and to be satisfied with the service that you get, this is not the way to go about it. To get the best deal, excellent customer service, efficient claims handling, and more, you need to put a lot of research and effort into selecting an automobile insurance provider.

One easy way to start the search process is by looking at the most popular car insurance providers in the city. O

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