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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 10:49:31 CDT</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[FEMA May Force Hundreds To Buy Flood Insurance]]></title>
	<link>http://insurancedose.com/Home-Insurance/fema-may-force-hundreds-to-buy-flood-insurance/</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wibw.com%2Flocalnews%2Fheadlines%2FFEMA_May_Force_Hundreds_To_Carry_Flood_Insurance__129846303.html"><![CDATA[FEMA May Force Hundreds To Buy Flood Insurance]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Some residents and businesses in Topeka may soon have to add flood insurance to their monthly bills. City officials predict levees along the Kansas River will not make the Federal Emergency Management Agency's new certification standards, meaning FEMA will most likely redraw its maps of who's required to have flood insurance.  ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 10:49:31 CDT</pubDate>
	<author>homeinsurance</author>
	<category>Home Insurance</category>
	<votes>46</votes>
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	<title><![CDATA[Health insurance: Census shows numbers of poor, uninsured increasing]]></title>
	<link>http://insurancedose.com/Health-Insurance/health-insurance-census-shows-numbers-of-poor-uninsured-increasing/</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chicagotribune.com%2Fhealth%2Fos-census-uninsured-figures-20110913%2C0%2C6081238.story"><![CDATA[Health insurance: Census shows numbers of poor, uninsured increasing]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[More than 46.2 million Americans live in poverty — the highest number in the 52 years for which such estimates have been published, according to census figures released Tuesday. From 2009 to 2010, the nation's poor increased by 2.6 million, and the number of those without health insurance grew by nearly 1 million people. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 10:41:37 CDT</pubDate>
	<author>healthinsurance</author>
	<category>Health Insurance</category>
	<votes>48</votes>
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	<title><![CDATA[Obama Plan to Begin Taxing Health Insurance Stirs Opposition]]></title>
	<link>http://insurancedose.com/Health-Insurance/obama-plan-to-begin-taxing-health-insurance-stirs-opposition/</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfgate.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Farticle.cgi%3Ff%3D%2Fg%2Fa%2F2011%2F09%2F13%2Fbloomberg1376-LRHD2N6VDKHS01-1JSG88JT1542EN8T12DOUU7LQS.DTL"><![CDATA[Obama Plan to Begin Taxing Health Insurance Stirs Opposition]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama is asking lawmakers to tax the health-insurance benefits of top earners, stirring opposition from congressional Democrats who fought a similar proposal in the 2010 health-care law.<br /> ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 10:40:10 CDT</pubDate>
	<author>healthinsurance</author>
	<category>Health Insurance</category>
	<votes>46</votes>
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	<title><![CDATA[Lesser Known Insurance Policies]]></title>
	<link>http://insurancedose.com/Insurance-News/lesser-known-insurance-policies/</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfgate.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Farticle.cgi%3Ff%3D%2Fg%2Fa%2F2011%2F09%2F13%2Finvestopedia59812.DTL"><![CDATA[Lesser Known Insurance Policies]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Life and auto insurance are not generally the sort of topics that ignite conversation. Chances are, you have never read your insurance policy from cover to cover and if you brought up your latest insurance deductible on a daily basis, you may find yourself rapidly losing friends.<br /><br />Find out about other types of insurance such as: Food Truck Insurance, Pet Auto Insurance, Body Parts Insurance, and Kidnapping and Ransom Insurance.<br /> ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 10:36:08 CDT</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>General News</category>
	<votes>48</votes>
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	<title><![CDATA[Is Travel Insurance Worth The Price?]]></title>
	<link>http://insurancedose.com/Travel-Insurance/is-travel-insurance-worth-the-price/</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fsites%2Fdeborahljacobs%2F2011%2F09%2F13%2Fis-travel-insurance-worth-the-price%2F"><![CDATA[Is Travel Insurance Worth The Price?]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[I bought my first travel insurance policy in 1999 before heading to Southeast Asia for the Millennium. My husband and I and our son, then 2, would be staying at a luxury resort on a private island in Malaysia and the place had a strict policy on no-shows: if we canceled within five days of our scheduled arrival date (say our toddler came down with an ear infection so we couldn’t fly), we’d be on the line for the entire cost of our stay. They had our credit card number to guarantee it. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 10:33:10 CDT</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>Travel Insurance</category>
	<votes>40</votes>
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	<title><![CDATA[Opposing points of view: State can make auto insurance more affordable with reasonable levels of medical coverage]]></title>
	<link>http://insurancedose.com/Auto-Insurance/opposing-points-of-view-state-can-make-auto-insurance-more-affordable-with-reasonable-levels-of-medical-coverage/</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.freep.com%2Farticle%2F20110915%2FOPINION05%2F109150441%2FOpposing-points-view-State-can-make-auto-insurance-more-affordable-reasonable-levels-medical-coverage%3Fodyssey%3Dmod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE%7Cs"><![CDATA[Opposing points of view: State can make auto insurance more affordable with reasonable levels of medical coverage]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Michigan residents can no longer afford to pay the cost for unlimited, lifetime medical benefits mandated by Michigan's no-fault insurance law.<br /><br />In the past decade, the rising cost of medical treatment has increased the average personal injury protection (medical) claim in Michigan by 166%, from $13,617 in 2000 to $36,245 in 2010. During the same period, the assessment for the Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association, a fund that reimburses insurance companies for claims of more than $500,000, grew from $5.60 to the current $145, an increase of 25 times.<br /> ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 09:51:59 CDT</pubDate>
	<author>autoinsurance</author>
	<category>Auto Insurance</category>
	<votes>41</votes>
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	<title><![CDATA[It's time for home insurance rates to go up]]></title>
	<link>http://insurancedose.com/Home-Insurance/its-time-for-home-insurance-rates-to-go-up/</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fcommunity.nasdaq.com%2FNews%2F2011-09%2Fits-time-for-home-insurance-rates-to-go-up.aspx%3Fstoryid%3D94440"><![CDATA[It's time for home insurance rates to go up]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[There's good reason to believe that homeowner insurance rates will increase next year. U.S property insurers have been unable to justify rate increases in recent years due to a lack of severe storm activity, but that has dramatically changed in 2011.<br /> ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 09:48:08 CDT</pubDate>
	<author>homeinsurance</author>
	<category>Home Insurance</category>
	<votes>26</votes>
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	<title><![CDATA[Irene expected to boost business insurance sales]]></title>
	<link>http://insurancedose.com/Business-Insurance/irene-expected-to-boost-business-insurance-sales/</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.northjersey.com%2Fnews%2F129781633_Companies_eye_more_coverage_after_Irene.html"><![CDATA[Irene expected to boost business insurance sales]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Hurricane Irene, which closed stores, restaurants, and other businesses in North Jersey and throughout the Northeast, drove home the importance of adequate insurance coverage and produced a surge in calls from companies looking upgrade their policies. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 09:45:45 CDT</pubDate>
	<author>businessinsurance</author>
	<category>Business Insurance</category>
	<votes>31</votes>
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	<title><![CDATA[Bleak News on Health Insurance]]></title>
	<link>http://insurancedose.com/Health-Insurance/bleak-news-on-health-insurance/</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2011%2F09%2F15%2Fopinion%2Fbleak-news-on-health-insurance.html"><![CDATA[Bleak News on Health Insurance]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Nearly one million more Americans went without health insurance in 2010 than in 2009. This distressing news is further evidence of the need for government safety net programs and the national health care reforms that will take effect mostly in 2014.  ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 09:44:29 CDT</pubDate>
	<author>healthinsurance</author>
	<category>Health Insurance</category>
	<votes>33</votes>
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	<title><![CDATA[Irene Has Passed But Labor Day Weekend Traffic May Pose A Greater Danger To The Nation's Drivers]]></title>
	<link>http://insurancedose.com/Insurance-News/irene-has-passed-but-labor-day-weekend-traffic-may-pose-a-greater-danger-to-the-nations-drivers/</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.webwire.com%2FViewPressRel.asp%3FSESSIONID%3D42FF8015-6120-49E7-8694-64285BEF7A03%26aId%3D144738"><![CDATA[Irene Has Passed But Labor Day Weekend Traffic May Pose A Greater Danger To The Nation's Drivers]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[The worst of Hurricane Irene has passed. The direct monetary cost could be as high as $20 billion. Still Labor day traffic may pose further risks to drivers. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 04:49:15 CDT</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>General News</category>
	<votes>8</votes>
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	<title><![CDATA[Hurricane Irene leaves behind a bill for taxpayers]]></title>
	<link>http://insurancedose.com/Insurance-News/hurricane-irene-leaves-behind-a-bill-for-taxpayers/</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fnews%2Fnationworld%2Fnation%2Fla-na-flood-taxpayers-20110902%2C0%2C7306849.story"><![CDATA[Hurricane Irene leaves behind a bill for taxpayers]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[With a lack of flood insurance in the Northeast and the National Flood Insurance Program billions in debt, taxpayers will be helping foot the costs of rebuilding. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 01:15:15 CDT</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>General News</category>
	<votes>8</votes>
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	<title><![CDATA[Did the COBRA health insurance subsidies work?]]></title>
	<link>http://insurancedose.com/Health-Insurance/did-the-cobra-health-insurance-subsidies-work/</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fezra-klein%2Fpost%2Fdid-the-cobra-health-insurance-subsidies-work%2F2011%2F08%2F31%2FgIQAmopisJ_blog.html"><![CDATA[Did the COBRA health insurance subsidies work?]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[With little notice or fanfare, today marks the end of federal subsidies for COBRA health insurance, the program that allows recently laid off workers to stay on their former employers’ health insurance. Traditionally, workers pay the entire premium, but as part of the stimulus package, Congress created a 65 percent COBRA subsidy, which was then extended repeatedly to stretch through the end of this month. That brings down the average family’s monthly premium from $1,137 to $398, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.  ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 05:05:35 CDT</pubDate>
	<author>healthinsurance</author>
	<category>Health Insurance</category>
	<votes>9</votes>
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	<title><![CDATA[Next Time I'll Do It Differently: Insurance Regrets After Disasters ]]></title>
	<link>http://insurancedose.com/Home-Insurance/next-time-ill-do-it-differently-insurance-regrets-after-disasters-/</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxbusiness.com%2Fpersonal-finance%2F2011%2F08%2F31%2Fnext-time-ill-do-it-differently-insurance-regrets-after-disasters%2F"><![CDATA[Next Time I'll Do It Differently: Insurance Regrets After Disasters ]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[In the aftermath of violent weather conditions, such as those caused by Hurricane Irene, affected homeowners quickly learn whether they purchased adequate policies from their insurance companies. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 05:03:03 CDT</pubDate>
	<author>homeinsurance</author>
	<category>Home Insurance</category>
	<votes>9</votes>
	<guid>http://insurancedose.com/Home-Insurance/next-time-ill-do-it-differently-insurance-regrets-after-disasters-/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Why can’t the cost of flood insurance rise?]]></title>
	<link>http://insurancedose.com/Home-Insurance/why-can%E2%80%99t-the-cost-of-flood-insurance-rise/</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.reuters.com%2Ffelix-salmon%2F2011%2F08%2F30%2Fwhy-cant-the-cost-of-flood-insurance-rise%2F"><![CDATA[Why can’t the cost of flood insurance rise?]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Ben Berkowitz has a big report on the the National Flood Insurance Program -- something which is a veritable bucket of fail. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 05:02:12 CDT</pubDate>
	<author>homeinsurance</author>
	<category>Home Insurance</category>
	<votes>9</votes>
	<guid>http://insurancedose.com/Home-Insurance/why-can%E2%80%99t-the-cost-of-flood-insurance-rise/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Turkey moved out of Europe – by Post Office travel insurance]]></title>
	<link>http://insurancedose.com/Travel-Insurance/turkey-moved-out-of-europe-%E2%80%93-by-post-office-travel-insurance/</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Ftravel%2Fnews-and-advice%2Fturkey-moved-out-of-europe-ndash-by-post-office-travel-insurance-2346552.html"><![CDATA[Turkey moved out of Europe – by Post Office travel insurance]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[As Turkey moves closer to the EU, the Post Office in Britain has deemed that the nation lies entirely beyond Europe. Last month, at the start of the school summer holidays, the Post Office moved the boundaries used for its travel insurance policies to exclude Turkey from European cover. Even the European part of Turkey, including Istanbul, is deemed as lying outside the Continent for insurance purposes. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 04:59:12 CDT</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>Travel Insurance</category>
	<votes>6</votes>
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	<title><![CDATA[Rebuilding after Irene? Watch for contractor scams]]></title>
	<link>http://insurancedose.com/Insurance-News/rebuilding-after-irene-watch-for-contractor-scams/</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.boston.com%2Fbusiness%2Fpersonalfinance%2Farticles%2F2011%2F09%2F01%2Frebuilding_after_irene_watch_for_contractor_scams%2F"><![CDATA[Rebuilding after Irene? Watch for contractor scams]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Homeowners who found themselves in the sights of Irene may soon be targeted by scammers looking to profit from their pain. The National Consumer Law Center says complaints about contractor fraud to the Louisiana attorney general’s office leaped to 6,000 in the two years after Hurricane Katrina, from about 150 a year prior to the 2005 storm. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 04:57:01 CDT</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>General News</category>
	<votes>8</votes>
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	<title><![CDATA[Insurance lawsuits to follow Irene]]></title>
	<link>http://insurancedose.com/Insurance-News/insurance-lawsuits-to-follow-irene/</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F08%2F31%2Fus-irene-litigation-idUSTRE77U4BQ20110831"><![CDATA[Insurance lawsuits to follow Irene]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[As the water recedes from Hurricane Irene, lawyers are expecting disputes over insurance coverage to pour in. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 04:55:32 CDT</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>General News</category>
	<votes>7</votes>
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	<title><![CDATA[Poll: Employees Don’t Want Changes In Their Health Insurance]]></title>
	<link>http://insurancedose.com/Health-Insurance/poll-employees-don%E2%80%99t-want-changes-in-their-health-insurance/</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fcapsules.kaiserhealthnews.org%2Findex.php%2F2011%2F08%2Fpoll-employees-dont-want-changes-in-their-health-insurance%2F"><![CDATA[Poll: Employees Don’t Want Changes In Their Health Insurance]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Employees love to gripe about rising health care costs, but a new poll finds most are not willing to sacrifice to pay less for their insurance. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:29:20 CDT</pubDate>
	<author>healthinsurance</author>
	<category>Health Insurance</category>
	<votes>8</votes>
	<guid>http://insurancedose.com/Health-Insurance/poll-employees-don%E2%80%99t-want-changes-in-their-health-insurance/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Are you covered? Answers to your Irene insurance questions]]></title>
	<link>http://insurancedose.com/Insurance-News/are-you-covered-answers-to-your-irene-insurance-questions-1/</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F08%2F29%2Fus-storm-irene-personalfi-idUSTRE77S4DD20110829"><![CDATA[Are you covered? Answers to your Irene insurance questions]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Standing knee-deep in your wet basement is no time to find out that you're not insured for floods, but homeowners up and down the East Coast are experiencing that double trouble right now. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:23:50 CDT</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>General News</category>
	<votes>9</votes>
	<guid>http://insurancedose.com/Insurance-News/are-you-covered-answers-to-your-irene-insurance-questions-1/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Irene Damage May Hit $7 Billion, Adding to Insurer Woes]]></title>
	<link>http://insurancedose.com/Insurance-News/irene-damage-may-hit-7-billion-adding-to-insurer-woes/</link>
  <source url="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2011%2F08%2F29%2Fbusiness%2Firene-damage-may-hit-7-billion-adding-to-insurer-woes.html"><![CDATA[Irene Damage May Hit $7 Billion, Adding to Insurer Woes]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[The total damage inflicted by Hurricane Irene may reach $7 billion by the time the storm dissipates in the coming days, making one of the insurance industry’s worst years even tougher, according to an early estimate by the Kinetic Analysis Corporation in Silver Spring, Md.  ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:21:57 CDT</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>General News</category>
	<votes>6</votes>
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