When it comes to the holidays, getting there is half the battle. Travel always brings pesky Risks into the mix. Heres our weekly video with key pointers and reminders.

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#riskymonday, brought to you by Bankers Insurance Group, covers one important video highlighting the risks we face each week.

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A trade group representing insurance agents and financial service professionals submitted its comments on the Federal Insurance Offices Dodd-Frank study on modernizing and improving insurance regulation.

Michael T. McRaith

The National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors sent its  FIO Director Michael T. McRaith, addressing where it sees that new agencys role in helping insurance transactions across the nation.

The FIO came about as part of the federal governments efforts to better monitor and regulate financial services in the wake of the global economic crisis of 2008.

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Sometimes the insurance claim process doesn’t work the way it should. Maybe you’ve been denied an auto insurance claim that you think should have been approved. Maybe you’ve been forced to settle for less money than you think you’re owed on a home insurance claim. Or maybe you feel like your insurance company is trying to take advantage of you.

In these instances, it may be time to sue.

Here are 14 tips to follow before and after taking your insurance company to court.

Lynette Simmons Hoag, a Chicago attorney who focuses on insurance law, says: “This is like being called in to confess you killed your wife. The insur

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OccasionallyI amasked the following:

My pet is getting older. Will Embrace drop her or reduce her coverage to accident-only from accident and illness?

Nope. Nada. No way, Jose. Your Embrace coverage will stay the same as what you started with, regardless of your pets age, as your policy renews. Even when your pet enters her golden years (lets say 65 years old is really 9 dog years),she will still be covered for the same accidents and illness coverage that she was signed onwith a youngster.

How can Embrace do that?To account for the increasing risk associated with age, your pet’s premium may go up about 8-10% yearly (this increase is separate from increases due to inflation); however, the age increases don’t currently kick in until age 5 or so. It

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