Auto gap insurance, also sometimes known as “totaled insurance” is a form of vehicle coverage that protects the loan amount of your car, SUV, van, or truck, in the case that it should be totaled, so that you will be sure to receive its actual cash value in order to replace it. This form of coverage is virtually always required when a new car is being purchased, as the value of that vehicle depreciates starting the moment that it is driven out of the dealership. Many leased vehicles also require…
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GapInsuranceInfo.com announces new site to fill in the gap left by standard insurance
GapInsuranceInfo.com has announced the launch of their new website, which is designed to help Americans to find the gap insurance they need to fill in the coverage holes left behind by their standard policies. This supplemental coverage can help with gaps in protection for home, auto, health, life, and business. It provides actual cash benefits to make sure that you’re covered, no matter what unforeseen circumstances are sent your way. For example, many people who have health policies – either through their employers or that they’ve purchased themselves – believe…
Read MoreOklahoma gap insurance to fill the additional need for flood coverage
According to a news release from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, despite the fact that flooding is the most common form of natural disaster in the country, statistics continue to indicate that individuals are ignoring this risk and are failing to purchase the gap insurance required to cover them against this circumstance. There are approximately 1.7 million households in the state of Oklahoma, and fewer than 34,000 (approximately 2 percent) of them are covered in the event of flooding, from a policy…
Read MoreThe increasing cost of care for cancer patients
The National Cancer Act’s “war on cancer” went into effect forty years ago, and throughout that time, the battle has yet to be won for finding a cure. Though better treatments are becoming available, there is another problem growing for cancer patients, and that is that these treatments are not becoming any more affordable. The newest drugs can easily cost $100,000 or more for a year’s worth of treatment. Patients are being prescribed these drugs earlier on in their illness, and they are required to use them for longer periods…
Read MoreIs a loan gap insurance policy voided by a late auto payment
Many loan gap policyholders wonder if their insurance becomes void if they are ever more than thirty days late with an auto payment. The answer to this common question is that a gap insurance policy is not voided by a late car payment. Gap insurance is not automatically cancelled when a policyholder is behind on a payment, but it will matter if the vehicle is ever totaled before the payments are brought up to date, the payouts from your coverage will not include those overdue payments though. What gap coverage…
Read MoreHighlighting the benefits of California GAP coverage
Gapinsuranceinfo.com has released a new resource that has outlined the details of California GAP (guaranteed asset protection) insurance and provides consumers with information that can help them to decide which form of this optional coverage will best suit their needs. In California, GAP provides motorists that have a new vehicle that was purchased through financing, with coverage that will save them from being required to pay for the remainder of the loan’s balance should that car be totaled or stolen. This is accomplished by filling in the gap between the…
Read MoreThe increased popularity of health plans with high deductibles are causing workers to pay more
As a growing number of companies are seeking to be able to continue to afford to provide their workers with health insurance, plans with high deductibles are becoming increasingly popular and are requiring those employees to pay more while receiving less. According to the Employee Benefit Research Institute’s survey data from December, 2011, 27.7 million people of working age had a health insurance plan with a deductible of a minimum of $1,000 for individuals and a minimum of $2,000 for families. According to the report on the survey, the percentage…
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