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Whether you’re travelling internationally or domestically, travel insurance is an important but often overlooked part of your vacation, a quick and simple way of being covered for unforeseen costs.

Things like sickness, losing your baggage and belongings, a flight being cancelled or delayed, an overseas court can really spoil your travels. Travel insurance is designed to protect you from such things (if not completely, then as much as possible). Obviously travel insurance cannot guard you from, for example, in extreme situations, death. Travel insurance is provided for both individual persons and groups of persons and is one of the most variable kinds of insurance available in terms of price and cover.

The thought of buying travel insurance can be daunting as one often hears or reads of cases where travellers have been ‘cheated’ out of money that they believe is rightfully owed to them for a claim they have made. When purchasing travel insurance, it is important voice any doubts or misunderstandings to avoid disappointment in case a claim needs to be made. Travellers need not be misinformed about their travel insurance as every policy should be supplemented with policy wording to outline and detail exactly what the travel insurance purchased will and will not cover. This policy wording will back up any claim you make, so long as your case is valid and deserving of cover. Some travellers lose their travel insurance claims due to small overlooked factors. For example, travel insurance can not be claimed on if a police report is not obtained by the traveller at the scene of the crime to back up a case of theft. Without a police report, there is no proof of theft.

In some countries medical costs are so high that even a doctor’s check-up can run into several hundreds of dollars. In serious cases travel insurance will cover issues such as ‘repatriation’ which involves flying a patient back to their home country for medical care. Numerous circumstances can crop up that could force you to cancel your trip, return home early or cause you to seek emergency medical treatment while travelling. Medical travel insurance is by far the most important aspect to be considered if travelling abroad. In case of death, medical travel insurance will arrange for a victim’s body to be returned to its homeland and family. These examples are dire but without travel insurance to cover you, you could end up spending yourself (and possibly your extended family too) hundreds of thousands of dollars.

When purchasing travel insurance, it is important voice any doubts or misunderstandings to avoid disappointment in case a claim needs to be made. Travellers need not be misinformed about their travel insurance as every policy should be supplemented with policy wording to outline and detail exactly what the travel insurance purchased will and will not cover. This policy wording will back up any claim you make, so long as your case is valid and deserving of cover. Do not allow the thought of buying travel insurance to daunt you. One often hears of or reads about cases where travellers have been ‘cheated’ out of money that they believe is rightfully owed to them for a claim they have made but your travel insurance can be completely in your control. Some travellers lose their travel insurance claims due to small and unfortunately overlooked factors. For example, travel insurance can not be claimed on if a police report is not obtained by the traveller at the scene of the crime to back up a case of theft. Without a police report, there is no proof of theft.

If travelling (whether on work or vacation), do yourself a favour and familiarise yourself with the prospect of travel insurance. Taking one step at a time means you can avoid wasting money and being informed means you can avoid losing money.

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PPI claims stand for payment protection insurance and you may be able to make a claim if you have had a loan, credit card or store card within the past six years. It has been found that wrongly representing this type of insurance has been widespread in the lending industry and you may be able to claim back fees that were wrongly charged to your loan at the time.

There are some people who are owed and who get back thousands of pounds in money that they paid for insurance, which should never have been sold to them. If you have bought this kind of insurance to cover repayments of your loaned or credited amount in the event of unemployment or incapacity, then you make be able to get that money back.

In theory the idea is a very good one, just as it often pays to have car insurance, house insurance and health insurance. However, for several years companies in the banking industry have not been presenting the information about the insurance in the correct manner. Recently the government has tightened up the regulations in regards to the way the insurance selling is to be managed.

The consumer commission has been looking into the way that the insurance has been sold in the past and it has been fining many institutions for the manner in which they have been unfairly treating the customer and dishonestly misleading customers or at least glossing over their options in order to sell more insurance.

If you think you may have been suckered into paying for PPI insurance that you did not realize was optional or were misled about, then you should start to investigate how to go about making a claim. First you need to work out how much insurance you have paid over the course of your loan or credit period. This might take a bit of calculation, but you can find templates on the internet that will help you.

It is important to know that not every PPI claim will be approved and there is a process that you have to follow that involves writing a couple of formal letters. The good news is that you could potentially get back thousands of pounds, which is likely to come in very useful.

The main areas where people were missold or can claim back money are: if the lending institution has already received fines for acting improperly; if you have had medical conditions in the past for which you would not have been covered and you were not asked about these; if you were self-employed or retired and the PPI included unemployment insurance, which is clearly redundant or if you were sold something or told something that turns out to be incorrect.

The PPI insurance sales are huge business for these companies and many of them got greedy since it was a 5 billion pounds a year earner for them. Now however, you may be able to successfully make PPI claims and get that money back. Completing the claim can be a process, but it could well be worthwhile for you in the long run.

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When you are trying to set up your financial future, one of the considerations most people aren’t too excited about is buying life insurance. Sure, you know it’s important and you know you need it, but what type of life insurance should you have?

If you discuss this issue with the majority of insurance agents, they will probably tell you to get the whole life insurance-you know, the one that costs more monthly but builds up cash value over several years as you keep putting money into it.

On the other hand, the majority of non-insurance agents will tell you to go with term life insurance-the one with the much lower monthly payment that only pays out when the policy holder dies.

I am among those who would advise buying term life insurance, and here’s why:

1. Term life insurance accomplishes the objective for buying life insurance in the first place

The main reason you want to buy life insurance is to see to it that your family is covered in case something happens to you, so there is no reason to turn it into anything more than that. When you buy term life insurance, you insure your family during the time period they need to be covered-this is the purpose of getting life insurance to begin with.

2. Term life insurance is far cheaper than whole life insurance

Not only will term insurance do exactly what a life insurance policy should, it is also a lot less expensive than whole life insurance. In many cases, you can save hundreds per month for the same dollar amount of protection with a term policy.

3. Term life insurance takes care of your life insurance needs in a more affordable way, giving you more control over the rest of your financial plan

Instead of putting hundreds of dollars every month into a whole life policy where you will have very little idea what the return on investment is, take the money you save every month and invest it in IRAs or some other investment that will give you more freedom and flexibility with your money.

So for most people, it makes sense to protect your loved ones with a term life policy. Compare rates today and decide which kind of life insurance is best for you.

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When you pick up the phone and start shopping around for a car insurance quote, how do you know if you’re not going to be required to have your car fully inspected? Frankly, it is rare that an insurance company asks for an inspection. However, if you are requesting full coverage for an old car and you tell them the car is in prime condition, the insurance company may take pause, and in order to verify your veracity will require a car inspection.

While you may think your car is in excellent condition, it may be only in average condition. And if you are planning on buying a policy that insures the car for far more than it is worth, you are only hurting yourself financially by throwing money away on expensive yearly policy premiums.

Often the Insurance Company may insist on Inspection, just to know the overall condition of the vehicle alone and if they find the actual condition of the vehicle is poorer than what it is claimed, it may affect the actual insurance coverage. Mechanical faults, improper maintenance such as rust or faded paint, poor condition of seats all make your vehicle go down its ladder for maximum coverage. Moreover it will also let you down when it comes to the blue book, as it mainly depends on the perfect condition of the car which may inadvertently make you to lose a fair amount of money, slashing your pocket with few thousands of dollars. In case of accidents, where the actual damage done to the car is summed up and in the event of blue book claim, the total value is paid to you only after the insurance company analysis the perfect numbers to be paid.

Insurance companies usually protect their assets from undue claiming and fraudulent claims. This may include an inspection seldom, to analyze the exact condition of your vehicle. The process, indirectly favours both the parties, as paying an enormous amount of premiums for a vehicle that is in fair condition seems absurd when you can actually pay less by stating the true condition of the vehicle. Also, the Insurance Company has the right to withdraw or modify their coverage accordingly, if they find the actual condition of the quoted vehicle is poorer than what is claimed.

Providing true statement about the amount of damage that the vehicle has encountered, which was not previously claimed is always helpful, as honesty might save you from paying fines or from a serious conviction against Insurance frauds. In case of Inspections by the Insurance companies, if at all they do occur, being honest and then requesting a quote will make more sense, than showing a missing fender which might categorize you under fraudulent activities.

This is why inspections can happen at any time. The insurance company needs to know if you are honest. So it is best to be truthful when looking for a quote because the day after you get your policy, the insurance company might be at your place taking pictures of your car.

Graham McKenzie is the content syndication coordinator for Carinsurancesa.co.za. South Arica?s leading Car Insurance portal, which provides cover for all Car Insurance types.