Category Archives: Finance Guide

Insurance Benefits of a Dashboard Cam for Your Car: Current Perspective and Outlook

DASHCAMERA INTRO A dashboard camera is a camera placed on the windshield or dashboard of your car and records everything you do while driving. Advanced versions of the cameras can record rear views and some have infra red sensors that enable recording in the dark. As soon as the engine starts, the camera switches on automatically and […]

Car insurance for Mustangs

InsuranceA Mustang costs on average $2,077 per year for a full-coverage policyBased on Bankrate’s review and comparison of average premiums from Quadrant information Services. Mustangs, as with luxury vehicles, are costly to insure and maintain. Insurance for Mustangs can be more expensive than for an economy sedan like the Toyota Camry due to their engine capabilities and […]

Car ownership for DACA and undocumented citizens

In the United States, where driving and traffic are so commonplaces, it’s very easy to take a driver’s license as a given. DACA recipients and those without a social security number may have difficulty obtaining a driver’s license. Homeland Security has extended protections to non-citizens arriving in the United States as children under the Deferred Action for […]

Critical Illness Insurance – The Press are Giving Insurers a Hard Time

Recent news stories have once again criticized the insurance companies for not providing critical illness insurance. A critical illness claim is more complicated than a claim under life insurance. It will be difficult for an insurance company to claim that you are not dead with life insurance. Critical illness claims can be more complex by their very […]

8 Steps to Getting Your Rate Filings Approved – The First Time

You are an actuary, or another insurance professional and need to file rate changes with the State Departments of Insurance. You are limited on time so it is important that the state approves your rate changes immediately. This scenario is something I’ve been involved in for over 15 years. When filing rate files, my goal is to […]

The Equity Indexed Annuity Explained – Rates, Caps, Returns and Yields – How Does it Work?

Investors are now looking for security and safety more than ever after the stock market correction of 1999-2002. Many variable annuity and brokerage accounts have not been able to recover their losses over the past four years. Many investors had been counting on these funds to provide income in retirement. The equity indexed annuity (or EIA) was […]