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These are the days of political correctness where, on issues of gender, race, religion and other divisive issues, we are expected to remain civil and avoid anything that might stir up trouble. This actually makes life quite difficult because, if real change is going to be made, there must be an honest debate about the issues. So, for example, should men and women receive the same pay for the same work? This should not be controversial. If the employer benefits equally from the work done by both sexes, there’s no reason to reward one more than the other. Except there’s no transparency. Only a tiny percentage of employers make pay grades public, so it’s almost impossible to discover whether any group of individuals is being paid less than the average for that type of work. Now let’s turn the question around. Would you expect a man to be asked to pay more just because he’s a man?

It’s a statistical fact that women live longer than men, so let’s say a man and a woman of the same age ask for quotes to buy a life insurance policy with the same guaranteed death benefits. If the insurance companies base the quotes on the math, the man pays more because he will live for fewer years. There are two reasons for this. First, the man may not work for as long before ill-health forces retirement, i.e. the payments will stop. Second, as women live longer, there are more years for the investment of the payments to build up in value. So women can expect to pay less than men for the same product. Except this would be a positive discrimination on the basis of sex. Presumably that’s illegal.

Moving on to insuring drivers, it’s a statistical fact that women are safer drivers than men. They are more likely to obey the law and generally drive less recklessly. So even if they are involved in accidents, they are traveling more slowly and so there’s less injury to passengers and less damage to the vehicles. Because premium rates are based on the risk an insured will claim, women should pay less than men. Except, unless the insurance company offers a women-only policy, men and women are grouped together so there’s no problem in giving to same rates to individuals with the same safety records. The averages will simply show that women pay less than men.

Earlier this year, the European Court ordered the Member States to stop all discrimination. The Court’s reasoning is interesting. Insurance is about sharing the risk. That always means the good, the careful and the long-lived subsidize the rest. No one is quite sure how the insurance industry will react. Everyone is waiting to see what new laws are proposed. So here’s the question for you. How should American insurers set the auto insurance rates? Should men and women automatically pay the same, or should women be rewarded because they drive more carefully and claim less often? Or perhaps that’s a false choice. Do you think women should pay more, i.e. be made to subsidize the bad male drivers? The next time you’re getting auto insurance quotes, think about this issue. Should everyone have an incentive to drive like women because the rates for all will come down?

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The world of web video is growing at a fast pace. Many are wondering how to join in with the new medium. Web film has very promising aspects to it.These little movies are promising tools to many businesses. Businesses are harnessing the power of web clips and bringing their message to people all over the world using the Internet. They want to connect with a large amount of people on an emotional and professional level. Businesses are using social media sites to make this connection with their web clips. It is a new way to advertise effectively over the web.
Web videos are like little movies that are different from television. TV is where people relax and take it all in. In reality, Web clips are just the opposite of TV. Television is laid back and the people watching it are passive. They must be engaged and want to click the play button. People have full control of their Internet experience. With the users in control businesses and online movie creators must learn how to keep their viewers engaged.
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Research has shown that websites with movie clips have more click throughs and more traffic then websites that don’t. Fifty percent of people that watch a web clip go to that businesses website. Half of those people will buy a product or service from that business. Of those people half of them will purchase something from that company.
Actionable content is key to keep your viewers engaged. Offering a coupon or a discount code is a good way to call your viewers to action. Doing this will also allow you to measure how well your videos are performing compared to other marketing tactics.
Web clips can and should be shared among friends. Users should be able to share films with each other. If you’re web clips cannot be shared, they are limited in their marketing abilities. If your viewers cannot pass your web clip around and share it, then it is limited in its marketing power. When people share your movie clips, they are helping you to get the word out about your business. When you supply shareable films you are multiplying your viewers and your customers.
Remember the importance of actionable content and keeping your viewers engaged. Call your viewers to action and keep them engaged. This is not television so don’t make a movie for television. Encourage your viewers to share and optimize your film for high rankings. Know the differences between television and the web. Keeping all these things in mind, your Web videos can be a valuable part of your online marketing strategy.

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Buying your auto insurance can be a tricky task, as there are so many different things that you have to take into consideration in order to ensure that you make the right choice. The right auto insurance plan can provide you with peace of mind as well as ensuring that if something happens involving your vehicle in the future you are able to recoup your financial losses or get the issue resolved without being out of pocket, although this will depend on the level of cover that you take out.

There are also many different aspects of cover that you need to look at when you are choosing your auto insurance cover in order to ensure that you get cover that is going to be suited to your requirements. This can be a lengthy task for some people but is something that needs to be done in order to ensure that you are able to find the right cover for your needs and at a price that you can afford.

One mistake that many people tend to make when they are purchasing auto insurance is to look at the cost of the cover and base their decision solely on the price without even bothering to check the level of cover or the benefits and features of the plan. This can be a false economy, as although the cover may be cheaper to buy initially you could end up paying out far more over the long term in the event that your vehicle is involved in an incident.

Some people make the same mistake but in reverse, in that they make sure that they coverage is perfectly suited to their needs but fail to consider the cost of the cover. If you find yourself unable to keep up with payments on your cover your insurance could be invalidated, which could result in you eventually finding yourself in a financial mess if something happens involving your vehicle. This is why it is important to ensure that you look at the price of cover.

The trick to getting cover that is properly suited to your needs is to strike a balance between the cost and the level of cover that you take. It is very important that you take both of these things into consideration rather than focussing all of your attention on just one, as otherwise you could end up taking out inadequate or unsuitable cover or you could end up paying more than you can realistically afford for your auto insurance.

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In one of the more extraordinary moments in the Presidential Candidate Debates, Rick Perry came out fighting, citing the example of Galileo to argue that we shouldn’t trust climate scientists. In fact, when you look at what he actually said, “Galileo got outvoted for a spell”. Does this mean we’re back to believing the sun goes round the Earth? Ah well, such are the things people say when they get on national television. For the scientists who have moved beyond the idea of the Earth being flat, they propose we are changing the climate by continuing to pump vast amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. One of the ways we do this is by driving so many miles in vehicles filled with expensive gas (that’s gas in our sense of the word and not to be confused with liquid petroleum gas or autogas). No matter whether autogas is more environmentally friendly, the underlying fact is we drive too many miles.

In a way, it’s not our fault. We have an enormous country and, when gas was cheap, it never occurred to us to design our towns and cities for efficiency. If you look at Europe, many major cities have integrated public transport systems that rely on local citizens to do some walking (or, in some cities, cycling). Anyone seen walking in one of our cities is considered either one of the urban poor or mentally disabled. With very poor public transport inside cities and an even worse provision between cities (now including the option to be molested when trying to board an airplane), everyone relies on the “car”. It’s a necessity of life.

Insurance is all about sharing the cost of loss among all drivers. To make this as fair as possible, the insurers offer discounts to those who are considered the safest. This encourages everyone to avoid accidents. It’s a statistical fact that, if you only drive a few miles a week and avoid driving at commuting times and at night, there’s a lower risk of an accident. It’s the same for those who live out in remote rural areas. With very few other vehicles on the road, the chances of a collision are small. Until now, insurance companies have refused to trust people to make an honest declaration of their mileage. But, with new technology available, your vehicle can transmit information about when and how far you drive. It can also tell the insurer how well you drive, e.g. send a message if there’s sharp braking and swerving from side to side.

This type of insurance relies on technology built into some new vehicles. Alternatively, insurers are producing black boxes that monitor your driving. If you agree, you pay a premium rate directly related to the number of miles you drive. This is auto insurance that directly rewards people who represent the least risk. So, if you don’t use the car for long journeys, this is for you. You may be retired, a homemaker, unemployed or disabled. No matter what the reason, if you prove a low number of miles, you can save up to 40% on the standard auto insurance rates. The next time you are planning to renew, look out for the options. It can save you a lot of money.

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We’re all used to the idea of black boxes from the airplane industry. If there’s a crash, investigators are quickly on the scene to recover the boxes. They give the first insights into the cause of the crash and, hopefully, when the investigation is complete, safety can be improved. Everyone wants planes to be as safe as possible. Well, the same is true of auto design. Thanks to big government, working through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), every new vehicle is leaving the assembly line with an event data recorder (EDR) inside (for those who like details, it’s usually under the driver’s seat). An EDR is designed to work in exactly the same was as an airplane black box except it doesn’t record the conversations inside the vehicle. It’s wired into all the major onboard systems and continuously records everything happening in the vehicle while it’s in motion. If there’s a crash, it holds the last minute of activity in a permanent recording.

At present, each manufacturer is allowed to produce their own design of recorder although the nature of the information to be collected is standardized. As from 2013, all the manufacturers must use the design produced by the NHTSA to collect a very wide range of data including all the changes in speed immediately before the crash, whether the driver was braking, and so on. The declared intention in collecting all this information is to allow the NHTSA to collect standardized data from all crash incidents. Should patterns emerge, it will be easier to identify design and manufacturing problems and, after consultation with the manufacturers, to modify the designs to produce safer vehicles. In this, the initial intention is to treat the information as mere statistical data, i.e. not identify the source vehicles or drivers.

But this is not the intention of the other interested parties. Although the NHTSA guidelines transfer ownership of the data to the owner of the vehicle, the majority of insurers have written a clause into their policies giving the owner’s consent to accessing the EDR data following an accident. So, if your explanation of the accident given in the claim does not match the recording, this can trigger either a refusal of the claim or, in the more obvious cases of fraud, a police investigation. For example, if people were to claim their cars keep accelerating and will not slow down, the EDR will supply clear evidence of whether the brakes were actually applied. This has nothing to do with the computer systems that collect data for the pay-as-you-drive policies. But both systems could save you money in the medium- to long-term.

When you get your next auto insurance quotes, check whether there are pay-as-you-drive options. If so, there are good discounts if you are a low-mileage driver. More generally, the information from the EDRs offers insurers the chance to reduce the amount of fraud. At present, this is costing the insurance industry billions of dollars a year. If we encourage the insurers to check every large claim against the information from the EDR, this could end up saving us dollars when the next round of auto insurance quotes comes in assuming, of course, the insurers pass on their savings by reducing the premium rates.

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There are times when governments change the law and you can see the benefit to the public. So, for example, we all approve a change to give more protection to children and the other more vulnerable members of society, but we would object to laws that give advantages only to a small percentage of the population – social justice usually requires equal treatment under the law for all. Coming back to insurance, there’s a generally accepted principle of financial responsibility that, if you decide to drive, you should carry a minimum amount of insurance. That way, should there damage to property or personal injuries, the driver at fault can pay some or all the cost of repairs and medical treatment. In most states, this insurance is mandatory. You’ll commit an offense if you drive without a valid policy in place. Better still, the majority of states are reviewing the mandated minimum amounts and increasing them. Often these minimums were set twenty and more years ago. Over time, you get inflation and this reduces the buying power of the dollar. What was a big sum of money twenty yeas ago, is loose change today. It makes sense to increase the minimums in line with inflation.

Except, many states refuse this simple step and allow the minimum amounts to become ever more worthless. The reason? When you’ve not increased the amount for twenty years (and more), it would take a big increase to catch up. Most elected politicians therefore refuse any increase now that times are bad or only allow a small increase like 5%. Now let’s go to Wisconsin. Here the brave politicians have decided they want your votes when the next election comes, so they have just reduced the minimum amounts. As from November 1, 2011 the minimums will drop from 50/100/15 to 25/50/10. If the insurers do the right thing and pass on the savings to all you lucky policyholders, you’ll be paying less for your auto insurance over the next year.

Interestingly, this change is part of a more general package to reform insurance cover in Wisconsin and, if you live there, you should realize many of these changes will make it more difficult to claim. For example, it used to be mandatory to carry both uninsured and underinsured motorist cover. Now underinsured cover is your choice. Consider carefully before you decide not to renew. As the law stands today, should a bad driver hit you and not be carrying enough cover to pay all your expenses, your own policy will pay the difference. After November 1, you could decide you’ll pay any additional losses out of your own pocket. In addition to the deductible, this could make an accident very expensive to you personally even though you were not at fault. There are also changes to the law on reducing clauses so that, if you’re entitled to claim disability benefit or under any other policy, the amount of your auto insurance claim is now reduced by those amounts.

Auto insurance quotes rarely come with a copy of the policy. Before you sign up, you should read through all the small print. If you live in Wisconsin, you may find it useful either to talk to an attorney or carefully research the changes to the law before you renew.

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Insurance agencies use many factors to determine your rates. Credit, driving record, and age range help to estimate your potential risk as a client. But with today’s technology, companies can get an actual sample of your driving via electronic data-tracking devices, ultimately saving you money for responsible driving.

With the development of on-board computers in automobiles, every car now has a sort of “black box” that can record driving information and, with the right equipment, transfer information like top speeds and mileage. Several programs now exist in various parts of the United States, and they get you big discounts on your monthly premiums.

Device Tracking Programs

Allstate’s Drive Wise

This program offers discounts based on information collected from a device that you plug into your car’s onboard computer-available in all cars made since 1996. It measures mileage, hard braking, acceleration rates, time of day driven, and speed (when you exceed 80mph). This information is then automatically transmitted to Allstate. You can even check your performance online.

You receive a 10% discount just for signing up and up to 30% after your first policy period. The program cost is $10 per policy period.

Availability: Arizona, Illinois, Ohio

Progressive’s Snapshot

Similar to Allstate’s Drive Wise program, signing up for Snapshot transfers data to the insurance company for discounts measuring most of the same information.

You earn an initial discount after one month, and you send the device you installed back after 6 months. You are then eligible for another, permanent discount up to 30%. There is no cost to enroll and the data can’t hurt your rates.

Availability: 37 states

OnStar Programs

OnStar is a subsidiary of General Motors which allows subscribers a number of special features in their car, such as GPS navigation, emergency contact, vehicle diagnostics, hands-free calling, and other features. It is installed on all GM vehicles; new vehicles receive a free one-year subscription, and used vehicles receive a free 3-month subscription. This program has been integrated into two different mileage-based insurance programs.

GMAC’s Low-Mileage Discount

All GMAC customers who have a subscription to OnStar can enroll in this program, which is based entirely on mileage, for free.

Drive fewer than 15,000 miles per year and you will get a discount of at least 13% and up to 54% if you drive fewer than 2,500 miles per year.

Availability: 35 states

State Farm’s Drive Safe and Save

Also utilizing the OnStar system, Drive Safe and Save tracks your mileage and gives you up to 44% savings on your car insurance premiums. The driving is constantly updated though, so your discount will change every policy period based on your latest driving statistics.

Availability: California, Colorado, Illinois, Ohio, Texas

MileMeter

This Texas car insurance company offers insurance by the mile. Prices start at 2.5 cents per mile. No need any fancy electronic equipment for mileage tracking-all you have to do is send the company a picture of your odometer when you sign up and each time you renew your policy.

Availability: Texas only

Pre-1996 And Non-GM vehicles

Pre-1996 vehicles cannot be retrofitted with the OBD II diagnostic device. However, non-GM vehicles can be fitted with a custom rear-view mirror equipped with OnStar.

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Michigan’s system of insurance for motor vehicles has been either praised or decried for years, depending on how you feel about government involvement in insurance. While always among the highest average premiums in the country, Michigan also has the best-protected drivers of any state. Now, however, it looks set to change, as new legislation comes up for debate in Lansing’s legislative bodies.

Cars, Insurance, and Natural Disasters

Will there be a new system? If so, what will it be like?

The Current Law: Benefits and Problems

Currently, the state of Michigan is the only state in the US to require all drivers buy unlimited medical and rehabilitation benefit coverage if they want to drive legally. This means that, if someone is injured in a crash, the insurance company covers all of their medical needs up to a point, from where the state assumes responsibility.

The upside of this has been very few lawsuits compared to other states, as well as the obvious benefit that is people having their injuries covered. It also still means that, if you want unlimited injury protection, Michigan is the cheapest place to get it.

The downside is that everybody, no matter their financial background, has had to buy high-priced insurance. It is true that not everybody can afford to buy coverage like this in Michigan, the state with the worst unemployment in the nation, which may be causing more uninsured illegal driving, rather than driving with a smaller level of coverage.

This has also been very expensive for the state. In order to make premium prices drop and allow everyone to afford the great coverage, Michigan set up the Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association (MCCA), which reimburses fees that insured drivers receive after $500,000 of coverage through their insurer is surpassed. With nearly 13 thousand Michiganders on the books, the MCCA tab is simply too much for the state.

Possible Changes to Michigan’s Auto Coverage Mandates

State Republicans are the ones largely backing the proposed changes. They argue that the system is simply too expensive for the state. Eventually, they say, Michigan won’t be able to afford the bills and balance the budget � which its constitution requires it to do each year.

The changes would end the unlimited coverage mandates and allow people to get policies with a lower level of mandated coverage. The coverage levels being discussed are minimums of $50,000 to $200,000, government insiders believe.

The MCCA is also likely to stay open, but will not take on any future claims. Currently it operates with a $2.4 billion deficit, so it cannot really even afford to pay for everyone it does. To fix this, all motorists would be required to contribute a “pre-vehicle special assessment”, which amounts to a yearly fee. This year it would cost drivers $29.

The insurance industry and Republicans are in agreement on the changes to auto insurance mandates. A cynic would say the industry stands to make more money with the changes, but they say it is about consumers having a right to choose.

Legislation would also end the choice of an unlimited policy, capping auto insurance coverage at $5 million.

Healthcare workers, economists, and trial lawyers all stand against this auto insurance proposal. They argue it would increase healthcare costs, make unemployment worse, and hurt consumers.

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Making money websites or making money without money may sound like a gimmick to many but to the savvy; it’s one of the possible and easiest ways to make money without the stress of driving to work and being answerable to one over demanding boss.

Quite a number of people are presently living in tough times. Some are literally broke and jobless. Many do the working, but have less to show for it. It is not easy to make life less complicated if you do not have any money in your pocket. It is frustrating you know.

But during these tough times you still stand a chance of making money utilizing the web. There are thousands of opportunities out there, and some of them can make you wealthy in just a matter of months. One of the lucrative way is to own an internet store; A WEBSITE!

A well designed website will do the magic, you can either be a Vendor or an Affiliate and the website is all you need as the one stop online shop that millions of people can have access to.

Allow me to give you a brief into what becoming an affiliate or being a vendor entails.

Becoming a Vendor is when you invent or produce a product or an online program and seek for membership. If you are into direct product selling, you can create your online shop, where you can display all your products. What is good in this kind of web venture is that you can sell anything under the sun, and take advantage of the millions of web surfers who are into online shopping nowadays.

An Affiliate need not worry on what product to invent and sell; there are lots of products to sell.

Becoming an affiliate is the right you have to promote products belonging to others and get commission from the purchase. A lot of people do make huge amount, selling products of others.

Just building a well designed site is all you need to start making great money from the World Wide Web and this will cost you almost nothing, when you design the site yourself. Off course you can, with an eBook that will guide you step by step into creating your first website. You can also earn some extra cash by making your personal spaces into hosting sites. That is, you can ask business establishments to advertise their products in your websites, and they will have to pay you for that.

One easy way to earn money without a website is by doing what is known as Paid Survey. There are many companies who are looking for agents. You can work for them part-time, and the task is to look for potential respondents, who are also web users, and conduct a survey to them. You will be paid after you reach a quota of respondents, or if you have finished a single set or survey.

Another I will like to mention here is part of an Online Services. If you are always stuck on your computer table doing writing tasks, you can turn your hobby into making money. There are students who are looking for someone to write their essays, book reports, and reaction papers. You can help them in their school work, but of course they will pay you for your services.

Now, if you choose the making money websites or the other options, you will see you can make money without money. But off course, more than you imagined. So make that choice now, this is the time to get involved in the Business of the 21st Century.

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One task that used to be difficult has now become more convenient and rewarding than before. If you used to have difficulties in finding a good source of income, then you now have the opportunity to  Make Money Taking Surveys so that you will earn more money than what you used to get from your previous (or even current) job.

It is a known fact that the Internet allows you to do whatever you want and whatever you need to do. Fortunately, this has even expanded into a better horizon by giving people the chance to earn extra money even with just a little time and effort. Now that to Make Money Taking Surveys is possible with the use of the Internet, you would surely be glad to know that there are other options you can choose to generate a more income and free yourself from financial problems that everyone is currently experiencing.

You might be asking: “how does this system work and how is it possible that I get paid for such a very easy job?” The answer to this lies in the fact that almost all companies of today rely on the feedback they get from their customers when it comes to improving the things they have to offer.

Without the information that they could get from their patrons, they are clueless as to what developments can be done. And so, they seek the help of their customers through the use of surveys that target the direct users of their products.

Since most people do not pay attention to surveys conducted by companies, the aforementioned have thought of ways to get their customers interested in answering their survey forms. And this is where the earnings come in. If you answer their questions regarding their products, they pay you the right amount of money as a “thank you” from them for participating in the surveys.

This way, the companies benefit from the endeavor by having the chance to get to their customers directly and get the information they need, at the same time giving their customers an advantage as well. And because you are among the customers who patronize their products, you are deemed an important part of the transaction so they pay you for it.

It is truly a wise move to  Make Money Taking Surveys: now you can have the financial freedom you have long been aiming for.

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