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| Automobile insurance questions |
| On 05-08-2007. |
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Car insurance is mandatory and the cost can be substantial. Today, we'll go through the most frequently asked questions about car insurance.
Eve Patterson is manager of Ontario regional services for the Insurance Bureau of Canada and Don Stewart is one consumer information officer. They're on hand to help with answers. . ... |
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| The cost of feeling safe |
| On 01-08-2007. |
Defensive walls, burglar alarms, electric fences, razor wire, guard dogs, insurance, 24-hour monitoring and armed response: all these add up to the price one prosperous South African pays to feel secure, and the costs aren't likely to diminish.
Though the government has rejected one call for South Africans to deduct their private security expenses from their income tax, as reported in the Times_ last week, the lobby ... |
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| Taxpayers foot bill for lawmakers&39; crashes |
| On 28-07-2007. |
Among the many perks Assembly members receive, in addition to one car of their choosing, is one benefit that pays to fix any damage to that vehicle, no matter who is driving, and whether or not it's being used for legislative business.
That policy is one reason taxpayers have forked over more than $300,000 in the past five years in repairs, according to one MediaNews review of public documents. The benefit likely ... |
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| Sponsorship trouble in Australian cricket |
| On 24-07-2007. |
It might be one area where the BCCI can say look we are better than Cricket Australia.
Quite simply, the BCCI still allows cricketers to endorse products that are rivals of its main sponsors, but Cricket Australia is far more stringent and one recent sponsorship deal may mean that players will lose more endorsement money. ... |
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| NC Industrial Commission could add armed investigators |
| On 20-07-2007. |
State troopers and alcohol control agents fit the usual image of gun-carrying law enforcement officers. In truth, more than 60 North Carolina agencies have officers who are entitled to carry weapons, and that number is poised to grow.
one bill close to passage in the state Legislature would authorize the Industrial Commission to add sworn law officers to its payroll. The agency, which decides worker's compensation ... |
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| Mass.: Auto Insurance Competition Closer |
| On 17-07-2007. |
BOSTON — Car owners could gradually see more competition in the auto insurance market under one plan unveiled Monday by the state insurance commissioner.
The transition to "managed competition" will continue to give the state strong regulatory control to protect consumers from excessive rates, but will also introduce more competition and create more choice and lower premiums, Insurance Commissioner ... |
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