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Weve covered the myriad of car insurance issues when you rent a car many times. One of the basic tenets of renting a car has always been that if you charge the rental to your credit card, its possible that you likely have sufficient insurance coverage between your normal auto policy and the coverage being offered by the card issuer. A new report by CreditCards.com indicates that it may be time to rethink that idea.

According to the report, car rental companies have begun adding extra fees ones theyve had on their rental agreements for years that they incur when a customer damages a rental car, such as fees for taking a rental car out of commission, which results in lost income for the rental agency.

These extra fees arent covered by anyone. Yo

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If you have booked a holiday to Egypt or another Middle Eastern country, then what are your travel rights? Is your travel insurance valid?

What has the foreign office said about travel to the region?

The foreign office has advised against all but essential travel to Cairo, Alexandria, Luxor and Suez. However, this advice does not currently extend to resorts in the Red Sea such as Sharm el-Sheikh, where hundreds of British holidaymakers tend to go. The FCO says these areas are “a very considerable distance from the affected areas and these resorts remain unaffected”.

I’m already in Egypt on holiday, what should I do?

Anyone who is already in Cairo, Alexandria, Luxor or Suez should speak to their tour operator or airline regarding their arrangements. Many

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Many people today live and work abroad. Whether you stay one month covering the opening of a new office or 10 years raising a family in a different country, the need for expatriate insurance is higher than ever.

Many people will not qualify for local health insurance in their new country. For others, the standard of public healthcare is not high enough to meet their requirements. Expat health insurance fills the gap. Which coverage is right for you?

Two types of expatriate health insurance exist to cover you wherever in the world you live. The first is short term insurance, covering five days to three years. Short term insurance protects you in the event of illness or injury at your temporary home.

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The color of your car does not have a direct impact on the cost of insurance.  This is one of the big car insurance myths out there.  However, there is an indirect impact on your car insurance.  How?  To answer the question the first thing we need to do is determine what does affect insurance prices.

Several factors affect the price of your car insurance such as:

• Number of tickets
• Driving history
• Car make, model, body type
• Number of accidents
• Age
• Gender
• Location

You’ll notice that car color is not among those factors considered by an insurance company.  That’s because those are all direct factors.  So how do we come up with the myth that car color affects insurance costs? 

Well, the myth centers on the color red.  Several studies have been done that involve people and the color of cars they drive.  In general, it was noted that people who like the color red tended to be more aggressive.  Those same drivers drove faster.  Those who preferred red were in general more reckless than others were.  This is where the indirect impact occurs.  Someone who is reckless, aggressive, and speeds is far more likely to be involved in more accidents, have an increased amount of tickets, and have a worse driving history than someone else.  Therefore, these drivers, with red cars, will in general have a higher insurance rate than others will.  Thus the myth, red cars increase your insurance.  It’s a mistake of causation versus correlation.  This won’t be an impact of the car color, but rather the impact of the actions and psychology of the person who chooses red as car color.

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Of course, nobody wants to pay more than necessary for holiday insurance. This is not a good idea to purchase travel insurance cheaper just for the sake of it. It is also important to ensure that the policy comes with all necessary features and benefits. However, once you know what you want, you need to use travel insurance comparisons to find a cheap policy.

Insurance policies tend to come with an extra charge. In some cases, consumers can get cheaper insurance costs, even with a travel policy, if they choose to increase their excesses. Full Post…