Here’s The Insurance You Need To Cover Car Theft

 Imagine waking up one morning and going through your daily routine: shower, get dressed, coffee, grab your car keys—but you discover your car isn’t where you parked it the night before. All that’s left behind is an empty space and a sinking feeling in your gut that you won’t see your car again.

While motor vehicle thefts in 2019 decreased 4% compared to 2018, there were still an estimated 721,885 motor vehicle thefts in 2019, according to the FBI’s 2019 uniform crime reports. That accounts for a rate of almost 220 thefts for every 100,000 people.

How Bundling Insurance Saves You Money

 When you “bundle” insurance, you’re buying two or more policies from the same insurance company and getting a discount. You can bundle policies for your home, renters, auto, life, and other vehicles like motorcycles, a boat or an RV.

Bundling your insurance can offer a few advantages: Discounts, one point of contact for payments, and having one provider with a more holistic view of your insurance needs.

What Happens If Your Insurance Company Goes Out Of Business?

 When insurance company AIG—which was considered “too big to fail”—was on the brink of failure during the Great Recession, the U.S. government stepped in to bail out the company in 2008. Bailouts like that don’t happen every day, though.

In fact, you probably shouldn’t count on Uncle Sam saving your insurance company if its finances take a nosedive. However, you’re not totally out of luck if your insurer goes under.

How To File A Complaint About Your Insurance Company

 If you have a complaint about your insurance company, where do you turn? That’s what Dianne Zeitler wanted to know after she broke her arm while traveling in Vienna, Austria.

“When I asked my insurance company to reimburse me for emergency surgery, it rejected my claim twice,” says Zeitler, a retired health care consultant from Washington, D.C.

Customizing A Motorcycle Insurance Policy

 If you own a motorcycle and plan to ride it on public roads, most states require some form of “financial responsibility.” This means you can pay if you cause an accident and cause property damage or injuries. Most bikers satisfy financial responsibility laws by purchasing motorcycle insurance.

What To Do After A Car Accident

 Car accidents, even just fender benders, are an unfortunate fact of life. Even though fewer cars are on the road during the pandemic—16% fewer according to Zendrive, a smartphone-based driving analytics app provider—drivers might be more distracted.

Phone use while driving was up 38% after lockdowns started, according to a May study by Zendrive. Their data also shows other increases in riskier driving, including speeding (up 27%) and hard braking (up 25%).

Auto Insurance For Extended Road Trips

 Road trips are all the rage. But is your auto insurance ready for a long drive?

Finding the best auto insurance for extended road trips is more important than ever. A majority of Americans planned to drive to their vacation destinations this summer. Among those traveling, 72% of respondents said they’d be driving their own car to a summer getaway, according to a recent Generali Global Assistance poll. And 9% said they would rent a car.

What Is Non-Owner Car Insurance?

 If you’re a licensed driver who doesn’t own a car, you still might have a need for car insurance. Sounds weird? Consider this: If you’re someone who often rents cars, you might want liability insurance to help protect your assets from an accident lawsuit, like your house and savings.

What To Do If Your Car Is Caught In A Flood

 Floods are the most common of all weather-related natural disasters. Flooding accounts for more loss of life and property than any other type of hazard or severe weather, according to the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Association. Every state in the U.S. is prone to flooding, even normally dry states.

If your car is partially or fully submerged in flood water and you don’t have the right type of car insurance, you could be stuck with costly repair bills or, worse, a total loss of the vehicle.

Best Car Insurance Company Mobile Apps

 An exceptional mobile app from your car insurance company can make all the difference when you need it most. If you get pulled over, you may want to show your auto insurance ID card from an app, rather than digging for it in your glove compartment. If you have an insurance claim, you want the ease of submitting it digitally.

Tips For First-Time Car Insurance Buyers

 Owning a car has long been associated with a sense of freedom and endless possibility. The open road has been romanticized in countless novels, songs and movies. You can almost picture yourself turning up the volume on the radio and driving off into a technicolor horizon. The credits roll.

But for all the great adventures you plan to embark on, car ownership comes with a bit of practical advice: With great driving comes great financial responsibility.

Top 10 car insurance companies in the UK

 Car insurance is essential to protect yourself from the financial risks caused by damaging your car, damaging another person’s property or vehicle, injuring someone with your vehicle, and more.

The Best Car Insurance Companies 2020

You want to know you’ll get good service from your auto insurance company if you have an accident, and you don’t want to overpay. But finding that gem of a company among the dozens available isn’t easy. Insurance company ads always promise savings and great service, but you need the proof.

Insurance Investigations Market to see Huge Growth by 2025 | CoventBridge Group, Brumell Group, John Cutter Investigations

Insurance Investigations Market Comprehensive Study is an expert and top to bottom investigation on the momentum condition of the worldwide Insurance Investigations industry with an attention on the Global market. The report gives key insights available status of the Insurance Investigations producers and is an important wellspring of direction and course for organizations and people keen on the business. By and large, the report gives an inside and out understanding of 2020-2025 worldwide Insurance Investigations Market covering extremely significant parameters.

Europeans Buy Older Cars to Avoid Public Transport During Pandemic

LONDON/MADRID – Want a cheap used car to nip around town without running the gauntlet of coronavirus on public transport? Welcome to Pandemic Motors, we have just what you need.

Across Europe, people are snapping up old bangers, clunkers, Klapperkasten, tacots and catorci, desperate to avoid buses and trains but wary of splashing out on a shiny new motor in uncertain economic times.

Drivers from UK face EU insurance chaos after end of transition period

British motorists planning to drive in Europe post-Brexit face an anxious wait as a query over the status of their insurance remains unanswered more than two years after it was raised.

Unless Brussels agrees to waive a technicality, British drivers will need to carry a green-card-style proof of insurance, without which they run the risk of being stopped, having their vehicles impounded and possibly facing fines.

16 Top Law Practice Areas

 As a lawyer, you need to be an expert in your field in order to successfully navigate the complicated waters of the legal ocean.

So what’s the best route to take? If you’re an aspiring lawyer just starting on your journey, there are a lot of options.

You can rely on your interests, what is in-demand at the time, and what is most lucrative to point you in the right direction. Here are 16 fruitful, promising law practice areas for you to consider.

The Best Lawyers in Australia, 2021 edition

 Piper Alderman is delighted to announce that in the 2021 edition of Best Lawyers^TM Australia, 44 of our lawyers have been recognised across 38 areas of law. The Best Lawyers list is collated using feedback from industry peers. This year Piper Alderman has 10 new lawyers recognised including: David Burridge, Tim Clark, Warren Denny, Anne Freeman, Louise Gehrig, Christopher Lyons, James Macdonald, Adam Rinaldi, Hugh Scales and Kathryn Walker.

Can my lawyer still defend me if they know I’m guilty?

 Like most other professions, criminal lawyers have to abide by high ethical standards and codes of conduct that are determined by the regulatory body in the state they practice.

In NSW, that body is called the Law Society of New South Wales.

How Is a Settlement Paid Out?

 Compensation for a personal injury can be paid out as a single lump sum or as a series of periodic payments in the form of a structured settlement. Structured settlement annuities can be tailored to meet individual needs, but once agreed upon, the terms cannot be changed.

A&L Goodbody overtakes Arthur Cox as largest law firm

 A&L Goodbody has overtaken Arthur Cox as Ireland’s largest law firm by number of practising solicitors, according to new figures from the Law Society of Ireland.

The latest data also shows that there are six Irish law firms with more than 200 practising solicitors for the first time ever.

2021 Best Law Firms for Compensation

 

2021 Best Law Firms for Compensation

Ethical Obligations of a Lawyer When His Client Has Committed or Intends to Commit Perjury

 Regardless of whether the lawyer is representing a civil client or a criminal client, the lawyer’s ethical obligations remain the same. Where a client informs counsel of his intent to commit perjury, a lawyer’s first duty is to attempt to dissuade the client from committing perjury. In doing so, the lawyer should advise the client that if the client insists on committing the proposed perjury then the lawyer will be forced to move to withdraw from representation. The lawyer should further explain that he may be required to disclose the specific reason for withdrawal if required to do so by the court. If the client continues to insist that they will provide false testimony, the lawyer should move to withdraw from representation.

Warning signs of a dishonest lawyer

 Last week we answered this question: “If my lawyer rips me off, is there any official organization that can help me be reimbursed?”

As we learned, fortunately California and all state bar Associations have a Client Security Fund. “While a slow process which can take several years, the goal,” observes attorney Lori Meloch, Director of the California State Bar Client Security Fund, “is to compensate clients who have been the victim of the two percent of lawyers who are dishonest.”

Why Is Mesothelioma So Rare?

 One of the dangers of getting exposed to asbestos is a type of cancer called mesothelioma. When asbestos fibers stick to the membranes covering your internal organs, it can lead to inflammation to the point that it causes genetic damage and stimulates cancerous growth. Mesothelioma is quite rare, with only around 3,000 new cases annually, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). However, it is also a highly aggressive disease that can kill patients in a year if not treated just as vigorously.

What is the Process for a Mesothelioma Settlement?

 Asbestos litigation is a unique process, from the date of filing the case to the final judgment. This is because mesothelioma cases tend to have relatively short statutes of limitations (the time in which you’re allowed to file a lawsuit) but long legal procedures.

However, courts generally believe that such cases should be handled with expediency and go forward as quickly as possible, due to the nature of the illness and life expectancy of the claimant. Here are the steps that lead up to your settlement:

Mesothelioma Settlements & Verdicts

 The average mesothelioma settlement pays between $1 million and $1.4 million, while the average mesothelioma trial verdict is $2.4 million. Settlements from a mesothelioma claim provide guaranteed compensation to patients or loved ones. Settlement compensation can be paid out in as little as a few months.

Vault.com Releases Its 2021 Rankings Of The Top 100 Law Firms--Cravath Remains At No. 1, While A New Firm Clinches The No. 2 Spot

 NEW YORK, Sept. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Vault.com has released the 2021 Vault Law 100—Vault's ranking of the top 100 most prestigious law firms. For the fifth straight year, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP is ranked No. 1.

Six Lawyers Named to 2020 Best Lawyers in America Listing

 Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn is pleased to announce that 6 lawyers have been included in the 2018 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America.  Since its inception in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence.

32 of lawyers' most common fears

 Does your law practice make you fearful? You are not alone, according to John Lande, an emeritus professor of law at the University of Missouri. Some of lawyers' most common fears include:

What Are Mesothelioma Settlements?

 Mesothelioma settlements are one way to conclude a lawsuit. Both personal injury and wrongful death mesothelioma lawsuits can reach settlements.

Through a mesothelioma settlement, manufacturers of asbestos-containing products agree to pay a victim a certain amount of money that is determined through negotiations between the manufacturers’ lawyers and mesothelioma lawyers.

New temporary public policy will allow visitors to apply for a work permit without having to leave Canada

OTTAWA, ON, Aug. 24, 2020 /CNW/ - Visitors who are currently in Canada and have a valid job offer will be able to apply for an employer-specific work permit and, if approved, receive the permit without having to leave the country, thanks to a new public policy announced today by the Honourable Marco E.L. Mendicino, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship.

Seniors Look to Super Visa Program to Join Loved Ones in Canada

With Canada’s Parent and Grandparent sponsorship immigration program (PGP) currently closed for new applications, parents and grandparents who want to join their children and grandchildren in Canada may do so through the Super Visa program, which remains open.

IRCC Updates Document Requirements for Super Visa Program

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC, formerly known as CIC) has updated the documents required in order to submit an application for the Super Visa Program, which allows the parents and grandparents of Canadian citizens and permanent residents to come to Canada as visitors for an extended period.

Lottery system to allow immigrants to sponsor parents, grandparents opens Oct. 13

The federal government is returning to a controversial lottery system to distribute coveted sponsorships to reunite immigrant families.

Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino today announced details of the new parent and grandparent sponsorship program. The program will open Oct. 13 for a three-week window when people can fill out online forms to express interest in bringing their relatives to Canada. The program had been suspended due to the global pandemic.

How to improve Canada’s Parents and Grandparents immigration program in 2020

January has typically marked the opening of the window for immigrants to express their interest in sponsoring family under Canada’s Parents and Grandparents Program, or PGP.

However, given the challenges Canada has had managing the PGP and the recent federal election in October, it remains unknown as to when the PGP intake window will open in 2020 and what the application process will look like.

Parents and Grandparents sponsorship: The Super Visa option

The latest expression of interest period of Canada’s Parents and Grandparents Program on January 28 saw more than 100,000 individuals try to access the required form and only 27,000 get through. 

In response to widespread criticism that the process was unfair, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) said eligible sponsors who did not manage to submit an Interest to Sponsor form on January 28 may still be able to bring their parents and grandparents to Canada on a temporary basis on what’s known as a Super Visa.

It Pays To Have Backup Plans: "Golden Visas" And HNW Americans

(An earlier version of this article appeared last Friday in Family Wealth Report, sister news service to this one. Although written from a US perspective, its relevance is plainly global.)

This news service reported on how former Google head, Eric Schmidt, had acquired a “golden visa” offered by Cyprus, one of many jurisdictions offering citizenship/residency-by-investment programmes. The circumstances are controversial because Cyprus’s programme has been recently suspended following a political scandal. These visa programmes have been attacked for enabling money laundering, although industry figures contest such claims. Dozens of jurisdictions, such as Malta, Spain, Grenada, Mauritius, the UK and even the US offer versions of these arrangements.

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Visa struggles prevent student from completing doctorate

Beheshteh Rakhshan says she never got to finish her doctoral degree because her visa was rejected.

“It was a big surprise to me,” she said. “I’m not criminal; I’m just a student.”

Rakhshan, a former Iranian doctoral student in the College of Science, first reapplied for her expired visa in May 2019. The officer told her that her case was settled and she’d be informed about the status of her request soon, she said.