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		<title>If People Will Do This For Insurance, What Will They Do If SOPA Passes?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:59:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[People of the Free World In the history of mankind, there have been too many cases to count of people being dishonest with each other and themselves.  Maybe it has been out of fear, sometimes out of necessity, or just out of human nature.  But there are those who take things too far. Insurance fraud [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=counterpointinsurance.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6192391&amp;post=422&amp;subd=counterpointinsurance&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Concerned Insured:  Garagekeepers Liability Insurance</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Insureds Needing Guidance Just today, one of our readers asked a great question about a situation they found themselves in recently.  They had posted it in our comments section, and I felt that a response to this question should be made more public than in a comment response.  User donaldduck (I love Donald Duck) asked [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=counterpointinsurance.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6192391&amp;post=415&amp;subd=counterpointinsurance&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Concerned Insured:  Raise it or Risk it?</title>
		<link>http://counterpointinsurance.wordpress.com/2012/01/09/tci-soft-or-hard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:09:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Market Is Changing The insurance market is constantly in a state of flux.  Risk rating goes up or down depending on how many claims are paid out, competition between rivals in the market, and changes in the environment.  To counteract premium increases to insureds, insurance companies must be prepared for the market and buyers [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=counterpointinsurance.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6192391&amp;post=402&amp;subd=counterpointinsurance&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Employers Need to Be Careful.  Even Jay-Z.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dgermain</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you own a business, depending on the size, it is important that you are taking the proper steps to protect yourself and your investment.  Workers Compensation is one such area that should hold great focus as an employer.  Neglecting to pay premiums for a workers compensation policy, or even to hold one could lead [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=counterpointinsurance.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6192391&amp;post=395&amp;subd=counterpointinsurance&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Concerned Insured:  Winter Advisory</title>
		<link>http://counterpointinsurance.wordpress.com/2012/01/05/tci-careful/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Baby It&#8217;s Cold Outside&#8230; It has truly been an interesting winter so far, and it&#8217;s only the beginning.  Up here in Vermont, we&#8217;ve had more rain than snow, and that has made it difficult for people living on dirt roads to keep traction while driving.  Snow tires can only do so much, but when the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=counterpointinsurance.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6192391&amp;post=382&amp;subd=counterpointinsurance&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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