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"Insurers Increase Rates after Global Earthquakes
From Go Insurance Rates, 1 year ago, Read 1 times. Similar articles
A recent report shows that some insurance companies have been hiking rates on earthquake insurance by 200 percent since earthquakes in Chile and Haiti.
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Malaria Strikes in Haiti; Dengue in Puerto Rico
From Healthy Travel Blog, 1 year ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
The US military announced on February 27 that 6 soldiers involved in the Haiti earthquake relief have been diagnosed with malaria. One day later, health authorities declared a dengue fever epidemic in Puerto Rico, which reported 210 cases in January. These news stories are a reminder that relief workers and tourists in the Caribbean face dangerous threats.
Serving in Haiti can be very rewarding, but there are significant health and security risks which must be considered before jumping on the...
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Understanding Seismic Events: Chile Quake Rocks Richter Scale But Is Less Lethal than Haiti's
From Healthy Travel Blog, 1 year ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Sadly, our recent post on earthquake-threatened cities was a timely introduction to the risks residents and visitors run when inhabiting destinations situated above enormous seismic stress. Now scientists reviewing the reports from Chile are drawing comparisons to Haiti that give further insight into the variables that affect whether quake fatalities reach the hundreds, thousands or hundreds of thousands.
Santiago, Chile did not make the list of most threatened cities because of its distance...
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Chile Earthquake and Tsunami Watch
From Term Life Insurance, 1 year ago, Read 1 times. Similar articles
Source: CNNThe country of Chile has been hit by a "Great Earthquake" reaching 8.80 magnitude on the Richter Scale.The earthquake hit Santiago, Chile at 1:34 a.m. local time this morning.Buildings in Santiago were reported to have shaken for between 10 and 30 seconds, with the loss of electricity and communications.More than 122 people are reported dead so far - official total at this time per CNN. To give you an idea of the power of this earthquake, Haiti's earthquake was 7.0. The energy...
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Quake-threatened Cities: Explosive Growth, Shoddy Construction Along Major Fault Lines Portend Disaster
From Healthy Travel Blog, 1 year ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
New York Times reporter Andrew Revkin filed a story this week from Istanbul tracing the scientific analysis and sociological realities that are leading to predictions of disaster in fifteen world capitals that could dwarf the tragedy that is still unfolding in Haiti. The poster child is Istanbul, where the population has grown from 1 million to 10 million in the past 50 years and where a billionaire real estate developer confessed to Revkin that most structures have been built with substandard...
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Travelers Insurance for Haiti
From Internation Student Insurance, 2 year ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
After January’s earthquake, many volunteer groups have been traveling to Haiti to assist in disaster relief efforts. The earthquake measured a 7 on the Richter scale and caused extensive damage to the area surrounding the capital, Port Au Prince. If you plan on assisting with the relief in Haiti, it is important that you are properly insured.
First, you’ll want to check to see if your current insurance plan provides international coverage. If they do not, you may want to consider a...
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UK Earthquake Insurance - Make Sure Your Buildings Insurance Covers It!
From Insurance Blog, 2 year ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
With all our thoughts over the last month focused on the devastation caused by the earthquake in Haiti, Insurance blogger has investigated the risks to UK homes and property from earthquakes.You might think that because we do not live in a littoral area of plate tectonic activity, that seismic activity would be minimal, and the risks would be negligible....However recent trends in the UK have shown the importance of making sure you have this peril covered as part of your basic buildings...
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Healthy Travel App Rap
From Healthy Travel Blog, 2 year ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
This post introduces a new weekly feature of the Healthy Travel Blog ? App Rap. Each week we will attempt to post about the latest travel apps that focus on health and safety. It may not always be easy to find relevant information for this series, but this week is what some call a ?no-brainer', and I won't even talk about the soon-to-be introduced iPad tablet from Apple.
Of course, the Haiti earthquake has been the big news ever since it first hit back on the 12th. CNN recently reported...
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Donations to Haiti Earthquake Victims ? an accelerated tax benefit available
From Reed Tinsley, 2 year ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
The Senate and the House have approved H.R. 4462, a bill to accelerate the income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for the relief of victims of the earthquake in Haiti. The bill permits taxpayers to treat qualifying cash contributions made after 1/11/10 and before 3/1/10 as made on 12/31/09, and therefore deductible as an itemized charitable deduction on the taxpayers' 2009 income tax return. The bill also provides that a telephone bill will satisfy the recordkeeping...
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Insurance Information Institute Warns Drivers about Earthquakes and Auto Insurance
From Go Insurance Rates, 2 year ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
The Insurance Institute is recommending that individuals look into earthquake insurance policies in light of the recent Haiti earthquake.
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