California Department of Insurance, along with several states, announced a settlement with Nationwide companies to pay old unclaimed life insurance benefits to the states and reform its business practices.
Life Insurance
Posts pertaining to life insurance, term, whole life, burial, final expense plans.
Hospital indemnity insurance scams
Hospital indemnity insurance is just one of the products that are fraudulently marketed as real health insurance. These indemnity plans are specifically targeting people with pre-existing conditions.
My days as a salesman are over
My “fire in the belly”, as sales professionals call it, has been extinguished. I’ll stick to what makes the passion bubble inside of me which is helping and educating people.
Santa Cruz or bust…and it was
Fortunately, I took a wrong turn heading to the campus and we ended up in the Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park. We were enjoying a pleasant hike when we stumbled upon a rare albino redwood growing next to the tracks.
An American, Confederate, and Rainbow flag walk into a bar…
My fellow blogger had an altogether different reaction to the four words used on the stamps, their meaning and implication for our society.
Mission San Juan Bautista surviving earthquakes and time
I was surprised at how both the interior and exterior elements of the mission would draw me in and provide a sense of comfort. This history explains the primitive but informative seismometer inside the mission.
Casa de Fruta is King of the kitsch
In a world of contrived marketing experiences, Casa de Fruta is one of the more authentic commercial establishments that has not grown tired.
Malakoff Diggins historical erosion and devastation of Sacramento Valley
130 years after the water cannons were silenced, significant scarring remains. Willows trees and brush, phreatophytes, are growing thick (I got lost in them) and trying to reclaim the pit. We are still left with a 7,000 foot drain tunnel and the lingering effects on the Sacramento Valley from the elevated river bottom that all of the hydraulic mining drained into.
Nit Wit Ridge: 3D folk art house
Those who will be attracted to the ultimate three dimensional life size folk art creation known as Nit Wit Ridge will be either artists, eccentrics or old junk collectors like my me.
Hey son, you can ask me anything
Just remember I’m not your friend, I’m more than that, I’m your dad. This dad is an open book. If there is anything I can share with you so you can avoid some of the crushing personal failures that I have had…all you need to do is ask.
