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How to Spare Your Child the Pain of Divorce

Norwegian researchers believe they know how to prevent the pains of divorce from being inflicted on innocent children. According to a new study entitled “Equality in the Home,” parents who share housework duties are 50 percent more likely to get divorced than couples where the woman does most of the chores. In other words, the more housework the man does, the higher the divorce rate. A part of me died typing that sentence. The rest of me is trying to swallow the vomit that’s pooled in my mouth. Basically, the study is saying that if you are a stressed out … Continue reading →

Insurance Blog Week in Review – June 17 – 23, 2012

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Each and every week, the Insurance Blog Week in Review brings you an easy way to “ketchup” on all of the blogs that appeared here in the past week. There can be anywhere between twelve and fourteen blogs here each week, and they can go by pretty fast. What did you miss? Another Reason to Cover Pre-Existing Conditions Health insurance companies are considering people who have donated a kidney as having a pre-existing condition. The insurers are using this as an excuse to deny coverage. This is horrible! California Replicates Health Care Reform Laws If the Supreme Court decides to … Continue reading →

State Farm Has Tips About Life Insurance After Divorce

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Most of the time, when a person gets a life insurance policy, the person makes his or her spouse the beneficiary. In general, that is a very smart idea. However, if the marriage ends in divorce, things can get a bit tricky when it comes to life insurance. State Farm Insurance has some advice for people who are about to divorce. Read it over before you sign “the papers”. It is always stressful when a marriage ends in a divorce, even for those who have an “amicable divorce”. Getting a divorce means that there are a plethora of things that … Continue reading →

Insurance Blog Week in Review – January 29 – February 5, 2012

Every week, the Insurance Blog will have anywhere from twelve to fourteen different articles appearing on it. Many relate to health insurance, several have been about auto insurance, and every so often there will random and bizarre insurance related topics. The Insurance Blog Week in Review is a easy way to “ketchup”, so you won’t miss anything. Staying on Your Ex’s Health Insurance is Risky It might be more convenient, at first, to continue using your ex’s health insurance policy after the two of you have gotten divorced. However, there are some risks involved in doing that. The Insurance Podcast … Continue reading →

Gaps in Health Insurance Coverage Halt Preventative Care

Many of us have experienced a time when we were “between” coverage for health insurance. The prevailing assumption is that people can “catch up” on the health care they missed once their new insurance policy kicks in. A new study shows that this belief is not a realistic one. There are plenty of reasons why a person can fall into a gap between having health insurance coverage. The majority of people who can afford health insurance are getting it through their employer. If you change jobs, then you lose your health insurance. You might not be able to get coverage … Continue reading →

How Divorce Insurance Can Be Helpful

Planning a wedding requires a lot of time, effort, and money. After putting in that much investment, no one wants to think about the potential of a divorce happening. There is such a thing as divorce insurance, though. In some cases, it might help with the financial aspects of a divorce. This week, one of the biggest celebrity gossip stories that is floating around the internet has to do with Kim Kardashian. She was married to Kris Humphries for around 72 days before the couple got a divorce. There is speculation that this marriage was “a sham”, or “a publicity … Continue reading →

Divorce Rate Higher Among Couples With Special Needs Children

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Marriage is hard. Even in the best of circumstances, with a couple who is head over heels in love with each other, there will be difficult times. I think we have all heard the much touted statistic that states that 50% of all marriages end in divorce. This percentage jumps to between 80% and 90% for couples who have a child with special needs. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about one in ten children who are between the ages of 4 and 17 have been diagnosed with ADHD. This is something that has been increasing … Continue reading →

Why Colonial Divorce Records Are Hard to Locate

Genealogy research can be as frustrating as it can be exhilarating. There are a lot of different websites that will help you find the birth record, or death record of your ancestors. However, trying to find the record that shows that your ancestors became divorced is another matter entirely. Part of the problem with finding divorce records is because in years past divorce was seen as a scandalous event, and so, it might be covered up. Another problem comes from how the original records of divorce were recorded. In the past couple of decades or so, divorce has ceased to … Continue reading →

Divorce Insurance Actually Exists!

It might seem strange to think about, but divorce insurance really does exist! This is not the same thing as pre-nuptual insurance. Some may feel that divorce insurance sounds like an incredibly negative type of insurance policy. Others, however, might decide that the benefits of having this kind of insurance is something they are interested in at least checking out. Everyone assumes that they will experience a nearly perfect, “happily ever after”, kind of marriage. Some couples will be comfortable signing a pre-nuptual agreement before they say “I do”. A pre-nuptual agreement is a written contract that legally defines certain … Continue reading →

When Your Spouse Wants a Divorce

What do you do when your spouse wants to get a divorce but you do not? In many no fault states, you may not be able to prevent it. Furthermore, trying to live in a marriage when the other person believes that he or she is single cannot be the happiest of situations, so what can you do? While it may be difficult when your spouse comes to you and says, “I want a divorce,” try to remain calm. Sometimes the statement is made in the heat of the moment of an argument with no real intention behind it. Obviously … Continue reading →