American Kite Surfing Association Selects Exclusive Insurance Provider

(OPENPRESS) July 5, 2006 -- The American Kite Surfing Association (AKSA) is making international insurance coverage easy to secure with instant confirmations online and via email. For those that are participating in any hazardous sporting activity (so long as it is solely for leisure, recreational, entertainment or fitness purposes), a Sports Rider Coverage is absolutely essential. To register for this important coverage a special web page has been created exclusively for AKSA members: http://www.eglobalhealth.com/aksa.html

According to Logan Long, president of AKSA, “It is irresponsible for our members to travel abroad and participate in this exciting but risky sport without proper insurance coverage. It is for this precise reason that AKSA has aligned with eGlobalHealth Insurers Agency, LLC and MNUI to provide the best sports rider insurance coverage available today.”

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RETIREMENT LIVING
Enjoy la Buena Vida in Mexico
Kiplingers Retirement Report, April 2006


PATT BARRACK, a former medical secretary, and her husband, Robert, a former firefighter, were all set to retire to Florida a couple of years ago. Then the hurricanes came, delaying construction on their dream home. So the Barracks changed plans. They read a magazine article about retirees in Lake Chapala, Mexico, 30 miles south of Guadalajara. They found a real estate agent on the Internet and paid $236,000 for a three-bedroom home with a swimming pool. A few months later, after selling their home in Lake Anna, Va., for $325,000, they moved to their new community, where thousands of other American retirees live. “You can’t beat the weather,” Patt, 65, says. “And you don’t have the hustle and bustle you have in the States.”


Factor in Medical Care


Before moving, the Prawers bought a health-insurance policy from a global company that specializes in issuing policies to Americans who live abroad. If you’re between 60 and 65 years old, expect to pay premiums of about $3,000 for a plan with a $1,000 deductible, says Derek Patterson, a broker at eGlobalHealth Insurers Agency (www.eglobalhealth.com). But a man between 65 and 70 can expect to pay more than $8,000 a year, he says.

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Bird flu strain found in France
Reuters
Feb 19, 2006

Spreading diseaseAvian influenza has flared anew in recent weeks, spreading among birds in Europe and parts of Africa, and prompting authorities to impose bans on the poultry trade, introduce mass culling and vaccinate poultry flocks.

Europe on alert

Germany and Austria have reported more cases of bird flu, while authorities in Bulgaria put a man in an isolation chamber and were testing him for H5N1 after two of his ducks died.
The disease has also spread to Egypt, which reported its first cases of H5N1 on Friday, while in Nigeria authorities are culling poultry and urging people not to eat sick birds after outbreaks there.
Indonesia confirmed on Saturday that a 19th person had died of bird flu, which has been reported in chickens and other domesticated fowl in most provinces of the sprawling country of 220 million people.
The H5N1 virus is known to have infected 171 people worldwide since late 2003, killing 93 of them. Two hundred million birds across Asia, parts of the Middle East, Europe and Africa have died of the virus or been culled.

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Evangelical Faithful Band Together to Pay Each Others' Medical Expenses
By SANDRA G. BOODMAN
The Washington Post

When his wife spent a week in Georgetown University Hospital's intensive care unit last year recovering from life-saving brain surgery, Joe Huff never worried about who would pay her $120,000 hospital bill, even though his family has no health insurance.Huff, a 52-year-old Laytonsville, Md. real estate agent, said he trusted that a bill-sharing cooperative of evangelical Christians he joined 10 years ago -- and to which he faithfully mailed a $346 monthly check -- would come through, just as it had when the youngest of the couple's seven children was hospitalized with spinal meningitis two years ago...

...While Medi-Share has many of the characteristics of insurance -- including annual deductibles, a medical advisory board, the practice of negotiating discounts from hospitals and a requirement that non-emergency treatment be approved -- Reinhold insists it is not insurance and therefore is exempt from state regulation...

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Prepare, don’t panic about bird flu
Some questions and answers to help clear up confusion

Q: How is a pandemic different from regular winter flu?

A: A pandemic occurs when a strain of the influenza virus emerges that is very different from the usual flu strains that circulate every winter. Even healthy people won’t have any residual immunity. There were three pandemics in the last century.

Q: Will a pandemic strike this winter?

A: Most experts say it’s not likely, but there’s no way to tell.

Q: Will the bird flu cause the next pandemic?

A: Possibly, but only if it evolves so that it can start spreading easily from person to person. This H5N1 strain has killed at least 62 people in Asia; most were infected by close contact with sick birds or their droppings. This bird flu has not been found in people or birds in the USA.

Learn more about the Bird Flu and learn more about how to protect your health while traveling internationally.

Bird Flu and a Global Pandemic
What you need to know.

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With International Terrorism in the Spotlight, Travel Insurance Can Help Ease Some of Our Fears

With international terrorism rearing its ugly head yet again, travelers are unnerved at the prospect of going away. Another set of terrorist attacks in the island of Bali have put a damper on many travel plans. Sadly, terrorism has become a worldwide concern, but there are options available to help travelers protect themselves and their families. Travel insurance offers a refund of your trip cost in case of a terrorist actin the city that is part of your itinerary.

When it comes to terrorism insurance, there are three main coverages that insure a safe trip: Trip Cancellation, Trip Interruption, and Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance.

-- Insurance companies offer protection up to 100% of your trip cost under coverage of Trip Cancellation, if you need to cancel your trip in case of terrorism. Coverage starts at midnight from your purchase date and covers you up to your date of departure. Travelers should keep in mind that there are many other valid reasons that exist for canceling a trip.

-- Trip Interruption covers you in the event your trip gets interrupted and you are forced to head back home prematurely. Up to 150% of your total trip cost is protected since unscheduled flights are more expensive than scheduled ones.

-- Accidental Death and Dismemberment insurance, often known as AD&D, offers coverage in case of an accidental death. Coverage begins at $10,000 and can go up to $1 million.

Since 9/11, we have been feeling a little safer domestically. Traveling internationally has been another story. Areas that are frequently visited by Americans such asEurope, Israel and parts of Asia had a string of terrorism attacks. Althoughtravel insurance is not a perfect solution, several options are available. Insurance will reimburse your trip investment in case your travels are disrupted or provide medical treatment and evacuation in case you get injured. There is even a company that will insure your life while traveling to the world's hot spots, including Afghanistan, Iraq and Israel.

Find out more at eGlobalHealth Insurers Agency, LLC