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• Cape Cod Car Accidents and the "IME"....NOT!

  Bruce Bierhans | April 03, 2009 1:03 PM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  Do you know what IME stands for? How about Independant Medical Exam. When it comes to car accidents and insurer requested IME's, falser words were never spoken. If you have had a car accident, and...

• Britain Takes Another Look at Mammograms and their Benefits

  Carrie Strasser | April 01, 2009 9:57 AM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  Advocates and experts urged British health officials to revise informational fliers about mammography in a letter to the Times of London, reported the New York Times on Tuesday. The officials...

• Discrimination or Lay Offs - What are your rights as a pregnant woman?

  Carrie Strasser | March 27, 2009 4:52 PM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  Neither laying off a pregnant woman nor laying off a woman on maternity leave violates federal employment law, reported the New York Times, if the employer cites reasons for the lay off that are...

• More Travelers Seeking Layoff Insurance

  Carrie Strasser | March 05, 2009 6:06 PM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  A recent CNN report discussed the increased interest in layoff insurance by travelers attempting to make vacation plans in an uncertain economy. These plans allow people to get refunds for their...

• MA Insurance Board of Appeal to be Dissolved

  Carrie Strasser | March 02, 2009 12:51 PM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  On April 1, the Division of Insurance Board of Appeal, that hears approximately 50,000 motor vehicle insurance surcharge cases annually, will be dissolved reported the Boston Globe. The decision,...

• Elder Abuse Rises in Massachusetts

  Carrie Strasser | February 13, 2009 12:37 PM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  The Boston Globe reported on Monday that economic stress is causing more family caregivers to abuse and/or neglect elderly relatives. This is not only due to economic pressures on the individual...

• Facing tough economic times, NH reconsiders seat belt law

  Carrie Strasser | February 06, 2009 4:29 PM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  New Hampshire is the only state in the country that does not have a seat belt law, says the Eagle-Tribune in an article on Thursday. On Tuesday, the House Transportation Committee considered a...

• Cape Cod Winter Driving: Be Protected and Know Your UM Coverage

  Bruce Bierhans | January 21, 2009 4:58 PM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  You're on your way to the Cape Cod Mall. You're stopped at a red light and are rear ended by a bubble gum chewing 19 year old talking on her cell phone and putting on mascara looking in her rear...

• Study Shows Risk of Death Almost Double with Certain Drug Treatments of Alzheimer's Patients

  Carrie Strasser | January 10, 2009 1:49 PM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  The New York Times reported on Thursday, that a recent study shows that certain anti-psychotic drugs used to treat patients with Alzheimer's disease may drastically increase their risk of death. The...

• Gov. Patrick Bashes the Consumer Again

  Bruce Bierhans | December 06, 2008 11:47 AM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  Overlooked to a large degree during his campaign for Massachusetts Governor, was Deval Patricks role on the Board of Directors of Ameriquest at the same time it was creating and marketing the...