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Hey, summer is almost here. And while many of you are thinking about barbecues, beach parties, and sipping cocktails poolside, I'm worrying about whether you're carrying enough insurance just in case something goes wrong.
Just as in driving, when planning your finances you have to learn to be defensive. Great asset allocations, high-flying mutual funds, and perfectly structured portfolios won't save you if you get sued. And while the mere word "insurance" makes some people cringe, it might not seem so bad if you can find ways to protect your family and save money at the same time

Exstream Software has announced that American Family Insurance, a multi-line insurance company and one of the largest property-casualty insurers in the US, has selected its Dialogue enterprise document automation software to help streamline document production processes.
American Family offers auto, homeowner, life, health, commercial and farm/ranch insurance, plus financial services, in 18 US states. The company ranks 323rd on the Fortune 500 list and is the nation's 14th largest property-casualty insurance group and third largest mutual property-casualty insurance company.

Using Dialogue, American Family will replace multiple legacy technologies currently deployed to create communications, including letters, bills and other policyholder correspondence.

Moving toward a single solution will allow the insurer to better share internal development resources and reduce overall costs.

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - For years, Al Rohling watched parents quit their jobs when their kids got sick, deliberately making their incomes drop to a point where they could get U.S. government medical help.
Rohling, who directed Alabama's housing authority at the time, reached a startling conclusion: If children could drive parents into hardship when they became ill, could medical insurance help parents rediscover financial health?
"Health care for children really is a bridge to get out of poverty," said Rohling.

Rohling quit his job in 1988 to help set up the Child Caring Foundation, which provides free health insurance for children through the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama health care provider.
The foundation is just one example a charity that bridges the gap between Medicaid -- subsidized insurance -- for the poorest and private health insurance paid for either privately for those who can afford it or by an employer.

That gap leaves up to 9 million U.S. children uninsured in the United States, a nation with no universal health care, and many parents are forced to struggle with a patchwork of other provisions in order to get health care for their children.
"The problem of the uninsured is getting worse," and the number of uninsured children has risen since 2004, said Jennifer Tolbert, principal analyst with the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, a Washington-based think tank.
Tolbert said it was possible the U.S. Congress could increase the scope of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) to provide greater state coverage for uninsured children when it debates reauthorizing the program next year.