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Citizens Insurance Review 2024 | Bankrate

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To help readers understand how insurance affects their finances, we have licensed insurance professionals on staff who have spent a combined 47 years in the auto, home and life insurance industries. For more information, please see our Insurance Disclosure. Here’s an explanation of how we make money.

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Why We Left Traditional Health Insurance

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Health insurance is a touchy subject. Instead I’m writing about my family’s experience with traditional health insurance and how it has affected OUR finances. Let’s start at the beginning: Health insurance wasn’t always so stressful for me and my husband and to begin our story I need to go back a few years.

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Christmas Savings Club | October 2019

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Where I found the money in October: We owned a 2002 Honda Civic that was no longer drivable as it needed $1500 in repairs. I happily gave it to him, we transferred the title, and I immediately called my insurance agent to take the Civic off our policy. How did you do in October? We also sold our beloved pop-up camper.

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Are You Paying Too Much? | 31 Days to Find $1000

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In the month of October, my challenge will be to find $1000. Mondays thru Saturdays in October, I will have ideas to help you find $1000 too. Bills to review: home owners insurance. auto insurance. life insurance. When was the last time you shopped around for home owner’s or auto insurance?

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Create a Personal Escrow Fund | 31 Days to Organize Your Finances

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Do you go into panic mode when your car insurance bill arrives? Our homeowners insurance and property taxes are not tied in with our mortgage so we receive those bills and are responsible for paying them instead of the bank that owns the mortgage. Our personal escrow fund includes: home owners insurance – due yearly.

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Christmas Savings Club | November 2019

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In October , I found the money from an insurance refund and from the sale of our pop-up camper. In July, I found $20 bill on the beach while camping, and other $80 came out of our monthly budget. In August & September, I found the money within our monthly budget. In November, I found the money within our budget.

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Get your FREE Family Balance Sheet Excel Spreadsheet

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October is a big month for me. I met my husband in October. We married in October. Family Balance Sheet , the website, turns 9 in October 2017, but Family Balance Sheet, the spreadsheet, turns 14.

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