Vern Bell Agency Newsletter Insurance Industry NewsSeptember 2006 Greetings! The purpose of this newsletter is educate and inform regarding financial products and alternatives. If, for any reason, you don't want to receive this monthly newsletter please click on safe unsubscribe at the bottom of this document. Your email address will be immediately and permanently removed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ in this issue Identity Theft Solutions Self Serve Insurance Final Expenses Insurance Discount Dental Plans ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Identity Theft Identity theft has become the cyber crime of the new millennium. Identity theft occurs when someone other than you, uses your good name, credit history and assets for their personal gain. Identity thieves steal an individual?s personal information in order to commit fraud. Identity thieves have come up with a number of ways to steal your personal and account information. Some ways they are able to obtain your information include: retrieving your personal papers from your garbage or an unsecured mailbox, pretending to be a legitimate business, working as a cashier and by searching online. Identity theft is not a new crime. However, with today?s technology, it has become easier for thieves to gather your personal information. Thieves are now able to obtain your personal information through unsecured Internet sites. In fact, with the help of the computer, the criminal has more information at their fingertips, which makes this a crime of opportunity. Although you cannot eliminate your chances of becoming an identity theft victim, there are steps you can take to reduce your risk. Awareness is the most important step. Being aware of the latest prevention techniques is extremely important. These techniques will provide you with simple ways to protect your identity. Following these simple techniques can save you time, money and the stress involved in recovering from identity theft. Go to Identity Theft Smart Web Site.. - http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=ut8dsybab.0.0.fqbvkrbab.0&ts=S0207&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.identitytheftsmart.com%2Findex.cfm%3Faffid%3D81 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Identity Theft Solutions In order to address the growing problem of identity theft I?ve joined forces with IT Risk Managers. IT Risk Managers' Identity Theft Smart? Program is a proactive online educational and recovery program that employs a proprietary risk management processes to assist members in managing and minimizing the risk of becoming an identity theft victim. Specific Identity Theft Smart? programs have been crafted to address the needs of individuals, families and businesses. Each Identity Theft Smart? program consist of four modules, with each module providing an integral part of a proprietary risk management process. The Awareness and Prevention modules are focused on education. The Recovery and Insurance modules are focused on the recovery process in the event that a member experiences an identity theft event. You can learn more about these highly innovative products by clicking on the following link. Identity Theft Smart Web Site... - http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=ut8dsybab.0.0.fqbvkrbab.0&ts=S0207&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.identitytheftsmart.com%2Findex.cfm%3Faffid%3D81 * Self Serve Insurance During July I launched a new web site designed to enable consumers to shop for insurance at their own pace. This site provides access to the same technology insurance agents use to generate health insurance and life insurance quotes. In addition the new web site has a glossary of terms, and a series of articles written to help you make better insurance purchase decisions. Since launching my Self Serve Insurance web site I?ve had a growing number of visitors and much helpful input in the way of suggestions and comments. Every month I?ll be adding new articles and self-service alternatives. So, feel free to visit my new site often. Get a quick quote on-line with no phone calls.. - http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=ut8dsybab.0.0.fqbvkrbab.0&ts=S0207&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.selfserveinsurance.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Final Expenses Insurance Have you made your final arrangements? Forethought National Life Insurance offers financial products and support throughout the preparation process. I've set up a new web page which provides quick and easy access to these resources. Click below to go to my final expenses web page. Final Expenses Web Page.. - http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=ut8dsybab.0.0.fqbvkrbab.0&ts=S0207&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vernbellagency.com%2FFinal_Expenses.html * Discount Dental Plans Discount dental plans, designed to provide significant savings on members' dental care needs, have quickly become an attractive alternative to costly dental insurance. Traditional dental insurance, once the only dental benefit option available, features many drawbacks including costly deductibles, tedious claims forms, long waiting periods and other limitations. On the other hand, discount dental plans are affordable, easy-to-use and free of these hassles. Click on the link below to learn more about discount dental plans and to explore alternatives. 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