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Worth Avenue Group Insures Your Precious Toys

Posted by Andrew at 6:27 PM on January 26, 2011

Warning this interview contains scenes of extreme violence as Jeffrey takes a hammer to an unsuspecting laptop and iPod Touch to demonstrate the Worth Avenue Group‘s insurance policies for electronic devices.

Unusually, in addition to coverage for accidental damage, their policies also include protection for virus infestations under their vandalism clause. However, read the small print on the Group’s website to see if the product is suitable for you.

Prices vary according to the device being protected, but examples would be around $60 for an iPhone, $30 for a laptop.

Interview by Jeffrey Powers of The Geekazine Podcast.

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Worth Avenue Group Electronic Device Insurance

Posted by tomwiles at 1:28 PM on January 23, 2011

Aaron Cooper of Worth Avenue Group (my.worthavegroup.com) talks about the insurance coverage they provide for iPhones, iPod Touches, iPads, Cell Phones, e-readers, televisions, laptops, tablets and other high-value electronic devices. With so many high-value portable and other electronics devices, many with glass touch screens screens, insuring these devices can make sense. Their computer insurance even covers virus removal. They require that damaged covered devices be sent in to them.

Interview by Jeffrey Powers of The Geekazine Podcast and Tom Newman of The Fogview Podcast.

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Google Beats the Gecko, I Mean Geico

Posted by geeknews at 10:17 PM on December 15, 2004

Google, the search engine company, won a federal court battle against Geico, the insurance company, today that allows the search engine to sell online advertisements tied to keywords that are also trademarked company names. Geico claimed that Google should not be allowed to display advertisements for rival insurance companies when the Geico name is used as a search keyword. U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema disagreed.

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