HOME INVENTORY Not since we moved into that apartment and set our initial home insurance levels had we updated the contents coverage of our policy.
Initial unemployment insurance claims have also been falling.
Most economists still expect the number of initial unemployment insurance claims, which reflects the level of layoffs, to decline slowly in coming months as the recession bottoms out.
Those figures are expected to be released on April 6. "We have had a pretty ugly trend in initial unemployment insurance claims for the last five or six weeks," said David Resler, chief economist at Nomura Securities International.
The sharp decline in weekly initial unemployment insurance jobless claims means fewer workers are being fired.
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Lie No. 2: While some insurers have raised rates, the initial bids from insurance companies competing under the law strongly suggested that most consumers will benefit from the new competition.
"If you don't come with some initial capital, no insurance can ever work," Dr. Dror said.
Initial estimates of insurance claims are $10 billion to $15 billion, though it's far too early for an accurate estimate.
