Category Archives: In the News

NGI at NAFSA 2012!

The NAFSA Annual Conference is quickly approaching! There’s just over a month to go until it’s start on May 27th. We will be attending and you can come find us at booth #142 to learn more about our services, college risk and why universities and students alike should consider protecting themselves with the help of [...]

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College Health Insurance Reviewed by the Wall Street Journal

The September 26th edition of the Wall Street Journal published an article titled How College Health Plans Are Failing Students. The article written by Jessical Silver-Greenberg and Mary Pilon, is comprehensive in its discussion of the limits of many school sponsored student health plans. However, it failed to address just how few affordable choices students have if the school [...]

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Choosing Insurance for the College Life – NYTimes

Paul Sullivan of The New York Times describes some of the vital risks that college families should consider in his September 17th article. Please read the entire article here or see a summary of the highlights below. Sullivan commentary is mostly aimed for wealthy parents, but much of the advice he highlights applies to all 19.7 million [...]

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Dealing with Claims – Understanding the Limits of Homeowners Insurance

This months Claim’s Magazine, the insurance industries news magazine on insurance claims, wrote a useful article on the limitations of homeowners insurance and the potential value of renters insurance to college students.  The entire article can be found here or for highlights read the summary below. “It’s September, traditionally the time of year when teachers and students head [...]

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Twenty-Somethings: Figuring Out the Insurance Needs of the Next Generation

NGI Group was organized about serving the next generation of insurance consumers while also applying the next generation of insurance marketing tools. So this weekend’s article in the New York Times Magazine What Is It About 20-Somethings is particularly interesting.   The discussion for insurance marketing is profound.   How will this generation manage and view risk?   How will this [...]

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A Lesson in Health Insurance for College Students

Next Generation Insurance Group believes in the value of education and works to make sure that each of its consumer sites offer insights into the products we offer. It is hard for most news stories to do an adequate job of describing the nuances surrounding insurance and ways to mitigate risk, but sometimes reporters do [...]

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Grads Head to College in Record Numbers

Today’s Wall Street Journal’s article by Sara Murray is an outstanding review of a population trend that is not widely recognized. It is a cornerstone of NGI Group’s strategy is to recognize the unique insurance needs of this next generation. Our web site www.gradguard.com and its products such as the Student Protection Plan featuring Tuition Refund Insurance, our Student Health [...]

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Sizing Up Campus Health Care – WSJ Article

The attached article from November 5th, 2009′s Wall Street Journal highlights an important topic for families evaluating both insurance and college options. The article wisely points out that “For most people, health-coverage details won’t play a significant role in where students decide to attend school. But as campus visits heat up in coming months ahead of application [...]

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