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DSEF & CBBB: New Website Provides Health Insurance Price Details

DSEF & CBBB: New Website Provides Health Insurance Price Details

Today’s highlighted blog post from the Council on Better Business Bureaus (CBBB)

– OCTOBER 11, 2011POSTED IN: HEALTH CARE SERVICES, INSURANCE

As the price of health insurance continues to climb, many consumers are wondering why the changes occur. A new website aims to provide this information for every state beginning Thursday, reports USA Today.

With the passage of last year’s health care law, insurance companies are now required to provide this information to customers. The website, http://companyprofiles.healthcare.gov/, offers information regarding raises in price, as well as the company’s reasons for doing so.

Users simply click on their state, and are directed to a list of all health insurance companies in the area. The site also includes a section for customers to leave comments.

To read the full article, visit http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/insurance/story/2011-10-07/health-insurance-rate-hike-website/50682044/1

DSEF and Council on Better Business Bureaus (CBBB) fosters honest and responsive relationships between businesses and consumers—instilling consumer confidence and advancing a trustworthy marketplace for all.

About the Better Business Bureaus
As the leader in advancing marketplace trust, Better Business Bureau is an unbiased non-profit organization that sets and upholds high standards for fair and honest business behavior. Every year, more than 87 million consumers rely on BBB Business Reviews® and BBB Wise Giving Reports® to help them find trustworthy businesses and charities across North America. Visitwww.bbb.org/us for more information.

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DSEF & CBBB: Facebook Lottery Scam

DSEF & CBBB: Facebook Lottery Scam

Today’s highlighted blog post from the Council on Better Business Bureaus (CBBB)

Facebook Lottery Scam

BBB has received reports recently about an email scam involving Facebook.  The email purports to be directly from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and says you’re the winner of a million-dollar Facebook sweepstakes.  The email is a scam and it’s suspected that it’s being used to deliver malware onto consumers’ computers.  As a result, BBB warns anyone who receives it to avoid clicking any links and to delete the email immediately. 

Aside from the use of Facebook to draw consumers in, the email scam carries with it many common red flags: consumers are being emailed out of the blue, they’re being asked to click on suspect links in order to “claim a prize,” and there’s often an explicit demand for confidentiality, as well.

Should you receive an email like this, you can report it to the Internet Crime Complaint Center at www.ic3.gov.

DSEF and Council on Better Business Bureaus (CBBB) fosters honest and responsive relationships between businesses and consumers—instilling consumer confidence and advancing a trustworthy marketplace for all.

About the Better Business Bureaus
As the leader in advancing marketplace trust, Better Business Bureau is an unbiased non-profit organization that sets and upholds high standards for fair and honest business behavior. Every year, more than 87 million consumers rely on BBB Business Reviews® and BBB Wise Giving Reports® to help them find trustworthy businesses and charities across North America. Visitwww.bbb.org/us for more information.

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Today’s Highlighted Video from the DSEF: Product Buy-Backs

Today’s Highlighted Video from the DSEF: Product Buy-Backs

Today’s highlighted video from DSEF:

Can’t see this? Click here: Product Buybacks

Learn about the buy-back policy that all DSA member companies adhere to.

To read more about the DSA Code of Ethics regarding Product Buybacks – http://dsa.org/ethics/code/#inventory

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Visiting Corporate CEOs to Clean Up Ocean Beach

Visiting Corporate CEOs to Clean Up Ocean Beach

DSEF Coordinates Community Service Project

(San Francisco – June, 6) – Top executives from some of America’s largest direct selling companieocean beach logos will do their part for the conservation of San Francisco’s coastal resources on June 6, 2010, at Ocean Beach Clean Up, an event held by the Direct Selling Education Foundation (DSEF). More than 80 direct selling executives will spend the morning cleaning up debris on the popular stretch of coastline, and a portion of their $100 event registration fee will be donated to the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy.

“By rolling up their sleeves and pitching in to help clean up OceanBeach, these direct selling executives are demonstrating the deep commitment to corporate social responsibility shared by our entire industry,” said Charles L. Orr, DSEF Executive Director.

Leaders from such notable companies as 4Life, ACN, Avon Products Inc, Celebrating Home, CUTCO, Immunotech, The Kirby Company, Mary Kay Inc, Oxyfresh, The Pampered Chef, Take Shape for Life, Team National, Shaklee, Soul Purpose, The Southwestern Company, and Vantel Pearls in the Oyster are participating in DSEF’s Ocean Beach Clean Up.

DSEF, a non-profit that serves the public as the direct selling industry’s goodwill ambassador, organized Ocean Beach Clean Up as a way to say “thank you” to San Francisco, host city for the Direct Selling Association’s (DSA) 2010 Annual Meeting to be held June 6 – 8. More than 1,000 direct selling executives are in San Franciscoto attend the three-day meeting and to celebrate the DSA’s 100th anniversary.

“As the direct selling industry gathers in San Franciscoto commemorate our trade association’s centennial, all of us at DSEF are proud to take part in the celebration with an event that illustrates the kind of good works our companies engage in around the world,” Orr said.

About the Direct Selling Education Foundation

The Direct Selling Education Foundation (DSEF), created in 1973 by visionary leaders of the Direct Selling Association, serves the public as the industry’s goodwill ambassador. Headquartered inWashington,D.C., the international non-profit organization offers comprehensive programs that advance the direct selling industry’s support of consumer rights and protection, education about the industry, ethical leadership and individual economic empowerment.