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Now that school is back in session, it’s time once again for that popular full-contact family sport: Prod my high school student to school on time. Air horns ready? Tasers on full? Good. Let’s move ‘em out! But be careful what you ask for, lest your zombielike student driver exact a costly revenge on your

“I’m from the government and I’m here to help you.” America’s small businesses have heard that song so often that when a rare government program does happen along that actually puts money in their pocket, such as the health insurance reforms mandated by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), they are understandably skeptical. A new

It’s an increasingly common scenario around the country: a driver causes an accident, their auto insurance pays the claim, and weeks later, the motorist receives a bill for hundreds, perhaps thousands of dollars for local emergency police and fire responders called to the scene. An accident response fee, nicknamed the “crash tax” by irate auto

Corporate CEOs may be stingy when it comes to sharing profits, but they’re apparently more than happy to share the rising costs of health insurance with their workers. The annual survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research and Educational Trust finds that workers are shouldering an ever larger share of their health

Remember those entertaining Nationwide TV commercials that ended with the punch line, “Life comes at you fast?” That gray-haired Fabio rowing the gondola beneath the Bridge of Sighs was some Mad man’s subtle reminder that life insurance, home insurance, auto insurance and health insurance only seem inert and boring until we need them. Unfortunately, the very pace

Are you ready for some football? Let’s see: Homeowners insurance for the big kickoff party? Check. NFL TV package? Check. HD home Jumbotron? Check. Signed team jersey? Check. Fantasy football insurance? Uh … check! Just as the Dom Perignon-sipping NFL team owners and general managers insure against season-ending injuries to their star players, participants in the

As the housing market continues on life support, some homeowners with hard-to-sell properties choose to move on, whether to pursue a new job, downsize or simply relocate. But it’s very risky financially to leave your home vacant unless you adjust your homeowners insurance accordingly. Your home insurance rates are usually based on you occupying your

Where am I headed this Labor Day weekend? My own backyard, that’s where. If I’m feeling lucky, I might walk the dogs around the block. Might. You want to borrow my car for the weekend? Here are the keys. I’m giving my auto insurance agent a breather. The reason for my reluctant hermit-tude? According to National

It’s not often that a standard life insurance practice triggers national outrage, given that life insurance is perhaps the most conservative and least controversial of all insurance products. But fireworks were indeed sparked by a recent Bloomberg story about a mother’s fury at the terms of her son’s $400,000 Prudential life insurance policy after the

A plan by Oklahoma lawmakers to use traffic cameras to nail motorists who drive without auto insurance slammed into a brick wall last week. The idea, proposed by Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry, had been expected to raise $50 million in its first year by snagging not only uninsured Oklahomans, but also motorists from other states