from Moneywatch Personal Finance
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The number of initial claims for regular state unemployment insurance benefits rose 2,000 to 484,000 in the week ended August 7, reaching the highest level since February, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Economists polled by MarketWatch had expected a level of 463,000. [...]
from MintLife Personal Finance News & Advice
photo: Whistling In The Dark Life insurance is complicated and somewhat intimidating. The product offering names (term, whole, universal, etc.) are ambiguous. And how exactly do you measure the value of your life? Coming to grips with the simple morbid reality that if a policy is actually used your [...]
from Moneywatch Personal Finance
Looking into tuition insurance showed that for most people, this kind of coverage would be the Stupid Investment of the Week, as well as the entire academic year.
from CNN Money Personal Finance
After 20 years in health care, Priscilla Lopez craved a more creative outlet, preferably one related to fashion.
from MintLife Personal Finance News & Advice
Many people avoid buying life insurance, which is hardly surprising: they worry that it will be complicated or expensive, or that it will put them face-to-face with their own mortality (or an insurance agent; same idea). As a result, many folks who need life insurance don’t have it, and [...]
from Moneywatch Personal Finance
Jim de Jong remembers when his buddies took him bowling when he first got out of a rehabilitation hospital after suffering an accident that left him paralyzed from the waist down 34 years ago.
from Dave Ramsey News
In September of 2009 I made the mistake of obtaining a cash value life insurance policy. Of course this was before I heard of Dave Ramsey in January of this year. I listened to the insurance guy tell me how great the policy was. I ended up being roped into paying $400 [...]
from Dave Ramsey News
My husband Mark and I did FPU in our home with another couple. We tore up our cards and were commited. He was the nerd and I the free spirit.
When we got to the class on insurance I realized how little term life we had. Actually half the suggested amount. I went [...]
from Moneywatch Personal Finance
Whether your child is in good health or not, a registered nurse at school can recognize medical issues you may have missed and be a powerful advocate to ensure your school has life-saving equipment.
from CNN Money Retirement
Question: I’m 33, make about $150,000 a year and am starting from scratch to plan for retirement. A person close to me wants to sell me life insurance with a cash value feature as a way to save. Can you help me here? What do you think is my best option? –Carlos [...]