After peaking in 1971, the percentage of families covered by life insurance has dropped steadily, from a high of 85.4% to 59.4% in 2019. Financial experts say life insurance is still a “huge need.” So why don’t […]

People buy insurance to protect themselves and their families from financial risk, especially risks that are too big to cover with savings, like car accidents, house fires, or death. When times are tough, you’d expect people to […]

  While end-of-life planning requires many important decisions, one thing you may not consider is whether you’re in the right city. Where you spend your last days can make a difference in your own quality […]

Many people experienced home insurance rate increases of hundreds or even thousands of dollars in 2022. Inflated construction costs were a big factor, but homeowners in disaster-prone states such as Florida and California had it even worse than most […]

Auto insurance premiums declined in states that legalized medical cannabis, according to a study published in Health Economics. Legal cannabis is often portrayed as a negative when it comes to automobile safety, but authors Cameron Ellis, Martin […]

Some insurance companies have stopped covering certain Hyundai and Kia models, an unprecedented response to high theft rates for those cars.  The Highway Loss Data Institute says the frequently stolen vehicles lack passive immobilizers, which […]

Health care has become increasingly unaffordable for people who get insurance through their employers in recent years, especially women, according to research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.  Since 2016, self-reported unaffordability among women has […]

Expanding Medicaid coverage may have led to better cancer survival rates among young adults, according to new research published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.  The study finds that states that expanded Medicaid to cover most […]

Raising a child can cost more than $12,000 a year, [1] but many Americans in the “sandwich generation” expect to financially support their parent(s) as well.  Roughly two out of three members of the sandwich generation (66%) […]

Over the last six years, psychedelic drugs have gained increasing acceptance in the medical and legal realms as legitimate treatments for mental health conditions like depression and chronic pain. Colorado recently decriminalized psilocybin (a psychedelic […]