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The car owners who are least able to afford high auto insurance rates are getting charged the most for coverage, according to a consumer watchdog group.

After more than a decade of continuous warfare, the cost of disability compensation for wounded veterans is surging to mammoth proportions.

Thanks to a provision in the health care reform law, millions of consumers will be receiving rebates from their insurers this summer.

Shopping for long-term care coverage?

With commodity prices still rising — both gold and silver have notched sizable gains this year — your precious possessions may be due for an insurance upgrade.

If you think that deer are the cute woodland creatures of Bambi, think again. In the real world — to the extent that suburbs like mine are the real world — deer are pests.

Buying insurance is the kind of unpleasant financial task you’d like to do once and then forget about. Don’t. A lot may have changed since you last bought home or life coverage.

It’s not just the unemployed going without health insurance. Faced with soaring premiums in company-provided plans, millions of employed Americans are opting out.

1. It’s more coverage than most people need

It’s not alarmist to think that you’ll need long-term care in your lifetime. Among Americans who reach their 65th birthday, 45% will have to pay for some kind of long-term-care services, according to the actuarial firm Milliman.

You may think of private nurses as a luxury for the ultra-rich, like a butler or personal chauffeur. But hiring in-house medical care has become an increasingly viable option for regular folks too.

Some insurance decisions are easy. Take life insurance. You know you need it to replace the income your spouse and kids would lose if you died. Insurers don’t have much leeway to dispute claims for death benefits because “deceased” is a pretty definite…

Health insurance premiums in 2007 rose 6.1 percent, the lowest growth rate in eight years but still well above inflation and worker earnings, according to the latest annual survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Small business owners Gordon and Babette Brennan used to pay as much as $800 a month for health insurance. But the Jupiter, Fla. couple felt like they received little in return: Claims for ordinary pediatrician visits for their son Ryan were denied. Pr…

The devastation in Florida could happen anywhere. Here’s what you need to know about your homeowners’ insurance.

The floods and rain in the Midwest continue to cause severe problems there. We spoke with one family whose home was destroyed by a mudslide.

By now you know that you need to keep tabs on your credit history to make a good impression on lenders, landlords and employers. But did you know that your home and auto insurers are also looking?

Consumers have to be vigilant when it comes to unraveling billing mistakes.

You’ve no doubt seen those AXA Equitable commercials in which an 800-pound gorilla advises a couple nearing retirement to consider annuities as a way to guarantee income for the rest of their lives.

Earlier this week, we told you how to cut your fees. Now, how to save more money on your insurance.