Shopping around for a cheaper quote saves drivers an average of £58, according to Which?. Around 60% of motorists benefit from looking before they leap and other tips to trim your premium include increasing your voluntary excess – a costly gamble if you come a cropper – or telling your insurer [ Read More → ]

Workers are paying a larger portion of their health insurance costs as businesses shift more of the burden to their employees to help ride out the economic downturn, an annual study shows. The average employee contribution toward premiums for family coverage climbed 14 percent this year to nearly $4,000, according to [ Read More → ]

If you’re planning on going to warmer climbs this summer, take note – new guidance from Direct Line suggests that paying for medical care abroad is becoming more expensive, meaning that cutting back on insurance cover could turn out to be a false economy. The European Health Insurance Card (EHIC), formally [ Read More → ]

Back in 2008, a South Florida financial executive found himself firing each of the 70 employees reporting to him. Then, he, too, became a casualty of the crumbling economy. The executive asked for some anonymity in exchange for his honest account of what followed. Sweating through an unfriendly job market, he [ Read More → ]

As you help pack up the minifridge, laptop and extra-long twin sheets for your college freshman, you might consider a few other last-minute chores: • Scour your health-insurance coverage for loopholes. • Reread your homeowner’s insurance policy. • Call your lawyer.Sending a child off to college for the first time is wrenching enough, [ Read More → ]

Nearly two-thirds of British drivers (64%) admit to having engaged in some form of potentially dangerous activity whilst driving in the last month, according to new research from Sainsbury’s Car Insurance. Eating and drinking whilst driving is the most prevalent dangerous habit, with 38% of motorists questioned admitting to having done [ Read More → ]

WASHINGTON — Prospects are bleak for fixing Social Security’s financial problems as the government retirement insurance program celebrates its 75th anniversary this week. Many Democrats adamantly oppose any cut in benefits to reduce cost and some won’t accept a gradual increase in the retirement age, something that was done in the [ Read More → ]

AMSTERDAM — , the Dutch bank and insurance company, Wednesday reported a sharp rise in second quarter earnings, mostly because it avoided some of the losses it made a year ago on stocks, bonds, and real estate-related investments. Net profit was euro1.09 billion ($1.44 billion), up from euro79 million in the [ Read More → ]

WASHINGTON - The health insurance industry has won a concession from the Obama administration on insurance coverage for children. The Health and Human Services Department said Wednesday that insurers can set limited sign-up periods for a new kind of guaranteed coverage that is available to children regardless of medical problems. Insurers were [ Read More → ]

Here’s how some major bills fared recently in Congress and how local congressional members voted, as provided by Thomas Voting Reports. The District’s congressional delegate is not permitted to vote on final passage of legislation. “NV” means “not voting.” House votes National flood insurance For: 329/Against: 90The House of Representatives sent the Senate [ Read More → ]