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The truth behind long-term care insurance
16 Jul
3:19

The truth behind long-term care insurance

July 06, 2018 Share this content: The truth behind long-term care insurance EDITOR’S NOTE: This article has been slightly modified from its original version. For some, long-term care insurance has long been viewed, despite all evidence to the contrary, as […]

16 Jul
3:19

Trump’s Push For More Basic Insurance Plans Could Equal Big Changes For California Health Care

The Trump administration has been pushing for the return of short-term health plans and association health plans, two types of coverage that are exempt from Affordable Care Act requirements and could offer an affordable alternative to consumers who feel priced out of the Obamacare marketplace. But some California advocates say […]

Money Matters: How much term life insurance should you buy?
16 Jul
3:19

Money Matters: How much term life insurance should you buy?

Advice offered by Marc Hebert, president of The Harbor Group Inc., a certified financial planner. If you have any questions about finance or if you’d like to suggest a future topic, email webstaff@wmur.com. It might be time to reduce your expenses. Perhaps you need to save money for other goals, […]

Invest for retirement or save for college? What your child should do with summer earnings.
16 Jul
3:19

Invest for retirement or save for college? What your child should do with summer earnings.

iStock (Kikovic/iStock) In the fall, all three of my children will be in college. My husband and I have made a deal with them all. We saved to cover tuition, room and board. But they have to cover their books and personal expenses with their summer earnings. [Their money, their […]

Diabetes sufferers no longer face ‘life insurance lottery’
16 Jul
3:19

Diabetes sufferers no longer face ‘life insurance lottery’

People living with diabetes can, for the first time, buy life insurance knowing that their premiums will never go up and can go down.  That is the claim made by Royal London, regarding its new Diabetes Life Cover, which it says is “the first in the market to offer capped […]

Dave Says: Finding life insurance after cancer diagnosis
16 Jul
3:19

Dave Says: Finding life insurance after cancer diagnosis

Dear Dave, I started looking at life insurance policies after my wife and I had our daughter. During the screening process, I found out I had testicular cancer. I went through treatments, and the doctors have officially declared me to be in remission. Still, I can’t find a life insurance […]

Blaneys Ontario Court of Appeal Summaries
16 Jul
3:18

Blaneys Ontario Court of Appeal Summaries

The following are our summaries of this week’s civil decisions of the Ontario Court of Appeal. In Yip v HSBC Holdings plc, the Court of Appeal upheld the stay of a US$7 billion class action claim for secondary securities market misrepresentation on jurisdictional grounds. The securities at issue were bought […]

Prediction: Self-Driving Car Manufacturers Will Own The Car Insurance Business
16 Jul
3:18

Prediction: Self-Driving Car Manufacturers Will Own The Car Insurance Business

Shutterstock Can you picture the day when your car insurance bill drops every month? This could very well happen as self-driving car manufacturers (SDCMs) take over the car insurance business. As it turns out, SDCMs have several powerful incentives to do so. Their primary motivation is to remove an adoption […]

Why gender-based car insurance is preferable to a black box spy
16 Jul
3:18

Why gender-based car insurance is preferable to a black box spy

Patrick Jenkins July 9, 2018 Print this page For the first time since the 2016 referendum, I’m sensing the faint glint of a silver lining to the UK’s looming exit from the EU. Alongside the vital issue of market access for goods and services, the rules governing gender-based car insurance […]

GPs cause the most accidents: how your job affects your car insurance
16 Jul
3:18

GPs cause the most accidents: how your job affects your car insurance

GPs have been named the most accident-prone profession for the fifth year in a row, with a study by GoCompare finding that doctors are most likely to make an at-fault claim on their car insurance. We explain which professions attract the highest rate of car insurance claims, and what you […]

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