Our Chicago winter this year has been a lot less like a Midwest winter–the snow storms have been few and far between.  A few weeks ago we finally got hammered by a storm that dumped 10 inches over the city.  At the height of the snow storm I had to pick up my son from [...]

The Following is brought to you by: Suncorp. While child life insurance is often written off as a huge waste of financial resources for a family, with no chance of any kind of return on their investment, there are definitely some options that have been crafted as smart buys for parents. Most of these options [...]

Life insurance can be pretty hard on the wallet. In fact, many people forego getting life insurance altogether because they think it costs too much. My response to that – “B.S.!” A recent study by LIMRA proved this showing that consumers overestimate the actual cost of life insurance by 3 times. If you are healthy, [...]

One of the things that I’ve learned a little bit about since we bought our house, was something that I didn’t have a clue about when we first started looking.  Heck, I didn’t even have a clue about it after we bought out house.  Mortgage insurance was just something that the mortgage officer told us [...]

The following post is sponsored by Swiftcover car insurance Car insurance, like most insurances, can seem complicated.  Deciding just how much car insurance coverage you need is the biggest hurdle.  Of course, it’s easy to select the coverage that meets the requirements of your state and the lien holder (of you owe on a loan [...]

If you recently bought your first home let me congratulate you. This is possibly the very best time to buy real estate that you’ll ever see in your lifetime. You made a smart move. And because you are a smart real estate investor, I know you’ll be interested in taking advantage of the following 3 [...]

Occasionally, there comes a time when you have to take a look at your personal finances and do a little personal finance reassessment.  While the need may arise to do a complete overhaul once in a while, a simple reassessment can usually suffice.  All it takes is a little attention, and some dedicated time to [...]

Much like the Roth IRA movement that I participated in a while back, Jeff from Good Financial Cents is spearheading a Life Insurance movement today.  The movement is designed to help educate people on the different types of life insurance, the ways to go about getting life insurance, and on how life insurance works, in [...]

Over the years, it has become increasingly more common for people to rent cars or to drive abroad when they are going on holiday. With the increase in people driving vehicles abroad, there is also the inevitable increase in road traffic accidents. If you are involved in a road traffic accident abroad that was not [...]

With set insurance packages dominating the financial world, it is refreshing to find a company who will tailor your protection to suit the needs of your business. Hiscox insurance UK works hand in hand with small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to ensure they sign up for an insurance package that fits their requirements. Making the [...]