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MetLife Hit With $500 Million Settlement Over "Death Master" File
By Chris Morran on April 23, 2012 4:15 PM   25 Comments
The Social Security Administration's "Death Master" File sounds like something that is guarded by a specter resembling the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come, but it's really just a list of everyone who has recently moved on to another plane of existence. Regardless, the nation's largest life insurance company is now on the hook for $500 million after being accused of using the Death Master File for its own benefit while ignoring it when it could benefit others. More »

(Great Beyond)

When You Plan Out Your Will, Be Prepared To Play Favorites
By Phil Villarreal on March 7, 2012 12:15 PM   52 Comments
Life isn't fair, and neither is death. When you sit down to plan out your demise, you'll most likely find yourself picking and choosing among your descendants to give the better stuff to whom you deem to be the most worthy and competent. More »

(Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie)

What To Keep In Mind When Switching Life Insurance Policies
By Phil Villarreal on January 20, 2012 10:15 AM   14 Comments
If you have life insurance but want to switch to a more attractive policy, you could defeat the purpose of coverage by moving too quickly. Experts recommend proceeding carefully in order to make sure you don't go uninsured while waiting for the new policy to kick in. More »

Rebecca Black Friday Kohl's Ad Annoys Pretty Much Everyone
By Laura Northrup on November 23, 2011 8:00 AM   63 Comments
Congratulations to Kohl's on their early entry in the 2012 Worst Ad in America contest. Their parody version of Rebecca Black's "Friday" is just as grating as the original song, only with worse lyrics. Yes, it turns out that was possible. More »

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Determining The Right Amount Of Life Insurance
By Phil Villarreal on November 22, 2011 10:30 AM   53 Comments
If you rely on someone else's income or financially support others, the decision of whether or not to buy life insurance is easy. Determining the right amount to buy is far more difficult, requiring an alchemy of guesswork involving lost income, projected expenses and life expectancy. More »

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Bank Of America Called Grieving Widow "48 Times A Day"
By Mary Beth Quirk on September 5, 2011 1:20 PM   47 Comments
Many families who have just lost a loved one have had to deal with the unfortunate task of dealing with the debt left behind after death. One widowed woman is suing Bank of America Home Loan Servicing, saying they called her as many as 48 times a day demanding payment. More »

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Weighing Term Life Insurance Against Whole Life
By Phil Villarreal on July 31, 2011 2:43 PM   58 Comments
When it comes time to buy life insurance, you're faced with a difficult choice. Do you buy low-cost term life insurance that retains no cash value or spring for the more expensive whole life option that doubles as something like a savings account? More »

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Louis Vuitton Tattoo Sleeve Takes Brand Loyalty Too Far
By Ben Popken on January 18, 2011 1:00 PM   152 Comments
This is a picture of some cool guy who got a Louis Vuitton tattoo sleeve (that's what it's called when you have tattoos all up and down your arm and ending at your wrist, like a sleeve might). Apparently he decided he never wants to be the number one term life insurance salesman. It's a sick day when people give their bodies up for free advertising for shallow brands, hoping they'll be able to embed some of the brand's cachet into their flesh. Why doesn't anyone ever tattoo pages from Watership Down on their body, huh? More »

(Great Beyond)

How Not To Save Money On Life Insurance
By Phil Villarreal on August 30, 2010 12:15 PM   31 Comments
In Bizarro World, most of us with life insurance feel guilty for paying so little to insurance companies. Budget Life checks in with several ways to allay those feelings of inadequacy by offering some things you can do to fatten up those premiums: More »

Marital Trouble? Consider Divorce Insurance!
By Carey Alexander on August 7, 2010 12:30 PM   33 Comments
You already have home insurance, car insurance, life insurance, and maybe even health insurance—why not insure your marriage, too? For around $16 per month, a North Carolina company called SafeGuard sells "units of protection" that could be worth $1,250 if your marriage implodes in divorce. The company claims that it wants to help defray the costs associated with legal fees and finding a new home, but the insurance, called WedLock, comes with plenty of catches. More »

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It's A Buyer's Market For Burial Plots
By Chris Morran on July 22, 2010 1:15 PM   45 Comments
Sure, it's maybe a bit morbid to think about buying your cemetery plot now, when you're so young and healthy and, you know, breathing. But burial expenses are, well, expensive; that's why you see all those ads for "life insurance" advertised to old people on daytime TV. So if you're looking now to save a bit of cash for you or your loved ones' eternal resting places, you might want to consider snapping up your patch of ground now. More »

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Wait Until You're Dead To Pay For Your Funeral
By Marc Perton on May 23, 2010 12:42 PM   71 Comments
You're gonna die. Why make your family suffer even more by burdening them with the cost of your funeral? That's the pitch made by companies that try to get you to pay for your funeral years in advance. But, in most cases, you're better off putting your money into normal savings accounts or life insurance instead. More »

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Woman's $10K Mortgage Payment Vanishes Into Thin Air
By Mary Beth Quirk on May 2, 2010 3:44 PM   54 Comments
File this one under "U" for Uncool: After a woman transferred $50,000 over five days from her bank account to her mortgage lender to pay down her mortgage, somehow $10,000 of that money just... disappeared. Or so it seemed. More »

(Weston Alan)

AIG Chief Believes They'll Pay Back Bailout Billions Before Deadline
By Chris Morran on April 4, 2010 11:13 AM   19 Comments
$182.3 billion is a hefty tab to pay off, but the CEO of AIG says he feels "pretty comfortable" that his company will be able to get that all back to the government between now and the Sept. 2013 deadline. More »

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Bank Of America Only Lends You Money When You Have No Income
By Meg Marco on February 22, 2010 1:37 PM   49 Comments
Reader James writes in with a story we hear a lot lately. During the run up to the credit meltdown —Bank of America kept raising James' limit. He ran up a balance while caring for someone who eventually died — and now that he has paid off his debt, his limit has been cut. In the long run, however, he feels that he's better off without credit cards. More »

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Life Insurance Myths Debunked
By Phil Villarreal on December 22, 2009 10:15 AM   79 Comments
Canadian finance blog Financial Highway is running a a financial mythbuster series, and the latest entry tackles life insurance. More »

Personal Finance Roundup
By FMF on December 16, 2009 10:00 AM   1 Comment

Putting Santa on a Budget [Kiplinger]"Six ways to keep holiday spending on your kids under control."

Lies that could kill your life insurance [MSN Money] "Insurance applicants often fudge on issues ranging from DUIs to drug use. But it's hard to hide baldfaced lies — even though some folks go so far as shaving their heads."

5 Beloved Tax Perks With Ugly Downsides [Smart Money] "[Here] are the five largest of our 165 tax expenditures, along with their projected cost to taxpayers over the next five years. All are beloved programs, but none are beyond criticism."

Why It May Pay To Convert to a Roth IRA [The Wall Street Journal] "Some financial advisers say growing numbers of their clients are leaning toward a Roth conversion, even if they have to tap their traditional IRAs to pay the taxes."

7 Ways to Help Unemployed Friends and Family [NY Times] "Most of us who are still lucky enough to have jobs know someone in a similar spot and want to find a way to help. So what’s the right way to do it?" 

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Personal Finance Roundup
By consumerist.com on November 11, 2009 3:00 PM   2 Comments
Be a smarter charitable giver [CNN Money] "Make your charitable dollars go further by following these three strategies."   More »

USAA Online Checking & Savings Open For Non-Military
By Ben Popken on September 28, 2009 4:00 PM   83 Comments

—>If you've heard us rave about USAA's stellar financial services but grown sad when you learned that it's only available for military-members and their family, have heart: you can get still get access to some of their services like banking and checking.  More »

How To Reduce Your Insurance Premiums
By Chris Walters on September 28, 2009 2:40 PM   50 Comments

—>Kiplinger has put together a list of ways to reduce costs for auto, home, and life insurance. For auto and homeowners insurance, boosting your deductible from $250 to $1000 can lower your premiums between 15-25%. If you haven't looked at your life insurance policy in a while, don't wait any longer to shop around—rates have "dropped significantly" over the past 15 years but are now on the rise. And when calculating homeowners insurance, don't fall into the market value trap: make sure you're covering the true cost of replacing only the home and what's inside, not the value of the land.  More »

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