Archives for Insurance
Walmart Same-Sex Spouse benefits Class Action
Walmart agreed to settle a class action lawsuit alleging it discriminated against employees who were married to a spouse of the same sex by not allowing the spouse to enroll…
Health Care: Socialized Medicine
Being a Canadian in America I have been asked several times about what I think of President Obama's health care reform since it will in a way model Canada's socialized…
Vlog: How To Buy Life Insurance
So while we look for a new vlogger to take over where Clint left off, here is a video about how to buy life insurance from my new favorite how-to…
Are You Willing To Pay For Someone Else’s Health Insurance?
Are you like one of the reasons I went back to work after retiring was to acquire health insurance. I'm a long way from Medicare. Or do you work at…
Death Of An Emergency Fund…
and some thoughts on extended warranties and insurance. Well my emergency fund has just been luckily, somehow, I wasn't! Background: On the way home from work Sunday morning, May 31st…
Going to the Emergency Room with No Health Insurance
I started reading a lot of money blogs after an unfortunate bicycle injury. I remember lying in the middle of an intersection thinking "I don't want to move". It was…
Should You Purchase Renters’ Insurance?
Last week we got some very bad news: our friends' home had been burglarized and over $34,000 worth of computer equipment was stolen. Fortunately our friends had renters' insurance, although…
Is your manbag insured?
Oh! Can I here the snickers and giggles now. Let's start with a definition of a "manbag." You can find several at or Wikipedia but the gist of it is…
Insurance as Foundation for Fiscal Fitness – Part 3
I know you are probably thinking 'œenough about insurance already' so I'll try to make this one brief or at least combine two topics into one post. Most people know…
Insurance as Foundation for Fiscal Fitness – Part 2
Let's talk about life. Insurance that is. The primary historical function of life insurance has been the support of dependents in the event the main breadwinner of a family passes…