Archive for the ‘Insurance’ Category

A $75 fire service subscription fee is a bargain

Friday, December 9th, 2011

Seriously.  If you have to subscribe to your fire department, there really is no reason not to. This method of paying for fire service in advance -- a bit like paying Triple A for their services -- has gotten recent national attention due to the aftermath of the dark side of ...

How a pharmacy worker saved us $204

Tuesday, April 26th, 2011

I was going to send this out in my newsletter as a tip of the week, but thought better of it.  It's a legitimate tip, but most spam filters don't look too kindly to e-mails with "pharmacy" and "drugs" in the content. :) My wife has been taking a particular prescription ...

Review of Questions and Answers on Life Insurance

Monday, November 1st, 2010

I was fortunate to receive an evaluation copy of Tony Steuer's Questions and Answers on Life Insurance: The Life Insurance Toolbook. This 368-page book contains just what it says it contains: 134 common questions on the topic of life insurance, along with answers in plain English. Mr. Steuer's goal was "to ...

A fire insurance rider for the really important stuff

Sunday, October 24th, 2010

I mentioned in passing a couple of weeks back that a house across the street from us burned to the ground.  I also mentioned that our family was very lazy up until that point in that we didn't have any escape plan whatsoever.  Nothing like a near miss to bring ...