Two MetLife companion studies released last week found that experiencing a critical illness, such as cancer, a heart attack or stroke, can reduce a family's income by more than $12,000 in the first year alone -- even with medical coverage ... [full story]

Property-and-casualty insurance companies are seeing leaner profits because of recently high catastrophe losses, but they continue to have solid capital positions, Moody's Investors Service said Monday. Moody's said second-quarter profits for publicly traded P&C insurers were generally ... [full story]