Thinking about buying life insurance, talking about buying life insurance, discussing the reasons for buying life insurance -- all of this makes many people feel uncomfortable. Here are just some of the reasons why you may be putting off buying ... [full story]

A third insurance company will offer lower premiums to Mississippi policyholders, indicating the continued stabilization of a shaky post-Hurricane Katrina market, Insurance Commissioner George Dale announced Monday. Dale approved rate reductions for Mississippi Farm Bureau Casualty Company. The company will decrease ... [full story]

Car insurance for dogs and cats? No, they're not being trained to drive. An insurer named Progressive wants to protect pets from stupid human tricks at the wheel. Progressive is believed to be the first auto insurer promising ... [full story]

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Huntington Bank has been named the winner of five Excellence Awards for business banking customer satisfaction and various product capabilities, based on results of the 2007 Greenwich Associates' Business Banking Study. Specifically, Huntington was ... [full story]

New census data showing that the number of uninsured U.S. residents increased by 2.2 million in 2006 to 47 million "undoubtedly deserves the attention it is getting," but the "increasing size of the uninsured population is only a symptom of ... [full story]

MEXICO CITY -(Dow Jones)- Mexico's pension fund regulator Consar said Monday that the majority of the country's pension fund companies, known as Afores, have requested approval to boost their exposure to equities. Nineteen of the country's 21 Afores have asked ... [full story]

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Karen Vigil, a senior executive with more than twenty years of experience in the healthcare industry, has been appointed senior vice president and chief executive officer of Blue Shield of California's Individual, Small Group, ... [full story]

Using a home equity line of credit, David Casey and his wife Joyce made some much-needed improvements around their house. New carpet. Updated plumbing. But the credit line's interest kept jumping, pushing their monthly payment to nearly $1,000 from $600. ... [full story]