Consider your humble washing machine: According to the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS), washing-machine failures cost an average of more than $5,000, and faulty hoses are responsible for more than half of those failures. You can take steps to defuse these ticking time bombs — or at leastRead More

The smartest way to protect yourself from identity theft is to prevent it from happening to you.. see (Phishing article).  However, if your identity is stolen, you’ll be able to lessen problems by acting quickly. Call your credit card companies immediately. Explain what happened, and ask where to send aRead More

Do you need rental car insurance?  You’ve probably been at the rental-car counter, listening to the representative ask if you want to purchase the company’s insurance.  And the thoughts start racing through your head. “Is this a rip-off? Doesn’t my regular auto policy cover me?  What about my credit card?Read More

Price of Freedom 56 Men Who Signed Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence? They gave us a free and independent America. The history books never told you a lot of what happened in the Revolutionary War. We didn’t just fightRead More