Burdened by debt and driving home from a night of gambling in West Virginia, Sergio Lopez launched a scheme that at the time must have seemed like a good idea. He pulled his Volkswagen Jetta up to a random corner in Silver Spring, doused the interior with gasoline, set it on fire and walked away. [...]

Few insurance companies pick up the tab, so patients themselves decide where to spend their considerable money, and they do this largely based on a clinic
’s success rate. As a result, many doctors try to game the system, producing high “live birth” success rates by cherry-picking patients. Lesbians, the disabled, and older women are often [...]

(Reuters) - Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC) might have to borrow money from the Treasury Department to see it through an expected wave of bank failures, the Wall Street Journal reported. The borrowing could be needed to cover short-term…
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Many people don’t bother to insure the contents of their home, thinking that they are not worth all that much. What you should consider is the cost of replacing all your stuff should you lose it in a fire or if it was stolen. While it may not have seemed to cost much when you [...]

It is always important to look at how things came to be, so that you can make a good decision about which of the things are going to be right for you and which of them might not be the best for you. When you are looking at whole life insurance, it is important to [...]

As you have life insurance, you might discover that as the years go on, the life insurance policies will change for you, and you’ll be covered in different ways. If you are lucky enough to be able to afford a life insurance policy when you are younger, you will probably not think very much about [...]

On July 25, 2008, First National Bank of Nevada, Reno, NV, was closed by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). Subsequently, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was named Receiver. No advance notice is given to the public when a financial institution is closed.
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Balderrama faxed a letter to her mortgage company at 2:30 p.m., telling them that “by the time they foreclosed on the house today she’d be dead.”
The mortgage company notified police, who found her body at 3:30 p.m.
She left a note for her family saying “take the [life] insurance money and pay for the house.” Sadly, [...]

Balderrama faxed a letter to her mortgage company at 2:30 p.m., telling them that “by the time they foreclosed on the house today she’d be dead.”
The mortgage company notified police, who found her body at 3:30 p.m.
She left a note for her family saying “take the [life] insurance money and pay for the house.” Sadly, [...]