Home ownership may be considered one of life’s most rewarding financial achievements, but new data from the Farmers Insurance® Seasonal Smarts Digest suggests younger homebuyers may be met with a dizzying maze of potential confusion once they reach this achievement. In ...

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by Nasar. El-arabi If you have a property that you are looking to lease, chances are you have a homeowners’ insurance policy. And if you don’t, it is wise to have one in place in order to not only safeguard ...

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Dear Mr. Berko: My sister and I had a love-hate relationship with our father for the last 10 years of his life. He died last year at 69. After Mom’s death in 2006, we had good times and bad times ...

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RICHMOND, VA. – A Maryland title company has moved a step closer to recovering more than $100,000 it paid to settle a civil action brought by the Maryland’s Attorney General’s office, which accused it of participating in a scheme to ...

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RALEIGH — Republicans in the General Assembly have been hostile to the federal health care overhaul for years. Now, their leaders are convening a committee to examine the law’s effects upon North Carolina’s economy and insurance market. Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, ...

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WASHINGTON — Younger people went for President Barack Obama at election time, but will they buy his health insurance? New government figures show it’s an older, costlier crowd that’s signing up so far for health insurance under Obama’s health care ...

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Carefully read every page of every document you will have to sign at settlement (escrow), and if you do not understand something, ask. If the settlement person is not able or willing to explain, check with your attorney. In fact, if at all possible, consumers should be able to review all of the proposed documents at least one day before the final settlement takes place.

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Insurance giant MetLife Inc. plans to create 2,600 management, information-technology and other jobs in Charlotte and Cary by the end of 2015, Gov. Pat McCrory's office said Thursday.

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Property insurance companies are in the business of selling a product they don’t want anyone to actually use. Bob Freitag knows this because he used to be in the property insurance business, with Allstate.

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We purchased our home a year ago for $153,000 and put $16,000 cash down. PMI was required. I want to end the PMI as soon as possible and understand that the home equity must reach a certain point (the agent said after two years we could try to get it canceled).

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