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Insurance & Protection

Homeowners insurance now rivals the mortgage payment for 44% of owners, and nearly a quarter have been dropped since 2024

Homeowners insurance has closed the gap with the mortgage payment for a large share of American households, according to a new survey: 44% of homeowners say their premium is now large enough to rival what they pay their mortgage lender each month. A separate slice of the same survey found that 23% of homeowners nationwide […]

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Insurance & Protection

Homeowners insurance now rivals the mortgage payment for 44% of owners, and nearly a quarter have been dropped since 2024

Homeowners insurance has closed the gap with the mortgage payment for a large share of American households, according to a new survey: 44% of homeowners say their premium is now large enough to rival what they pay their mortgage lender each month. A separate slice of the same survey found that 23% of homeowners nationwide […]

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Banking & Credit Cards

Fraud & Scams

Locking your Social Security number online blocks new-account identity theft

A thief with a Social Security number and little else can open a credit card, take out a loan, or file a false tax return...

Fraud & Scams

Romance and crypto “pig-butchering” scams are the fastest-growing way thieves drain retirement savings

A stranger’s message lands out of nowhere — a wrong-number text, a dating-app match, a new follower with a friendly comment — and months later,...

Fraud & Scams

Elder-fraud losses hit roughly $7.75 billion last year, a 59% jump

Older Americans reported losing roughly $7.75 billion to fraud last year, a 59% jump over the prior year, according to the FBI’s own tally of...

Fraud & Scams

A Doxim data-breach settlement pays credit-union members up to $5,000, or $100 with no proof, by October 13

A $5.5 million settlement is now open to people notified that their personal information was exposed in a December 2023 data breach at Doxim, Inc.,...

Fraud & Scams

Federal agents caught the accused ringleader of a $250 million gold-and-cash scam that drained older Americans as he tried to flee through JFK airport

A criminal network accused of stripping more than $250 million from older Americans lost its accused top money-mover this week. Authorities caught the man investigators...

Bank Accounts & Fees

Splitting money across banks keeps every dollar under the $250,000 federal insurance limit

A single number governs how safe a bank deposit really is: $250,000. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation coverage protects checking accounts, savings accounts, money market deposit...

Retirement & Taxes

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