American motorists are spending less on fuel than a year ago, but any savings are likely being gobbled up by soaring car insurance premiums. Although prices at the pump in December were nearly 2% lower than a year ago, auto insurance rates jumped 20% over the same period, Labor Department...
Several chains owning more than 100 Florida nursing homes have gone bankrupt and left the state in the past two years. The reason: They overexpanded during the past decade, then couldn't pay their debts after cuts in funding from the federal Medicare program.Mattson, Marcia...
However, many insurance companies in Florida are leaving the state entirely. Others are choosing to significantly raise rates, limit coverage and even cancel policies. For example, in July 2023,AAA announcedit would no longer be renewing some policies with home, auto and umbrella b...
"It is much more expensive to live here than any place I’ve ever lived. Insurance is higher, housing is higher, food costs more," Mensch says. "So obviously, there is a large portion of our population that lives paycheck to paycheck, and those folks are the ones that are rea...
Mortgage rates are high, house prices have been rising again and saving for a deposit has become increasingly difficult for many. So what is the process of buying and selling a home really like in 2025? Over the course of this year, we're finding out with two people, a buyer and a se...
her grandkids and even gave full-time retirement a try. But she soon realized her Social Security checks, which were smaller than her peers' due to time she spent out of the workforce while raising children, wouldn't be enough to cover travel or rising insurance costs on top of basic ...
In a survey of 9,000 people, Which? found that eight in 10 said they felt their medical conditions had affected the cost of their premiums. One respondent told Which? that "reasonable premiums are difficult to find", while another found obtaining affordable insurance "almos...
“While Delaware is a pricier state to live in, the state’s high-quality health care, light tax burden, affordable homeowners’ insurance and good weather propelled it to the top spot this year,” says Gailey. “Delaware also scored well in diversity, wellness, and culture, and has a hig...
Bitcoin was mysteriously launched by Satoshi Nakamoto — a pseudonym for a person or group — marking the beginning of blockchain technology. What are the drawbacks to blockchain? Blockchain is still plagued by a number of challenges, with some of the main issues being transaction bottlenecks, ...
They are unions, minimum wages, employer and firm loyalty, global competitiveness, full employment, the robust creation of quality jobs, safety nets, and social insurance, all of which are discussed in the following pages. The belief that growth should be fairly distributed, that the bakers ...