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Life. Health. Disaster. Renter. Auto. Homeowner. The sheer number of insurance options available can be overwhelming. Which do you need? Which should you skip? Are there military-only deals out there? Find out answers to those questions and more here.
  • Can you master disaster?
    Imagine a disaster like Hurricane Katrina. Now figure out all the ways something like that could affect you. Your home; your car; even your life -- all could be in harm's way.
  • SGLI basics: What you need to know
    Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance provides term life insurance to service members and makes payments to their beneficiaries. Military personnel are automatically covered for $400,000, at a...
  • Long-term care meets daily needs
    Health insurance covers a lot of things, but don't count on it if you find yourself needing long-term care at home or a nursing home.
  • Update your home inventory before loss
    A disaster doesn't have to be on the scale of Hurricane Katrina to make you wonder whether your homeowner's policy will fix your roof or even rebuild your house.
  • Payments ease burden for injured troops
    When Ed Salau got his traumatic injury insurance payment of $50,000 in late December 2005, the first thing he did was pay off his credit card debt. After he lost his left leg in Iraq in November...
  • Renter's policies protect against damage, crime
    While you may not own a house, you do own a home -- all those furnishings and personal belongings that make up your life's possessions.
  • Troops get auto rate breaks
    Serving in the military is a little like being left-handed. It seems that many products and services are created first for the civilian world, then tweaked for the military as an afterthought.
  • Contact info
    For more information on insurance benefits available to military members, check with these groups:
  • Survivors’ struggle
    Lillian Rentschler has a message for service members deploying to war: Make sure your young children will be cared for if you die.

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