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Yesterday marked the start of the nine-day San Fermin Festival in Pamplona, Spain, which is best known for the Running of the Bulls. If you’ve never seen pictures from this event, it features hordes of people who try to outrun a dozen bulls charging down a narrow Spanish street. A few hundred participants are hurt each year, and one seems to die every decade or two, though arguably the bulls suffer a worse fate. They’re destined to die at a …

My 96-year-old grandmother was just hospitalized for a few weeks with a broken hip. If you or anyone close to you has ever been hospitalized, you know that the bills can add up quickly, reaching seemingly astronomical sums. Health insurance can help relieve what would otherwise be a tremendous financial burden. Without insurance, a single catastrophic health issue could drain the rest of my grandmother’s life savings. Fortunately, she has good health insurance policies which keep that from happening. For …

As a kid, I always looked forward to Memorial Day because it signaled the start of swimming pool season. Until we were about 10 years old, my brother and I took year-round swimming lessons, but we always looked forward to that first swim of the year in an outdoor pool. Looking back, I realize that swimming lessons weren’t just intended to teach us a sport. My parents invested in swimming lessons because they realized that knowing how to swim could …

It’s spring, love is in the air and wedding season is set to start. But your dream day can easily turn into a major mess despite your best efforts. Are you prepared if the florist shop folds? If your honey lands in the hospital? If the dressmaker disappears? If the banquet hall goes bankrupt? If a military deployment causes cancellations? Fortunately, wedding insurance can help save the day or, at least, help recover your money if problems pop up. With …

When spring arrives, the news seems filled stories about weather-related natural disasters. Strong winds fueled wildfires in Southern California. Severe storms caused damage in Illinois last week. Parts of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana and Minnesota have been recently declared federal disaster areas. On June 1, the Atlantic hurricane season officially begins. Whether you own or rent your home, consider buying insurance that covers your property if a natural disaster strikes. If you already have property insurance, review it to …