Discover how captive insurance companies help parent firms manage unique risks, offer tax advantages, and control costs.

Learn how mutual insurance companies operate, their investment strategies, and how profits benefit policyholders. Explore the differences with stock insurance firms.

Health insurance is confusing. There are premiums and deductibles; EPOs and PPOs; HMOS and HDHPs. To bring some clarity to ...

There is an old joke that nobody sets out to work in the insurance industry. You start out doing something else, maybe dabble in something related to insurance by accident and end up getting sucked in ...

Amy Danise is the staff Senior Insurance Editor for Buy Side. She has helped consumers understand insurance for more than two decades. Certain types of car insurance are required by almost all states, ...

Workers’ compensation insurance provides cash payments and medical benefits for employees after work-related injuries or illnesses.

Remember taxis? Those cars out there, some of them a distinctive yellow with a black-checkered strip along each side, that pulled up when you yelled, “Hey, taxi!” You’d pop in, carefree as can be to ...

Short-term medical disability insurance replaces a portion of your income if you are temporarily unable to work after a qualifying temporary illness or injury. Eligibility and coverage depend on your ...

Amy Danise is the staff Senior Insurance Editor for Buy Side. She has helped consumers understand insurance for more than two decades. Pet insurance can cover a wide range of problems, including ...

An unexpected veterinary visit can cost two arms and a paw. For an unprepared pet owner, there can be a struggle on how to ...