FREETOWN — The town is looking to cut costs while still providing employees with a good benefits package, a goal that may result in the hiring of an insurance consultant.

State Farm General Insurance Co., California's largest home insurer, has filed a request for an average 6.9 percent rate increase with the California Department of Insurance.

CHICAGO -- Most Americans have auto insurance, health insurance, dental insurance, homeowners or renters insurance, life insurance, maybe disability insurance.

Insurance for mobile homes will rise an average of 3.2 percent statewide, the first increase in 26 years. The rate hike, which goes into effect Dec. 1, varies widely depending on where the mobile home is located. The new rates cover manufactured homes of

A former radio reporter gave his wife a lethal dose of antifreeze, then delayed taking her to a hospital for 10 hours because he wanted to collect $250,000 in life insurance money, a prosecutor told a jury Monday as James Keown's murder trial began.