MOST people wouldn't buy a $20,000 car without insurance to guard against loss or damage; why do travelers leave home without protecting a $10,000 family vacation?

Auto and homeowners insurance premiums are rising in Kansas, with several of the biggest companies asking for -- and getting -- rate increases since the first of the year. The Eagle on Friday obtained rate revisions granted by the Kansas Insurance Depart

When Shakespeare observed, "What fools these mortals be," he easily could have been referring to our tendency to buy unnecessary or downright useless insurance.

At least one county employee is extremely happy that he has decent health insurance. Undersheriff Scott Wooters late last month suffered a injury at home that kept him out of work for several weeks and will keep him in a wheelchair for several weeks more.

Nearly 50,000 Texans who bought prepaid funeral insurance benefits plans from two troubled companies won't have to worry about covering the cost of their final rest, according to state regulators.