Laurie Sepulveda is a MarketWatch Guides team senior writer who specializes in writing about personal loans, home equity loans, mortgages and banking. She lives in North Carolina and has taught and ...

Did you know that you have a valuable asset that is often overlooked and may not be included in conversations regarding your financial portfolio? It's your life insurance policy. Many people are not ...

Q: Our agency sells travel insurance. We have no license to sell it, but the insurance company we use tells us that neither our company nor our staff needs one. Is that correct? The insurance company ...

“You’re worth more dead than alive!” the greedy Mr. Potter tells George Bailey in the classic film "It's a Wonderful Life," referring to Bailey’s life insurance policy. That may have been true for the ...