Occupation: Journalist Birth: April 20, 1947
The life insurance policies advertised on the radio with the line "You cannot be turned down for this coverage!" are actually saying, "For policies t….
Having no national system of catastrophic health insurance, we have, through the courts, managed to patch together pieces of a not very satisfactory ….
People don't need to find reasons to justify their not giving. What they need to find is the inspiration to give. And those who don't, but could affo….
There's no such thing as altruism..
It's very nice to be able to be who you are..
No wonder lawyers, who control the legal system, have fought so hard, and with great success, against "no fault" insurance. No fault, no lawsuits. No….
The first American insurance company was the Friendly Society for the Mutual Insurance of Houses Against Fire, founded in Charles Town in South Carol….
The best thing I have are 5 percent bonds from 1780, denominated from $1 to $20. As far as I can tell, they are obligations from the United States of….
I think a lot of people would rather have more control over their life than less..
The life insurance industry is filled with good people who believe in their work and their companies, but who may never have challenged the assumptio….
In short: Readily available low-cost life insurance would be a threat to the industry, and whatever threatens the life insurance industry threatens A….
Still, most people don't have much money. So finding ways to come out a couple of thousand dollars ahead every year still matters..
You want 21 percent risk free? Pay off your credit cards..
But successful investors tend to be not too self-destructive. They tend to be patient, they tend not to follow the crowd, and they tend not to be too….
Rule of thumb: The more trimmings an insurance plan has and the harder someone is pitching it, the faster you should run..
There were no jobs created in America from 1945, when the war ended, through 2003. How could there be? Taxes were too high. Preposterously so under E….
There's no question young drivers have far more accidents than older ones - but is it our aim to keep them off the roads? Or to allow only rich young….
There are only two things as complicated as insurance accounting and I have no idea what they are..
The industry cannot long offer unneeded or overpriced insurance if people will not buy it..
What kind of bank gives back 65 percent-often less-of what you deposit? Indeed, when you compare the services of a bank and an insurance company, com….
Hay fever suffers tend to be above average in intelligence..