Sometimes I am asked when is too early to start preparing for retirement.The answer is it is never too early.Many Americans do not save enough to have the type of retirement they dream about. Baby Boomers are the first generation in modern times that are responsible for their own success.The ...
After my last column, a customer of mine asked how life insurance works. I asked what he meant and he said, “I understand term life insurance. Ninety percent of the policies never pay a benefit, so the insurance company gets to keep all those premiums and only pay the beneficiaries of the 10% ...
One of my clients had his property and casualty insurance with the same company for almost 30 years. They insured his house, both cars and other personal property.Something this year gave him an idea to check prices for coverage with a different insurance agent. He was shocked to find out he ...
Walking into a Monongahela pharmacy Saturday was a perfect prescription for one Pennsylvania Lottery customer.The person, whose identity was not released by the Pennsylvania Lottery, left Span & Taylor Drug Co. with a Match 6 Lotto ticket worth $740,000 from the drawing that ...
What if we were no longer afraid? What if the ogre in the dark turned out to be a friend in the light? What if we were no longer afraid of a word?What if we researched the science and technology behind the word fracking, and it turns out to be no scarier than butter? Fracking isn’t scary. It ...
Ginny Favede is the 13th president of Wheeling University.The university’s board of trustees announced her appointment Monday afternoon. She succeeds Michael P. Mihalyo Jr.Favede had been elected chair of the trustees in July. The board, according to a news release from the university, ...
