Medicare

Supplement, Advantage, and Part D plans that sit alongside federal Medicare. Enrollment windows are strict and missing one is expensive.

Medicare by state

Insurance is regulated state by state. What a policy must include, what it may exclude, and who writes it all change at the state line.

Buying guides
How to choose an insurance agent
Anyone can quote you a price. The differences that matter are who the agent represents, how they are paid, and what they write down.
Coverage explained
Auto insurance explained: what each coverage actually pays for
An auto policy is six separate coverages sold as one product. Most of them have nothing to do with your car. Here is what each one does.
Coverage explained
Homeowners insurance explained: the six parts of the policy
A home policy is six coverages, and the first one silently sets the size of three others. Here is how the structure works and where it goes wrong.
Coverage explained
Flood insurance explained
A separate policy for the peril your home policy excludes. What it covers, what it does not, and the waiting period that catches people out.

Talk to someone who has to write it down

Every agency in this directory has agreed to present an adequately protected option before a price-driven one, and to document in writing anything you decline. That is a meaningfully different conversation from the one that starts with a monthly figure.

Find a certified agent for medicare

Medicare by state

Reading on medicare

Talk to someone who has to write it down