Storm Insurance

How to prepare your home and finances from summer storms.

How to Get Insurance Companies to Pay Your Claims

When your company drags its feet, use these tactics to help you claim your cash.

11 Tips to Be a Better Saver

Start early, set goals and follow these other steps to build up your cash reserves.

Tax Planning for Divorce

If you're going through a divorce, taxes may be the last thing on your mind, so we’re here to help.

Prepare for the Financial Impact of Alzheimer's

Even in the early stages of dementia, financial skills can be diminished. These steps can help protect you or a loved one -- and a retirement nest egg.

Escape the Debt Trap

If your loans are holding you back—or you simply want to chip away at what you owe—try these strategies.

The Most Frequently Asked Personal-Finance Questions of 2011

Kim Lankford rounds up her advice on identity theft, credit scores, and other topics that readers needed help with in 2011.

Preventing the Crime of the 21st Century

A group of national organizations is coming together November 10 to provide information and advice to callers about financial abuse of the elderly.

5 Ways for the Sandwich Generation to Help Their Kids

Protect Yourself, Loved Ones From Financial Abuse of the Elderly

Today’s volatile stock market and near-zero interest rates on savings can make desperate older investors even more vulner­able to scams.

5 Choices for Changing Your Name After Marriage

Since a lot's in a name, make your move wisely.

A To-Do List for the Surviving Spouse

This checklist can help widows and widowers figure out which tasks to address early on, and which ones can wait.

Better Deals on Disability Insurance

After an industry shakeout, it’s easier to find policies that are affordable and flexible.

Amend Your Tax Return

Generally, you have up to three years after the date you filed your original return to get a refund.

Is It Right to Up the Ante for Our Adoption?

Large payments to a birth mother? Something's not right.

The Dark Side of Student Debt

Defaulting on your loans can ruin your financial life. We show you how to repair the damage.

Managing Your Parents' Money

Find out as much as you can about your parents' finances now so that you're prepared to step in later if necessary.

Doing Good Works, Not Paperwork

Former bank executive Herb Knoll of The Villages, Florida, started Michelle's Angels to keep his wife's spirit alive. But now he's running into government red tape.

The Financial Toll of Alzheimer's Disease

If a loved one is diagnosed with Alzheimer's, move quickly to get finances and estate plans in order.

Be Prepared for an Emergency

Follow these seven steps to protect yourself and your finances if disaster strikes.

Should You Wed for Money Rather Than Love?

Mutual love is the ideal, but material security has also been a marital motivation since the beginning of time.

Ethical Dilemmas

In several years of writing "Money & Ethics," I've learned ethical conduct is often in the eye of the beholder.

Divorce and Your Money

Take these steps to avoid financial disaster.

Nine Easy Numbers Away From ID Theft

The Social Security code is a cinch for hackers to crack.

Say No to This Lawyer's Shakedown

Resist the temptation to sue just to win a quick settlement.

Handling Divorce and Taxes

Kiplinger editorial director Kevin McCormally and fellow tax experts Peter Blank and Mary Beth Franklin tackle your most pressing tax challenges.

Treat Terminated Employees With Respect

How you manage layoffs sends a clear message to remaining employees about how the company views them and how they will be treated in the future.

How a Layoff Led to His Dream Job

The financial meltdown cost Matthew Tuck his position at Lloyds TSB Bank in New York City. But he managed to get back on his feet -- twice.

The Year in Review

Kim Lankford reflects on the questions she received -- and advice she gave -- throughout 2009.

Ease the Pain of a Pay Cut

Offset lost income and put a furlough to good use.

By Tina E. Korbe

Health-Care Subsidy for the Unemployed

Get extra help with COBRA coverage.

Secrets to Marital and Money Bliss

Yes, love and money really CAN mix. Use these practical techniques to cool off even the hottest financial issues.

Tax Liabilties for Foreclosure

Kiplinger editorial director Kevin McCormally and fellow tax experts Peter Blank and Mary Beth Franklin tackle your most pressing tax challenges.

What You Need to Know About Unemployment Benefits

Here's how you qualify and start collecting checks.

Job-Loss Survival Guide

Whether you've already lost your job or are waiting for the ax to fall, we have the advice you need to recover.

Handling Debt After a Divorce

Don't rely on a former spouse to pay a loan that's in both of your names -- your credit report will suffer if he or she is delinquent.

Divorce and the FAFSA

The federal college aid formula considers only the finances of the custodial parent.

Divorce and Dependents: Who Claims the Kids?

It can get messy if both parents try to claim the dependency exemption.

Kids and Divorce

Divorced parents must communicate and work together to raise financially responsible children.