It’s a buyer’s market for real estate, no question. But if you’re getting ready to take advantages of low sale prices and interest rates, be prepared. You might have to pay some inflated closing costs.

Coastal residents need to take precautions, review policies Tropical Storm Arlene, the first named storm of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season, made landfall in Mexico on the last day of June. It meant little to …Continue »

A New York insurance broker like Gotham can guide you to the policy you need If you’ve lived in NYC for a while and have some money, the French term pied-á-terre may be familiar. It …Continue »

Per-claim costs for lightning damage jump more than 80% since 2004 We’re getting deep into summer, when rumbling thunderstorms rise from sticky afternoons, dumping buckets of rain and cracking with bolts of lightning that pose …Continue »