Les Masterson is a deputy editor and insurance analyst at Forbes Advisor. He has been a journalist, reporter, editor and content creator for more than 25 years. He has covered insurance for a decade, ...

Robin has worked as a credit cards, editor and spokesperson for over a decade. Prior to Forbes Advisor, she also covered credit cards and related content for other national web publications including ...

Pay continues to grow for workers across the UK – but have you ever looked at yours and wondered how it compares to your peers? The median monthly pay for employees before tax is £2,626 (May 2026), ...

Men typically retire at 65, women at 63, with little change over 60 years. Fewer people plan to never retire, from 19% in 2020 to 10% in 2025. Most Americans worry about saving enough for retirement.

How big is your pension pot versus other people? Everyone’s route to retirement is different. But it can be helpful to know roughly where your pension savings are compared to people of a similar age, ...

Jeanette Beebe is an experienced journalist, fact-checker, and audio producer covering personal finance, retirement, science, business, medicine, technology, and the arts. Her reporting has appeared ...

Car insurance rates are expected to increase by 12.6% across the U.S. in 2024, thanks to rising repair costs and frequent severe weather. That's an even bigger jump than 2023, when rates rose 11.2%.

Agreed value car insurance is a policy where you and the insurer agree on the value of the covered vehicle. The item is guaranteed to be insured up to that fixed amount if you need to make a claim.

Over the past 12 months, large-value stocks and the broader market have traded the lead in their performance race several times. The Morningstar US Market Index has outperformed the Morningstar US ...

Average Social Security benefit is $1,935; Retired workers specifically get $2,028 monthly. Benefits are calculated using a beneficiary's 35 highest-earning years and inflation adjustments. Delaying ...

The average tax refund is more than $3,100 so far this tax-filing season, which is more than it was at this time last year. The IRS issues most refunds within 21 days if you file your tax return ...