Porch Pirates, Insurance, And Are Those Exploding Packages Legal? By Jorge Alexandria - January 25, 2026   Online shopping has made it easy for everyone to get pretty much anything delivered right to their doors, often in two days or less. Unfortunately, some people see those packages on your doorstep as an opportunity to score free stuff. And yes—I’ve had porch pirates steal from me as well and it’s infuriating and sad. People work hard, order something they need or love, and before they even get home it’s gone. It’s personal, invasive, and enraging. But there is insurance for that. Read More

For Halloween: A Ghostly Tale of Greed, Double Indemnity Policies, and the Gallows. By Jorge Alexandria - October 25, 2025 This is the season when the macabre, insurance, and entertainment meet. In keeping with that spirit, this is a tale that starts with a dead, beautiful, young, blonde manicurist.  There’s a pair of double indemnity life insurance policies. And a philandering husband. While this story may read like fiction, none of it is made up.  This makes it all the scarier.  It was August 5, 1935 when 27-year-old Mary Busch James turned up dead — apparently drowned in the fishpond behind her La Crescenta home. Investigators surmised it was an accident believing she had gazed into the water when she suffered a “fainting spell” and fell forward, bashing her head on the concrete water basin on the way down. Read More

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