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Direct to Borrowers: Title Insurance for Sale Online (Washington Post)

In the midst of the worst financial crisis since the 1930s, one that originated in the home mortgage market, it is nice to be able to report some good news. EnTitle Direct Insurance is now selling title insurance directly to borrowers online, with premiums that it claims undercut existing insurers by about 35 percent.

Insurance on Lehman Debt Is the Industry?s Next Test (New York Times)

Sellers of insurance on bonds issued by Lehman Brothers are now likely to face demands that they pay out more than 91 cents on the dollar to buyers of those insurance contracts.

Look for insurance costs on your credit card bills (Toronto Star)

You could be paying for insurance you didn't know you had on your credit card balance. Usually sold by telemarketers, the insurance has a small monthly fee. It's easy to miss.

Know the facts on new increases in deposit insurance limits (The Indianapolis Star)

Everywhere I go I can feel the tension. An elderly couple wrote the following: "Can you help us understand the limits on insurance for CDs, money market accounts, and checking accounts in banks, savings and loans, and credit unions?"

Fidelity, Vanguard join money-fund insurance plan (Seattle Times)

Fidelity Investments have joined the U.S. Treasury's emergency insurance program for money-market mutual funds, pushing the participation rate to more than 95 percent of assets managed by the industry.