Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Thomas J Catalano is a CFP and Registered Investment Adviser with the state of South ...

Many estate-planning attorneys use a personal property memorandum (memo) for the disposition of personal property. It’s used when the attorney drafts a client’s will to allow the client to change ...

Penny Gusner is a senior insurance writer and analyst at Forbes Advisor. For more than 20 years, she has been helping consumers learn how insurance laws, data, trends, and coverages affect them. Penny ...

Think for a moment of your most prized possession. Maybe it’s a family heirloom, a stunning piece of artwork or a vintage guitar. This next part will not be very much fun, but imagine a worst-case ...

Personal property is a standard coverage on a homeowners insurance policy. It covers belongings like furniture and clothing, paying up to a certain limit if they are stolen or damaged by a covered ...

Personal property insurance is a standard part of a homeowners, renters, condo or manufactured home policy. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who ...