Why is insurance so expensive right now? And more listener questions

The Indicator from Planet Money

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🗓️ 15 April 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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We are back to answer your listener questions. On today's show, we explain reverse mortgages and their risks, why insurance has gotten so expensive, and whether there's a catch to charitable donations at the store.

If you have a question you'd like us to answer, email us at indicator@npr.org.

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0:00.0	NPR.
0:04.0	This is the indicator from Planet Money. I'm Whelan Wong and it is time for another
0:17.0	edition of listener questions.
0:20.0	Yay! We are joined today by Jeff Guo from Planet Money.
0:26.7	So good to be back you guys.
0:28.7	Amazing and of course, Darien Woods.
0:31.5	A questionable choice of co-hosts, but happy to answer your questions.
0:37.0	And as always, we've read through the questions you send our way and we have scoped out some answers.
0:42.0	Today we're going to be making sense of all these increases in insurance premiums.
0:47.0	We're going to be rounding up for charity at the grocery store
0:50.0	and we're going to take a look at a controversial loan called a reverse mortgage.
0:55.3	So if you are looking for answers, you have come to the right place.
0:58.9	We got your answers after the break.
1:02.4	At least three of them.
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