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The Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI) posted its list of theft data for passenger vehicles 1 to 3 years old. The Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI), is an affiliate of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

Top of the list? The the 2007-09 Cadillac Escalade. To give you an idea of how much the theft of Escalades affects the public, consider that the HLDI estimates the average theft payment per year for all passenger vehicles to be $14. It is $143 for the Escalade. Losses for SUV’s are six times higher than for passenger vehicles.

Last week’s post regarding Prudential’s “Alliance Accounts,” resulted in some comments and a number of direct emails. Thank you, first, to all of the Servicemembers’ beneficiaries who wrote with personal stories regarding their experiences, and, second, to those who had on opinion one way or another.

Retained earnings accounts are accounts wherein a beneficiary’s benefit is held in a corporate account (usually owned by the insurer) until the beneficiary decides on another option. Last week Bloomberg wrote about Alliance Accounts and other similar accounts set up by life insurers for beneficiaries of fallen soldiers.