I admit it—I missed something important. I’m frustrated with myself for not seeing it sooner. But if a banker and personal finance professor like me can fall for this, there’s a good chance others are unknowingly in the same situation. So I’m sharing my story. I live in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Like every state, Virginia has a government agency responsible for regulating insurance. In Virginia, it's called the State Corporation Commission’s Bureau of Insurance. Among oth

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