One of the provisions in the proposed Republican tax bill would come down hard on gig workers, as well as impairing labor rights and even cutting protections for employees.

Youre attending a wedding/funeral/birthday. You chat will a well-dressed stranger. They ask: What do you do? You say: I sell insurance. They bolt. But how could you answer to get them to talk a little longer?

The Internal Revenue Service has published a big new collection of tax parameters for 2018. Here's a look at what happened to nine parameters of interest to insurance agents and brokers.