…deal. Missed payments. And I'm guessing, pride."I read fast, my stomach turning."They lost money," I said. "Then made us carry it."I looked back at the drawing.For 20 years, I thought the fence was a scar. It was a prop."My father taught me to hate you.""Mine did the same."I picked up a newer stack of papers."And these…

…her mother had made her and her siblings homeless three times and claimed that she had lost money she could have used to acquire properties. “I made money, I made crazy money to afford me some landed properties, but this woman drained my every dime,” she said. Adiele had earlier raised concerns about her brother’s alle…

…Insurance investors have not merely underperformed. They have, on a price-return basis, lost money in a year when the benchmark index is up more than 50%. Thin underwriting margins, low premium penetration, persistent capital adequacy pressures, and a sector structure that has yet to fully absorb the impact of the new…