Alison Tobin
Alison is a former editor at Money Group, where she brought her expertise in insurance and personal finance to a wide range of topics. She joined Money Group in 2022, applying her experience to financial subjects including home warranties, moving, debt, and more. Alison has been covering the ins and outs of insurance since 2017, analyzing consumer perceptions of insurance companies and policies and striving to provide clarity in this often-confusing field.
Alison began her professional career as a journalist for local newspapers in Massachusetts, where she covered community events, new businesses, charity initiatives, and profiles.
She later worked at the insurtech startup Clearsurance, an insurance company review and rating platform, where she focused on auto, home, life, and pet insurance and contributed to annual rankings of the best insurance companies based on independent customer reviews. In addition, she has written and edited insurance and loan content for a wide range of websites.
Alison’s writing, editing, and research work has been featured in MSN, Apple News, Yahoo Finance, AP News, PropertyCasualty360, USA Today, 24/7 Wall St., The Miami Herald, The Sacramento Bee, and numerous other local publications across the U.S.
She earned a bachelor’s degree in communication and media from Merrimack College, where she studied mass media, public and professional writing, and marketing.
