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Health insurer VHI doubled its surplus in 2025 (when it hiked premiums twice)
IRELAND'S BIGGEST PROVIDER of private health insurance, VHI, almost doubled its surplus after tax to €71.2 million last year. The increased profitability came at a time when the company hiked premiums twice – by 3% in October 2025 and…
Iowa lawmakers consider expanding raw milk sales amid health, insurance concerns
Agriculture Right now, farmers can't sell raw milk in the same space as other farm-to-consumer products. A bill in the Iowa House would change that. To stream WeAreIowa on your phone, you need the WeAreIowa app. Example video title will go here for…
Powerful Democratic ally outlines health care affordability plan
A leading Democratic think tank has started putting meat on the bones of a midterm health care affordability agenda, calling for policy shifts that its authors say would immediately lower costs. Why it matters: There's a change in how Democrats are…
Matmut Group: Full Year 2025 results: Growth, diversification and financial strength - On track with 2025 strategic ambitions
Growth, diversification and financial strength: Matmut Group on track with its 2025 strategic ambitions 2025 revenue up 16.2% to €3,689 million (+9.6% on a like-for-like basis) Transformative diversification into savings & protection with…
Health Care Up on Earnings Hopes -- Health Care Roundup
Health-care companies rose, but not by as much as the broad market, as traders rotate into more oil-sensitive sectors. Most health insurers continued to gain after the Trump administration raised its proposed Medicare rates. The SPDR Select Sector…
Wu releases $4.9 billion budget proposal amid 'difficult moment' for city's finances
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu officially unveiled her $4.9 billion budget proposal for fiscal year 2027 Wednesday. The budget proposes an increase in spending of just 2.1 percent, one of the lowest increases since the aftermath of the global financial…
PoSP Insurance Distribution Gains Momentum Nationwide; PBPartners Identified as a Leading Enabler: HSBC
A report by HSBC Global Investment Research indicates that India's Point-of-Sale Person (PoSP) insurance distribution ecosystem is set to witness strong growth in the years ahead, driven in part by digitally enabled agent networks that are playing…
Trump is deeply unpopular - yet voters still loathe Democrats
Winter temperatures may still be gripping much of the country, but President Trump's record-low approval rating has Democrats feeling positively springlike. A YouGov/Economist poll published this week found Trump's net approval at a dismal…
Sam Altman's (not so) New Deal for superintelligent AI
OpenAI's ' New Deal ' for the AI age is full of old—and failed—ideas. On Monday, OpenAI published Industrial Policy for the Intelligence Age: Ideas to Keep People First. The 13-page white paper presents the frontier developer's…
Ruling in Colorado conversion therapy case brings up free speech debate
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of a case arguing that a ban on conversion therapy was a violation of free speech, igniting debate over free expression in the health care services field. In its ruling in Chiles v. Salazar, the Supreme Court found…
Kerala Polls 2026 Live Updates: Polling to elect 140 members to Assembly begins
Kerala Assembly Election 2026 Live Updates: Kerala will go to polls on April 9 for all its 140 constituencies with 883 candidates contesting. Voting will take place in a single phase across the state. Polling will begin at 7.00 am and conclude at…
Immigrant seniors lose Medicare coverage despite paying for it
Rosa María Carranza leaned forward to hold a 3-year-old's back as the girl climbed a rock in the forested hills of northeast Oakland. Dressed in hiking gear and beaded necklaces, Carranza, 67, maneuvered between trees and children on a sunny…
Arkansas rolling out new work & training rules for Medicaid and SNAP recipients
Arkansas rolling out new work, training rules for Medicaid and SNAP recipients REFORM, MAY HIT THE BALLOT IN AUGUST, AND THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES WILL BE TRANSITIONING ITS SNAP EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAM FROM OPTIONAL TO…
Blake Lively's 'digital violence' claims sparks fury from YouTubers
Blake Lively has been blasted for 'hypocrisy' over her self-pitying post lamenting 'digital violence' after suffering a major legal setback in her court battle against Justin Baldoni. Just one day after a New York judge threw out the majority of…
SBI General Insurance launches an integrated brand campaign with Pankaj Tripathi as its Brand Ambassador
Mumbai, 5 March, 2026 - SBI General Insurance, one of India's leading general insurance companies, has announced acclaimed actor Pankaj Tripathi as its Brand Ambassador and unveiled an integrated brand campaign ‘Chuniye Bharosa, Apno Sa'.
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