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California's Insurance Crisis Needs a New Foundation | Opinion
California's insurance market needs a regulatory overhaul that matches the risks Californians actually face. That urgency is hard to ignore. The California Department of Insurance reported in October that 696,562 homeowner and commercial policies…
Heritage Insurance: Improving Profitability At A Discount (NYSE:HRTG)
Heritage Insurance Holdings is increasingly attractive due to improving profitability, record Q2 results, and ongoing geographic diversification beyond Florida. HRTG trades at a 6.2x forward P/E, reflecting a 30% discount to peers, despite strong…
Private insurers double commercial flood market share: GAO
Private insurers' share of the U.S. commercial flood insurance market, based on policy counts, more than doubled from 23% in 2018 to 48% in 2025, according to a U.S. Government Accountability Office report. By comparison, the private share of…
NFL Trade Pitch Sends Commanders QB Insurance After Marcus Mariota Injury
The Washington Commanders didn't make a quarterback trade as a lot of pundits called for after the Jayden Daniels injury. But the Commanders appear set to really test their quarterback depth after Marcus Mariota suffered a knee injury during Week…
Insurers must defend Walmart in opioid lawsuits: appeals court
Two units of American International Group and dozens of other insurers must pay to defend Walmart Inc. in more than 2,400 opioid lawsuits, a state appeals court ruled Wednesday in a ruling that went against the grain of other recent suits against…
Insurance company denies coverage of newborn services to baby delivered by surrogate
A southwest suburban mom is stuck in an ongoing insurance coverage dispute related to her nearly one-year-old son's birth that centers around how he was delivered. When NBC 5 Responds met baby Angleo at his family's home in Lemont, he was cooing…
Tackling the mis-selling malaise in insurance
Tomy Jose (name changed) had just returned to India after spending almost three decades in Abu Dhabi. He is now retired with a tidy sum saved, which he wanted to invest in a safe option. He consulted his friendly bank manager, who asked him to buy…
Small businesses face tough choices as health insurance costs rise
NORFOLK, Va. — Small business owners are weighing how to keep health coverage affordable as employers face the possibility of higher health insurance costs in 2027. A new survey from eHealth says some small business employers could see…
Insurers Lead on Billing but Still Miss What Policyholders Want
“ The Service Commerce Performance Gap: Insurance Providers Playbook,” a PYMNTS Intelligence report produced in collaboration with Paymentus, explains why. It draws on March 2026 surveys of 686 U.S. property and home insurance bill…
Care Health Insurance logs 44 per cent rise in premium income
Care Health Insurance has recorded a 44 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) growth in Gross Direct Premium Income (GDPI) to ₹1,042 crore in September against ₹723 crore logged in the same period last year, according to the General Insurance…
Non-life insurance premium grows 8.92% to ₹1.80 lakh crore in H1 FY27
The non-life insurance industry recorded an 11.7 per cent year-on-year growth in gross direct premium underwritten during the first half of FY27, excluding specialised insurers. Including specialised insurers, the industry's premium grew 8.92 per…
5 Insurance Stocks Built to Keep Paying Dividends Through Hurricanes and Market Crashes
Insurance stocks offer modest yields. What they give income investors is harder to find: dividend checks that keep coming after hurricanes, market crashes and rate shocks. The reason is a business with two drivers. Underwriting profit is whatever…
A senator tried to ban gambling on prediction markets-now she's a Kalshi lobbyist
In July 2010, US Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) predicted the rise of prediction markets and the problems they could cause. If not properly regulated, Lincoln warned during Senate proceedings on the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and…
Alphabet Inc. $GOOGL Shares Purchased by Ayalon Insurance Comp Ltd.
Ayalon Insurance Comp Ltd. grew its stake in shares of Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL - Free Report) by 26.6% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 22,360 shares of the information…
UNDP, Generali Central launch insurance innovation challenge to strengthen MSME resilience
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Generali Central, representing the Generali Group's general and life insurance businesses in India, on Wednesday launched an insurance innovation challenge to identify and scale solutions that…
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