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The housing market is still passing through a home insurance shock, Cotality says
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert's ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. John Rogers, the chief data and analytics officer of Cotality (formerly known as CoreLogic), returned to ResiDay this year to give a…
Corebridge Life Insurance Review 2025: Coverage, Cost and Insights
Corebridge received a score of 2 out of 5 stars in our evaluation of life insurance companies. It has some of the lowest term life insurance rates for all ages in our analysis. Corebridge's rates for smokers are the lowest among insurers we…
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Is Dental Insurance Really Worth It? Some Call It a 'Scam
Dental insurance often disappoints consumers—it charges monthly premiums, but offers limited coverage compared to health insurance. It functions more like a discount plan, covering only a percentage of non-preventive care and often requiring…
Axis Max Life aims to be 'breakout No. 3' in life insurance: MD & CEO
Following Axis Max Life Insurance's second-quarter results for 2025–26, Sumit Madan, managing director and chief executive officer of the company, speaks to Aathira Varier and Subrata Panda / Business Standard about growth aspirations…
Hartford Insurance Group Inc. stock underperforms Friday when compared to competitors despite daily gains
Shares of Hartford Insurance Group Inc. HIG advanced 1.25% to $136.45 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX rising 0.98% to 6,602.99 and the Dow Jones Industrial…
Having More Than One Life Insurance Policy
You might accumulate multiple life insurance policies as your coverage needs change over time. Insurance companies usually limit the total combined amount of coverage you can have across all of your policies. There are strategies for using multiple…
Insurers pursue overseas expansion, new business amid challenges
Major insurance companies have been stepping up overseas expansion and pursuing mergers and acquisitions (M&As) to diversify into new businesses as a response to the challenges of a low-growth domestic market shaped by demographic shifts and…
Government to table Bill to hike FDI in insurance sector to 100% in Winter session of Parliament
The government proposes to introduce a Bill to raise foreign direct investment (FDI) in the insurance sector to 100% in the upcoming Winter Session of Parliament. The Winter session of Parliament is slated to begin on December 1 and continue till…
Nanaimo coin shop broken into again, now can no longer get insurance
A Nanaimo, B.C., businessman is again adding up his losses after another break-in at his store. Story continues below advertisement Jeremy Daniels manages the Gold Silver Guy store in Nanaimo and on early Wednesday morning the motion alarm went…
Insurance query: Healthy lifestyle & premiums
Q. I've heard that some health insurance companies offer wellness programmes and discounts on premiums for maintaining a healthy lifestyle. How do these programmes work? What kind of activities or health metrics are typically considered? Are there…
Large, Larger & Unwind Term Insurance Through The Ages
Policyholders generally treat term insurance as a hassle-free financial product. The policy is signed up, premiums are paid annually and the instrument needs no more upkeep to function efficiently. This may be true in a shorter span of 4–5…
Insurance Bill for 100% FDI listed for winter session
Insurance reforms are all set to get big boost with the Government listing the Insurance Bill for the winter session. Among various provisions, the bill aims to raise the FDI limit to 100 per cent. The Lok Sabha's bulletin has listed the Insurance…
When health insurance breaks down, we break too | Opinion
Jeffrey S. Barkin, MD, DLFAPA, is a practicing psychiatrist in Portland and the former president of Maine Medical Association. He co-hosts “A Healthy Conversation” on WGAN. Most of us do not think much about health insurance until we…
California's second-largest home insurer seeks rate increase, lifts cap on new policies
Farmers Insurance Group — the second largest home insurer in California — is lifting its cap on the amount of new homeowners policies it will write in the state effective immediately. The announcement comes as the insurer asks the…
Conn. Insurance Commissioner Retires, Successor Named
Connecticut's insurance commissioner, who has held leadership positions at organizations that regulate the national and international insurance industries, will retire this month and be replaced by a former deputy insurance commissioner…
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