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forbes.com - Heather Kelly - A Proactive PR Strategy Is Your Best Insurance Policy In 2026
A Proactive PR Strategy Is Your Best Insurance Policy In 2026
Forbes

Heather Kelly is the CEO of Next PR, an award-winning, full-service public relations firm with offices across the U.S. While most of your team is winding down for the holidays and year's end, business leaders are doing the opposite: winding up for…

wsj.com - Amy Danise - Pacific Life Insurance Review: Coverage, Cost and Insights
Pacific Life Insurance Review: Coverage, Cost and Insights
Wall Street Journal

Pacific Life earned a high rating of 4.7 out of 5 stars in our evaluation of life insurance companies. It sells term, universal, indexed universal and variable universal life insurance policies. Pacific Life will automatically route your…

wsj.com - Kara McGinley - Best Car Insurance in Utah 2025
Best Car Insurance in Utah 2025
Wall Street Journal

Nationwide is the highest-rated Utah car insurance company in our evaluation. Geico and Progressive are also top-scoring insurers in Utah. Nationwide offers the cheapest car insurance for a good driver with a full coverage policy in our analysis.

upi.com - Insurance premiums rise faster than worker earnings by a factor of 3
Insurance premiums rise faster than worker earnings by a factor of 3
UPI

Health insurance premiums in the U.S. significantly increased between 1999 and 2024, outpacing the rate of worker earnings by three times, according to our newly published research in the journal JAMA Network Open. Premiums can rise if the costs of…

wsj.com - Kara McGinley - Best Car Insurance in Idaho 2025
Best Car Insurance in Idaho 2025
Wall Street Journal

State Farm is the top-rated Idaho car insurance company in our evaluation. Geico and Travelers are also highly rated insurers in our analysis. State Farm offers the cheapest car insurance in Idaho for good drivers with a full coverage, among the…

bloomberg.com - Layan Odeh - Brookfield Targets Global Dominance in P&C Insurance Coverage
Brookfield Targets Global Dominance in P&C Insurance Coverage
Bloomberg

Brookfield Corp. plans to build its property and casualty insurance business as it looks to exploit a corner of the insurance industry in which the firm has a competitive edge and hasn't been crowded by other private equity players. The firm is…

gazettenet.com - Contributing Writer - State seeing more people drop health insurance
State seeing more people drop health insurance
Daily Hampshire Gazette

BOSTON — More than 10,000 Massachusetts residents have dropped health plans obtained through the Massachusetts Health Connector at a time when premiums tied to expiring federal subsidies are projected to soar. As open enrollment nears a Dec.

seekingalpha.com - Aristofanis Papadatos - Loews: Evaluation Of This High-Quality P/C Insurer (NYSE:L)
Loews: Evaluation Of This High-Quality P/C Insurer (NYSE:L)
Seeking Alpha

Loews (L) has surged 21% YTD, outperforming the S&P 500, yet remains reasonably valued given strong earnings momentum. L's disciplined underwriting, consistent combined ratios (91%-93%), and aggressive share repurchases (17% reduction in 4 years)…

fastcompany.com - Kristin Toussaint - Home insurance rates have gone up for 6 million people. How climate change and Trump are making the affordability crisis worse
Home insurance rates have gone up for 6 million people. How climate change and Trump are making the affordability crisis worse
Fast Company

If your home insurance rate has spiked lately, you're not alone. And President Trump's policies could make it even more expensive. Since 2021, at least 6 million policy holders across the country have seen rate hikes to their property insurance…

indianexpress.com - 4 arrested for insurance scam, duping man by posing as IRDAI officials
4 arrested for insurance scam, duping man by posing as IRDAI officials
The Indian Express

Four persons, who were part of a cyberfraud racket, have been arrested for allegedly posing as officials of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) and the Insurance Ombudsman to dupe a man of Rs 1.3 lakh on the pretext…

mediabrief.com - MBDesk1 - Private insurers outshine public sector; HDFC Ergo leads 4W and 2W segments: Hansa Research - Motor Insurance CuES 2025
Private insurers outshine public sector; HDFC Ergo leads 4W and 2W segments: Hansa Research - Motor Insurance CuES 2025
MediaBrief

The survey captures real customer voices, ranking India's top motor insurers based on feedback from over 3,700 consumers across 12 leading brands. Praveen Nijhara, CEO, Hansa Research said, “Our goal is to equip the insurance industry with a…

abc15.com - Nicole Grigg - Fewer judges available to hear unemployment insurance appeals in AZ
Fewer judges available to hear unemployment insurance appeals in AZ
ABC15 Arizona in Phoenix (KNXV)

The Department of Economic Security only has eight administrative law judges to conduct hundreds of unemployment insurance appeal hearings each month. The ABC15 15 Investigators first reported that the state agency has a backlog for processing…

flowingdata.com - Nathan Yau - Climate change driving home insurance higher
Climate change driving home insurance higher
FlowingData

As hurricanes and wildfires grow more common in some areas, home values go down and insurance premiums go up. Claire Brown and Mira Rojanasakul report for the New York Times: Since 2018, a financial shock in the home insurance market has meant that…

mediabrief.com - MBDesk1 - Ageas Federal Life Insurance unveils new brand identity
Ageas Federal Life Insurance unveils new brand identity
MediaBrief

The company's new logo represents new beginnings and renewed hope, echoing the belief that every meaningful journey starts with clarity and optimism. The logo features two unifying arcs, symbolising protection, underscoring the company's purpose of…

sun-sentinel.com - Jim Saunders - House panel backs insurance restriction: People, not AI, would have ultimate say on claims
House panel backs insurance restriction: People, not AI, would have ultimate say on claims
Sun Sentinel

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... TALLAHASSEE — In an issue stemming from the use of artificial intelligence in the insurance industry, a House panel Tuesday approved a proposal that would require humans to make ultimate decisions…

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