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forbes.com - Bruce Japsen - Elevance Health Latest Insurer To Shake Up Management Ranks
Elevance Health Latest Insurer To Shake Up Management Ranks
Forbes

Elevance Health Tuesday announced several management changes across its health insurance and Carelon health services businesses to 'to strengthen execution, enhance operational performance, and drive continued growth across its businesses,' the…

forbes.com - Monica Sanders - Billion Dollar Disasters:Why Your Insurance Is Getting More Expensive
Billion Dollar Disasters:Why Your Insurance Is Getting More Expensive
Forbes

Fooding covers a residential neighborhood in Waialua, Hawaii, Friday, March 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin) Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. As a mix of climate impacts and aging infrastructure combine, disasters are…

thestandard.com.hk - The Standard 英文虎報 - Blue Cross' gross written premium up 14 percent in 2025, upgrades home insurance
Blue Cross' gross written premium up 14 percent in 2025, upgrades home insurance
The Standard

Blue Cross (Asia-Pacific) Insurance said on Wednesday that its gross written premium rose 14 percent year on year in 2025 and will upgrade its home insurance plan to 'HomeSafe Protection Plus'. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Bonnie Tse, chief…

bloomberg.com - Claudia Cohen - European Regulators Review Private Credit Valuations at Insurers
European Regulators Review Private Credit Valuations at Insurers
Bloomberg

European insurance watchdogs are taking a closer look at how the industry values its investments in private credit amid widespread concerns about the asset class. Authorities in France and Germany are among those to recently step up their scrutiny…

wsj.com - Kimberly Lankford - Hybrid Life & Long-Term Care Insurance
Hybrid Life & Long-Term Care Insurance
Wall Street Journal

Hybrid life insurance/long-term care policies can provide money to pay for care in a nursing home, assisted living facility or your own home. If you don't use all the money for care costs, your beneficiaries receive a death benefit. These policies…

nbcnews.com - After man's death following insurance denials, West Virginia tackles prior authorization
After man's death following insurance denials, West Virginia tackles prior authorization
NBC News

Six months after Eric Tennant died following a protracted battle with his health insurer over doctor-recommended cancer care, West Virginia's Republican governor signed a bill intended to curb the harms of insurance denials. Tennant, a coal mining…

theguardian.com - Krishani Dhanji - Australia politics live: ministers wary of Trump's 'get your own oil' comment; health insurance premiums rise today
Australia politics live: ministers wary of Trump's 'get your own oil' comment; health insurance premiums rise today
The Guardian

‘Nothing particularly out of the ordinary': Labor minister dismisses Trump tirade against European allies While other politicians have dodged commenting on Donald Trump 's latest social media attack on European allies, Clare O'Neil has…

seekingalpha.com - Wolf Report - Hanover Insurance: Why I Am More Conservative (NYSE:THG)
Hanover Insurance: Why I Am More Conservative (NYSE:THG)
Seeking Alpha

The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. is a well-capitalized P&C insurer, but I see market optimism as excessive given sector headwinds. THG's recent strong results were driven by exceptional premium increases, which I view as unsustainable and unlikely…

deadline.com - Katie Campione - WGA West Staff Booted Off Health Insurance Plans
WGA West Staff Booted Off Health Insurance Plans
Deadline

The WGA West ‘s striking staff will be booted off their health insurance plans on Wednesday, more than six weeks into their work stoppage and just days after delivering a so-called “strike-ending” proposal to management. WGSU…

allhiphop.com - Mike Winslow - Future Could Be Thrown In Jail For Not Buying Ex A $500K Life Insurance Policy
Future Could Be Thrown In Jail For Not Buying Ex A $500K Life Insurance Policy
AllHipHop

Future is facing serious legal problems after his ex-girlfriend, Brittni Mealy, filed court documents demanding that he be locked up for violating a custody agreement. The Atlanta rapper allegedly failed to secure a $500K life insurance policy…

independent.ie - Charlie Weston - Insurers urged to pass savings on to drivers as premiums increase €100 in three years
Insurers urged to pass savings on to drivers as premiums increase €100 in three years
Irish Independent

Insurance industry is benefitting from government reforms that reduce cost of claims, but average cost of covering a vehicle has reached €655 Motor insurers will be forced to explain to policyholders why they are increasing premiums under a…

newswire.ca - Insurance Bureau of Canada - Ontario and Quebec Ice Storm Anniversary: Insured Losses Total $466 Million
Ontario and Quebec Ice Storm Anniversary: Insured Losses Total $466 Million
CNW

Canada's costliest disaster of 2025 underscores the importance of building more resilient communities. TORONTO, March 31, 2026 /CNW/ - Insured damage from last year's late March ice storm in Ontario and Quebec is now estimated at $466 million…

theconversation.com - Jane Tiller - How your health (and genetic results) affects your life, travel and health insurance
How your health (and genetic results) affects your life, travel and health insurance
The Conversation

The Australian parliament is set to pass legislation today to ban life insurers from using genetic test results to discriminate against people applying for life insurance. Once the law comes into effect in about six months, it will apply to all new…

express.co.uk - Alessia Georgiou - Do these 10 things to save up to £725 before your next car insurance renewal
Do these 10 things to save up to £725 before your next car insurance renewal
Express.co.uk

Driving Car Woman's Hands On Steering Wheel. This article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. Learn more Car insurance is one of those unavoidable costs that comes with owning a vehicle, but that…

independent.ie - Charlie Weston - Cost of average motor insurance premiums up by €100 in last three years despite reforms
Cost of average motor insurance premiums up by €100 in last three years despite reforms
Irish Independent

It now costs €100 more to insure a typical car than three years ago. The average cost of cover was €655 in the first half of last year, according to data from the Central Bank. This is up 4pc when compared with the first half of 2024.

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