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forbes.com - Wayne Lonstein - Insurer-Mandated Gateway AI Bots: Deepening The Mental Health Divide?
Insurer-Mandated Gateway AI Bots: Deepening The Mental Health Divide?
Forbes

Wayne Lonstein, CEO, VFT Solutions, Inc. Anti-Piracy, Social Media and Cybersecurity law and practice. ​The use of chatbots as gatekeepers for access to reimbursable mental health care bears a striking resemblance to the dawn of health…

newsweek.com - Giulia Carbonaro - Map shows where Americans could pay more as insurers cut coverage
Map shows where Americans could pay more as insurers cut coverage
Newsweek

Homeowners insurance has become significantly more expensive and much harder to find in recent years as insurers continue pulling back from the most vulnerable areas of the country, according to a new report by the National Association of Insurance…

seekingalpha.com - Growth Stock Hunter - AMERISAFE: Strong Underwriting, But The Insurance Cycle Is Turning (NASDAQ:AMSF)
AMERISAFE: Strong Underwriting, But The Insurance Cycle Is Turning (NASDAQ:AMSF)
Seeking Alpha

AMERISAFE specializes in high-risk workers compensation insurance, maintaining profitability through disciplined underwriting and strong client retention above 93%. Despite nine consecutive quarters of premium growth and a 5.5% dividend yield, AMSF…

scmp.com - Enoch Yiu - Don't panic: China says 20% offshore insurance tax does not target Hong Kong
Don't panic: China says 20% offshore insurance tax does not target Hong Kong
South China Morning Post

China's State Taxation Administration (STA) on Friday clarified that the 20 per cent personal income tax imposed on gains from offshore insurance policies was not a new policy – and was not specifically targeting the Hong Kong insurance…

wsj.com - Kara McGinley - Cheap Car Insurance for Young Drivers: Compare Companies
Cheap Car Insurance for Young Drivers: Compare Companies
Wall Street Journal

Auto-Owners is the cheapest car insurance for young drivers, according to our analysis. For young drivers living at home, remaining on a parent's policy is typically the most effective way to save. Keeping a clean driving record is also essential…

cnbc.com - Sawdah Bhaimiya - Europe's wildfire 'protection gap' is growing, insurers warn
Europe's wildfire 'protection gap' is growing, insurers warn
CNBC

Europe's biggest insurance companies told CNBC that weather disaster recovery costs are outpacing coverage. As wildfires and heatwaves sweep the region, governments have to pay for cooling, infrastructure recovery, and healthcare, among other…

bloomberg.com - Nao Sano - Japan's Biggest Insurers Post $96 Billion in Bond Paper Losses
Japan's Biggest Insurers Post $96 Billion in Bond Paper Losses
Bloomberg

Japan's four largest life insurers reported that their combined unrealized losses on domestic bonds increased 7% in the three months through June, showing the risks to the industry from soaring interest rates. Paper losses on bonds held by the…

seekingalpha.com - Markit - Insurers Went Bargain Hunting For BDC Bonds In Q1
Insurers Went Bargain Hunting For BDC Bonds In Q1
Seeking Alpha

The industry added $1.15 billion of net exposure, according to our calculations, with the majority (76.1%) concentrated in corporate bonds. Only 32.2% of the bond acquisition trades made by insurance companies in the first quarter had lower prices…

jpost.com - ADAM SCOTT BELLOS - Benjamin Netanyahu has an insurance policy - it's called Israel's opposition
Benjamin Netanyahu has an insurance policy - it's called Israel's opposition
The Jerusalem Post

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's greatest political asset is no longer Benjamin Netanyahu. It is the opposition. For years, his rivals have mistaken national exhaustion with Netanyahu for public faith in them. They have changed leaders, renamed…

businessinsurance.com - Serbian insurance premiums reach $493M
Serbian insurance premiums reach $493M
Business Insurance

Serbian insurers ended the first quarter of 2026 with gross written premiums of 50.2 billion Serbian dinar ($493 million), up 11% year on year, according to the National Bank of Serbia, Xprimm reported. Nonlife insurers generated 83% of all…

seekingalpha.com - SA Transcripts - Hamilton Insurance Group, Ltd. (HG) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Hamilton Insurance Group, Ltd. (HG) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha

Hamilton Insurance Group, Ltd. (HG) Q2 2026 Earnings Call August 7, 2026 9:30 AM EDT Darian Niforatos - VP & Head of Investor Relations Giuseppina Albo - CEO & Director Craig Howie - Group CFO & Chief Investment Officer Thomas Mcjoynt-Griffith -…

swissinfo.ch - swissinfo.ch - European wildfires face 'major insurance gap': Swiss Re
European wildfires face 'major insurance gap': Swiss Re
www.swissinfo.ch

However, the company expects that these events will not have a material impact on its financial results, not least because a significant proportion of the damage is uninsured. During the press conference on the half-yearly results, chief financial…

seekingalpha.com - SA Transcript Insights Editor - AIG targets general insurance expense ratio below 30% in 2027 while contracting Lexington property (NYSE:AIG)
AIG targets general insurance expense ratio below 30% in 2027 while contracting Lexington property (NYSE:AIG)
Seeking Alpha

AIG is contracting its Lexington property portfolio, focusing on selective growth, and prioritizing underwriting discipline over volume, deliberately reducing premium retention and overall North America growth to maintain profitability. Key risks…

globalnews.ca - Tavi Dhillon - Prairie producers filed more than 4,000 crop insurance claims in stormy July
Prairie producers filed more than 4,000 crop insurance claims in stormy July
Global News

A stormy July in the Prairie provinces led to insurance claims being filed on more than one million acres of land, according to the Canadian Crop Hail Association (CCHA). Within the region, association member companies investigated more than 4,000…

businessinsurance.com - California court revives insurer's policy cancellation over payroll audit dispute
California court revives insurer's policy cancellation over payroll audit dispute
Business Insurance

A California appeals court ruled that a workers compensation insurer properly canceled an employer's policy after the employer repeatedly failed to provide payroll records needed for a premium audit, overturning a Workers' Compensation Appeals…

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