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forbes.com - Randy Sadler - The Costly Insurance Assumption Finance Leaders Can't Afford
The Costly Insurance Assumption Finance Leaders Can't Afford
Forbes

Randy Sadler is a risk management expert and serves as principal and CMO at CIC Services, a captive insurance management firm. An insurance program can renew on time, look sound in a presentation and still leave a company exposed in ways leadership…

seekingalpha.com - Asian Value Investor - Universal Insurance: Valuation, Fundamentals, But Headwinds Squeeze Growth Opportunities
Universal Insurance: Valuation, Fundamentals, But Headwinds Squeeze Growth Opportunities
Seeking Alpha

Universal Insurance Holdings remains operationally resilient, with disciplined underwriting, prudent risk diversification, and a strong balance sheet supporting performance. Revenue growth has slowed, reflecting conservative risk transfer, lower…

wsj.com - Kimberly Lankford - What Life Insurance Companies Look for in Your Driving Record
What Life Insurance Companies Look for in Your Driving Record
Wall Street Journal

Life insurance companies check your motor-vehicle record when you apply for a policy. Your driving record affects your mortality risk and has a correlation with other risks. You usually can't qualify for the best life insurance rates if you have a…

businessinsurance.com - Best downgrades captive insurer NASWIC
Best downgrades captive insurer NASWIC
Business Insurance

A.M. Best said Wednesday it had downgraded the financial strength rating of NASW Insurance Company, a Washington D.C.-domiciled captive insurer, to B++ from A-. NASWIC's credit ratings remain under review with negative implications, the Oldwick…

cnbc.com - Joshua Brown - Josh Brown calls a breakout in this insurance stock that has been going sideways for a year
Josh Brown calls a breakout in this insurance stock that has been going sideways for a year
CNBC

(This is The Best Stocks in the Market, brought to you by Josh Brown and Sean Russo of Ritholtz Wealth Management.) Josh — Pure and simple, Allstate (ALL) is a breakout in progress. It's not quite there, but it's close enough. I'm calling…

bloomberg.com - Watch Insurers Boosting Private Credit Holdings: Study
Watch Insurers Boosting Private Credit Holdings: Study
Bloomberg

Insurers Boosting Private Credit Holdings: Study Bloomberg's Emily Graffeo joins Dani Burger on 'Bloomberg Deals.' Life insurance companies owned by private equity firms have quietly reshaped their portfolios, piling into higher-yielding…

seekingalpha.com - SA Transcripts - Pelagos Insurance Capital Limited (PLGO) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Pelagos Insurance Capital Limited (PLGO) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha

Pelagos Insurance Capital Limited (PLGO) Q1 2026 Earnings Call May 14, 2026 9:00 AM EDT Miranda Hunter - Group Head of Investor Relations Daniel Burrows - Group CEO & Executive Director Allan Decleir - Group CFO, Bermuda CEO & Executive Director…

chron.com - Fidelis Insurance: Q1 Earnings Snapshot
Fidelis Insurance: Q1 Earnings Snapshot
Chron

PEMBROKE, Bermuda (AP) — PEMBROKE, Bermuda (AP) — Fidelis Insurance Holdings Ltd. (PLGO) on Wednesday reported net income of $108 million in its first quarter. On a per-share basis, the Pembroke, Bermuda-based company said it had…

heraldscotland.com - Scott Wright - Insurance giant 'firmly on track' after £3.4bn deal for major Glasgow employer
Insurance giant 'firmly on track' after £3.4bn deal for major Glasgow employer
The Herald

Aviva had around 1,000 people working at Maxim Park near Glasgow and about 1,100 in Perth at the time the deal was announced, while Direct Line had roughly 1,000 in Scotland's biggest city. It is understood that the acquisition was expected to lead…

koreatimes.co.kr - Park Han-sol - Insurers should evolve into risk management platform from post-compensation model: report
Insurers should evolve into risk management platform from post-compensation model: report
The Korea Times

The insurance sector is evolving beyond its traditional role as a provider of post-accident compensation, repositioning itself as a more risk management platform, according to a report released Thursday. In its “Next in Insurance…

prospect.org - David Dayen - The Candidate Pitching Single-Payer-for Disaster Insurance
The Candidate Pitching Single-Payer-for Disaster Insurance
The American Prospect

If you go down the expansive California ballot for the June 2 primary, you will eventually hit the election for state insurance commissioner. The position, which oversees the insurance market for homeowner's, automotive, business, workers'…

nypost.com - Titus Wu - California wildfire survivor rips insurers, state government for failing victims' recovery
California wildfire survivor rips insurers, state government for failing victims' recovery
New York Post

A survivor of the devastating Eaton Fire blasted state government for a lack of oversight in ensuring insurance firms paid out for recovery efforts in fiery testimony before California lawmakers Wednesday. Joy Chen, executive director of the Every…

counterpunch.org - Matt Sedlar - FEMA Review Council Recommends Reducing Federal Disaster Declarations, Backs National Flood Insurance Privatization
FEMA Review Council Recommends Reducing Federal Disaster Declarations, Backs National Flood Insurance Privatization
Home - CounterPunch.org

May 14, 2026 Matt Sedlar The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Review Council finally released its recommendations last week, and they were a mix of what most close followers of the agency were expecting, with some surprises. As expected…

pressherald.com - Rachel Estabrook - As GLP-1 use rises in Maine, insurance is less likely to cover the medications
As GLP-1 use rises in Maine, insurance is less likely to cover the medications
Press Herald

Tammie Rogers had never heard of GLP-1 medications until she started taking them a year ago. Her pulmonologist's office told her she needed to lose weight in order to address her sleep apnea. They recommended Zepbound, which she could inject at…

pehub.com - Iris Dorbian - Aquiline-backed Relation snaps up Crop Rx Insurance Services
Aquiline-backed Relation snaps up Crop Rx Insurance Services
PE Hub

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