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Trump HHS pick wants to replace employer-sponsored health insurance
But Bai has long argued that the health insurance market as it exists artificially inflates costs through unnecessary complexity, saying instead that employers should directly fund health savings accounts for their employees to purchase health…
Invoice Discounting With Credit Insurance: A Practical Route To Working Capital
Amit Singhania | Cofounder and Director, Krystal Financial Consultants LLC. Businesses that sell on credit terms often face a familiar problem. Goods are shipped, invoices are raised, and the money owed sits on the books for 30, 60 or 90 days…
Health insurance isn't built to help you | Opinion
Health insurance is a system designed to make money. The system, they'll tell us, is full of moving parts and competing interests, and confusion is just the natural residue of a system that size. They're not entirely wrong. But the underlying…
Disaster insurance, datacenters, right to repair: meet the midterm candidates running on green policies
When Florida governor Ron DeSantis signed a law erasing the words “climate change” from state statutes in May 2024 – colloquially known as the “don't say climate change” law – Democrats were outraged. Just…
What happens if your dog bites someone? Insurance experts explain
Dog bite insurance claims have soared, rising more than 25 percent from 2024 to 2025, a recent study found. The injuries cost the insurance industry $1.86 billion last year, with an average claim of $65,450, according to a new study from the…
Illinois said it was fixing access. It just blew up your insurance bill
No credible estimate appears to be publicly available for the additional annual insurer claims spending. NASW-IL reports that a DuPage County Health Department executive estimates that the law will help generate “hundreds of millions of…
Louisiana's insurer of last resort seeks to offload commercial policies to Mississippi company
Louisiana's insurer of last resort has approved a relatively small Mississippi company's request to take over virtually all of its commercial policies, a move that Gov. Jeff Landry touted as progress in the state's efforts to curtail skyrocketing…
Cashless medical insurance of up to ₹5 lakh annually for advocates
At the Allahabad High Court Bar Association ceremony, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said the new generation of advocates should become guardians of constitutional values and help take justice to the grassroots level. He said only a future-ready…
Baldwin Insurance going private for $7.7 billion
Sequence Holdings and DFO Management (Michael Dell's family office) on Monday announced an agreement to acquire Baldwin Insurance Group for $7.7 billion. Why it matters: This is an AI spin on insurance industry consolidation, which is moving fast…
You're going to pay more for health insurance in 2027 as employers see costs jumping for the fifth straight year
The health insurance deduction is one of the quieter numbers on a paystub, but next year, it could hit paychecks harder than inflation or taxes. Over 165 million Americans rely on employer-sponsored healthcare coverage, but it's getting more…
Here's How You Can Make Your Insurance Cover Root-Cause Care
If you've ever wondered why health care is filled with prices nobody can explain, why doctors only spend five minutes with you before sending you out the door with the most billable “treatment,” or why you can find a specialist…
Samsung's insurance policy against Google is costing me hours every week
Hold the side button on a new Samsung Galaxy and Google's Gemini answers you. Ask Samsung's browser to summarize a page, and you get Browsing Assist, which runs on Perplexity. Say 'Bixby' and a different conversational agent wakes up, one that also…
Appeals court backs insurer's reality-show exclusion in 'My 600-lb Life' fight
A unit of Tokio Marine Holdings does not have to pay to defend lawsuits tied to the reality series “My 600-lb Life,” in a ruling where a judge invoked movies including “The Sixth Sense,” “Unbreakable” and…
Farmers Insurance Urges Preparedness as NOAA Forecasts Potentially Historic El Niño for Fall and Winter
'National Preparedness Month — and the possibility of a historically strong El Niño — are important reminders that preparation should happen before severe weather enters the forecast,' said Bobby Massey, Head of Catastrophe…
Mahindra Manulife Life Insurance appoints Ruchika Varma as Chief Marketing & Customer Officer
Mahindra Manulife Life Insurance has appointed Ruchika Malhan Varma as its Chief Marketing and Customer Officer (CMCO), as the company sets out to create a differentiated, AI-driven, digitally enabled and customer-centric life insurance franchise…
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