Doug Bailey is a journalist and freelance writer who lives outside of Boston. He can be reached at [email protected].
Banking customers already jittery about high inflation and fears of a recession have added tax returns to their anxiety list as filing deadlines approach, according to a survey by J.D. Power.
A massive April Foolās Day line of severe weather wreaked havoc from the Deep South to the Great Lakes, with about 85 million people in the path. More than 400 tornadoes have been reported so far this year.
Squeezed between unrelenting inflation on one side and a sudden wobbly banking sector on the other, the Federal Reserve on Wednesday split the difference and raised interest rates just a quarter point.
The Insured Retirement Institute has unveiled its 2023 security blueprint, an ambitious and comprehensive roadmap for the associationās federal legislative and regulatory public policy agenda.
A new survey from J.D. Power saw, for the first time, a declining use of digital claims reporting despite seeing a sharp rise in the number of customers contacting their insurer for information.
A government rule to simply encourage insurance companies, retirement plans, and other financial institutions to consider ethical investments has become a focal point on the GOPās war on āwokeā capitalism and may lead to the first presidential veto of the Biden administration.
A survey of retirement plan participants reveals a wide gap between men and women in their confidence of their respective financial futures.
While insurtech primarily has focused on the top-level needs of the insurance industry, a North Carolina company says it has automated the cumbersome and time-consuming process of obtaining probate surety bonds.
Despite the high rates of failure and litigation, relatively few small business and start-ups carry business insurance, according to recent polls. Two insurtechs ā LegalZoom and Counterpart ā are forming partnerships to take advantage of this lagging market.
Northwestern Mutual again reported annual record sales , earnings, and dividends for 2022, in a year that saw many of its peers struggle to post mediocre returns.
Forcing dental insurance plans to adopt Medical Loss Ratio requirements similar to healthcare plans is ābad public policy’ says the National Association of Dental Plans, while the ADA fires back.
Despite a $566 million net loss in the fourth quarter, Corebridge Financial Inc. executives are upbeat about the newly branded companyās prospects for the year.
The messy estate of Lisa Marie Presley, which is likely leading to a protracted legal battle, sets a tragic example of estate planning issues that can lead to stress and heartache for surviving family members.
Maybe pigs can fly. The IRS, in an unusual statement late last week, said that millions of dollars in 2022…
Global fund manager KKR said a surge in management fees, assets under management, and new business growth in its insurance subsidiary, boosted fourth earnings that vastly blew past Wall Street estimates.
Financial services and insurance firm Equitable Holdings defended its 2022 fourth quarter and year-end results, calling them āstrongā when considering the tough economic and market environments. The company blamed the results, which badly missed Wall Street expectations, on lower markets, hedging and non-performance risk under GAAP accounting.
For those in several states who think they have a big refund coming, the IRS wants them to delay filing their taxes until it can figure out whether they owe more from rebates received last year.
Extreme ā and more frequent ā catastrophic events along with rising inflation are whipsawing the insurance industry and will be…
Allstate on Thursday reiterated its aggressive strategy to stem huge underwriting losses in its auto lines, which includes raising premiums, cutting expenses, and implementing restrictions on policies.
As expected, and heavily telegraphed, the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee elected to raise interest rates a quarter point, the smallest tweak in nearly a year as it battles burgeoning inflation.
