With data center construction fueling demand for some manufactured goods, overall business activity increased moderately over the past month and a half, the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland reported on Wednesday. But with prices of fuel and other petroleum products remaining high, costs are continuing to rise and consumers find themselves with less money…

Federato, the AI-native platform that changes the way insurance work gets done, today released its 2026 State of P&C Insurance Technology report, based on a survey of 750 P&C insurance professionals across carriers, managing general agents, and MGA aggregators. The report’s central finding: 91% of P&C leaders report real-time portfolio control, but only 27% of…

iGMS, the property management platform built for independent short-term rental hosts and managers, announces a partnership with Safely, a provider of insurance protection for the short-term rental industry. It’ s one more way we help independent operators run like pros from a single platform,” said Ivan Levchenko, CEO of iGMS. “This partnership brings…

The Central Bank of Liberia has cut its benchmark interest rate for the first time this year, expressing confidence that moderating domestic inflationary pressures and stronger macroeconomic fundamentals will support economic recovery despite rising global uncertainty and higher inflation. The Central Bank's Monetary Policy Committee announced…

MARGATE, N.J.—- David Nicholas Building& Property Maintenance, southern New Jersey’ s premier luxury residential property manager and a portfolio company of Keystone Equity Partners, announced today debt financing with Live Oak Bank and the launch of a coastal property insurance brokerage in partnership with ECBM. On pace to grow its customer base 50%…

Alice Thornton has spent more than two decades treating people living with HIV in Lexington, Kentucky. Her team tends to "cringe" anytime they hear about patients having to fill out lots of paperwork, like when applying for Social Security Disability payments, because it can be a difficult, burdensome process. Starting Jan. 1 in most of the country, some enrollees—…

It’ s a heightened concern for the estimated million-plus farmworkers who are U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents, as new work requirements kick in for the federal-state healthcare program that serves low-income and disabled Americans. “Having a work requirement— having to create more paperwork and more proof— is certainly extremely challenging for…

A year after Secretary of U.S. Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that dozens of health insurers had signed a six-part pledge promising to reduce barriers to doctor-recommended care, some insurers now say they won't implement all the promised initiatives. This article first appeared on KFF Health News. Greg Murphy, a physician who…

8 worst states to invest in real estate in 2026. Buy the same property at the same price with the same tenant in two different states, and you'll end up with two completely different investments. Property taxes, insurance costs, eviction timelines, and rent control laws vary enough from state to state that location alone can determine whether a deal makes money or…