Rising home ownership costs and insurance rate pressure are adding affordability strain for homeowners, according to the JD Power 2026 U.S. Home Insurance Study, SM released today. As customers more closely analyze household and insurance expenses, the study finds that trust, seamless service and channel effectiveness are critical to homeowners insurance…
Sep. 15— Lawmakers on both the left and right expressed outrage about double-digit increases approved for the premiums paid by the 220,000 Connecticut residents buying health insurance on the state's Affordable Care Act exchange. In a public information session last month, the companies that offer plans on the Access Health CT exchange cited factors…
Treasury bond yields have climbed to 4.96%. To learn more about short-term Treasury bills and longer-term bonds, the market and impact on consumers, UVA Today reached out to Rodney Sullivan, the executive director of the Mayo Center for Asset Management at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business. Treasury is the largest issuer in the U.S. bond…
Today, House Committee on Education and Workforce Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott sent a letter to Acting Secretary of Labor Keith Sonderling and Assistant Secretary Daniel Aronowitz demanding answers about reported settlement negotiations with companies selling junk health plans that use sham employment or partnership relationships to…
Congressman Troy Downing penned an op-ed in the Washington Reporter on the need to reform the Affordable Care Act. "Access to affordable health care is one of the most critical issues facing Montana today. You have probably heard some say that insurance premiums in Montana increased due to Congress not extending the enhanced premium tax credits and allowing…
Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh dislikes giving any guidance about the likely path of U.S. interest rates, but elevated inflation, oil at more than $100 a barrel, and his own emphasis on the need to deliver price stability and to pay attention to signals from financial market pricing appear to leave little doubt about what's next. The U.S. central bank will…
