The Buffalo News is republishing the story as part of a no-paywall event for Labor Day weekend. Linda Kozlowski, 68, Carrie Beaver, 75, and Carl Patterson, 69, are all Parkinson’ s patients who live in Western New York. But all three were distressed to learn recently that their health insurance provider, Univera Healthcare, has decided that it will stop offering…
Cord Silverstein had been a Blue Cross Blue Shield North Carolina member for 12 years when he missed one monthly payment this summer and lost coverage— for himself, his wife and his daughter— for the rest of the year. Blue Cross sent him a letter July 7 to tell him that his policy was canceled. Blue Cross referred Silverstein to the Health Insurance Marketplace, where…
*Corresponding author: Francis Boakai Passawe, School of Postgraduate Studies in Economics University of Liberia, West Africa, Monrovia, Liberia. Despite Liberia recording one of the highest foreign direct investment- to-GDP ratios in Sub-Saharan Africa during 2018-2023, the country remained among the poorest nations globally, raising the question of…
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The volume of ceded U.S. health insurance premium to the reinsurance market has grown significantly over the past decade, to USD 203 billion in 2025 from USD 59 billion in 2016, representing growth of more than 300%, according to a new AM Best report. “Underwriting margins across several U.S. health insurance segments have been under pressure, prompting insurers…
The issue was raised during a County Council work session by Council Chair Justin Paulsen, who sits on a subcommittee examining insurance gaps. UW Clinic agreed to temporarily accept Ambetter, and the Orcas clinic brought it on through Highland Hospital. Officials fear losing Ambetter entirely in the next cycle, leaving zero carriers— something the state…
The absence of U.S banks from trading yesterday led to a cautious Monday while a long holiday weekend within North America likely allowed for nervous sentiment to simmer as traders brace for the global markets to gyrate, this as the long summer slumber has now officially ended. The USD/ZAR is trading within a tentative marketplace early today as it awaits the…
The U.S. property/casualty industry recorded $31.2 billion in net underwriting income in the first half of 2026, nearly three times the $10.9 billion posted in the same prior-year period, according to a new AM Best report. Also driving the net underwriting gain was a 3% increase in net earned premiums and a 5% decline in incurred losses and loss-adjustment…
