RockRose Risk, the insurance brokerage giving property owners discounts for wildfire mitigation, today announced the launch of its homeowners insurance product in California. The expansion, which follows the rapid growth of their commercial property product in California, Nevada, and Colorado, marks the company’s first entry into the residential market.
–Third-party administrator and pharmacy benefit manager contracts have been awarded to to Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina effective January 2028. Also in its meeting Friday, the North Carolina State Health Plan Board of Trustees voted on preferred provider hospital systems, benefit changes and premiums for 2027.. "Blue Cross NC is grateful to be…
Millions of Americans who buy their own health insurance coverage through the Affordable Care Act marketplaces faced a stark choice this year: pay more than twice as much to keep the same plan or go without. Many did not keep their coverage. Federal data released on June 26, 2026, shows that marketplace enrollment fell from 21.8 million people in February 2025 to…
Consumer prices dropped 0.4% from May to June, the largest monthly drop in four years, the Labor Department said Tuesday, after rising 0.5% in the previous month. The core figures suggest that the gas price spike from the Iran war, while it pushed up airfares and some other costs, hasn't so far led to broad-based, sustained inflation, economists said.
SWBC ®, a diversified financial services company, announced a new partnership with Covered Insurance Solutions, a leading digital insurance platform purpose-built for the mortgage industry. SWBC’s new partnership with Covered Insurance Solutions. “Mortgage servicers are facing growing challenges related to regulatory requirements, insurance…
AM Best has revised the outlooks to stable from negative and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of“ a-” of Hurst Home Insurance Company, Inc.. The Credit Ratings reflect HHIC’ s balance sheet strength, which AM Best assesses as very strong, as well as its adequate operating performance, limited business profile and…
Louisiana’s property/casualty insurance market posted its first broad rate relief this decade in 2025, but headwinds caused by legal system abuse persist, according to a new members-only Issues Brief published today by the Insurance Information Institute. P/C premium rates fell statewide across all lines combined by an average of 0.4% last year,…
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield will cover C2N Diagnostics’ PrecivityAD2 blood test for Alzheimer’s disease evaluation starting Oct 1, 2026, expanding access to the diagnostic tool for adults with cognitive decline.
That commitment has earned the risk management and insurance education, information, and resource leader a 2026 Philadelphia Top Workplaces award from The Philadelphia Inquirer. Not only is this the 11th time The Institutes were named a Top Workplace among Philadelphia- area companies, it’s also their sixth consecutive year earning this honor, on top of…
