HealthPartners and Essentia Health are proposing a merger that would create one of Minnesota’ s largest health systems amid a wave of industry consolidation in the state. North Memorial Health merged into South Dakota- based Sanford Health on Sept. 1, and Minneapolis- based Allina Health has proposed becoming a division of California- based Sutter Health.
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HealthPartners and Essentia Health are proposing a merger that would create one of Minnesota’ s largest health systems amid a wave of industry consolidation in the state. North Memorial Health merged into South Dakota- based Sanford Health on Sept. 1, and Minneapolis- based Allina Health has proposed becoming a division of California- based Sutter Health.
—In eastern Kentucky, Libby Honeycutt listened upstairs to the sound of glass breaking below as floodwaters tore apart her house. Nationwide, just 2.4% of properties are covered by 4.5 million federal flood insurance policies, an Associated Press analysis shows— but 8.4% are at severe or extreme risk of flooding. The problem is especially bad in eastern…
Established in 2013, Beibu Gulf Insurance is a non-life insurance company headquartered in Guangxi province, China. Despite being a small-to-medium sized non-life insurer in China, Beibu Gulf Insurance holds a prominent position in Guangxi province, capturing 9% of local market share, in terms of premium income in 2025. Leveraging strong relationships…
International General Insurance Holdings Ltd. today announced that it expects to release financial results for the third quarter and first nine months of 2026, on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, after the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Company will host an investor teleconference, including a question-and-answer period, on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, at…
Heller Kowitz Insurance Advisors is moving its headquarters from Timonium to Hunt Valley this fall as the independent insurance brokerage expands through acquisitions and new business. The 30- person company has signed a lease for 6,622 square feet at the Executive Plaza complex, where it plans to more than double its current office space, according to the…
LAS VEGAS, Sept. 29, 2026/ PRNewswire-PRWeb/– Cloverleaf Analytics, a leading provider of advanced analytics for property and casualty insurers and MGAs, today introduced Autonomous Analytics, an AI-native platform that makes monitoring and investigating changes in the business as easy as asking questions in plain English. "The new Autonomous Analytics…
While lawmakers use the legislative interim to prepare for the next legislative session, we also use the time to monitor how state programs are serving Kentuckians. At the September meeting of the Public Pension Oversight Board, members received an update on an important enrollment change coming to the Kentucky Employees Health Plan that covers more than…
Angela Chang says sticker shock never gets easier. But Chang, chief strategy officer at KCAL Insurance, also knows there's only so much left in people's pockets, especially with food and gas prices rising too. Nearly two in three Californians worry about unexpected medical bills, and six in 10 report they or a family member skipped care due to cost, according to a…
Three months later, "it didn't seem to have lasted," said Barkin, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond and a member of the Federal Reserve Board committee that adjusts interest rates to either stimulate the United States economy or slow down inflation. It was the first time in three years that the Fed had raised its benchmark interest rate— now ranging…
BOISE, Idaho— Joshua and Ashley Durham run a family medicine practice, and for the first time in their lives, they have no health insurance. "It’ s nerve-racking," said Joshua Durham, 47. "It just takes, you know, one little accident, and then you got a big fat bill." Nationwide, 7% of all healthcare workers were uninsured in 2024, compared with 11% of all adults under 65,…
The following information was released by the American Public Power Association:. The Senate Banking Committee recently voted unanimously to pass S. 4395, the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2026.. APPA joined a coalition of stakeholders in sending a letter to Senate Banking Committee leadership urging swift passage of S. 4395..
Authors: Jessica Mathers and Elizabeth Hinton. In May 2026, CMSannouncedthe HHS Office of the Inspector General would be initiating areview of every state's MFCUbefore its next annual recertification. In June 2026, the HHS-OIG denied recertification and suspended federal funding for Hawaii's and New York's Medicaid Fraud Control Units.
The following information was released by the office of the Attorney General of New Jersey:. Attorney General Jennifer Davenport and the Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor announced today that an owner of a high-end car rental company has been sentenced to four years in state prison for insurance fraud involving a staged car crash and fraudulent…
The Affordability is Access Act would require insurers to fully cover over-the-counter birth control without any fees or out-of-pocket costs, once it's FDA- approved. The legislation also includes a new provision to require health insurance to cover every FDA- approved contraceptive drug or drug-led combination product without cost sharing unless the…
Fifty-one percent of the population of the U.S. has some kind of life insurance coverage in place, and the industry assets cover the equivalent of 41% of the country's collective yearly personal income, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Meanwhile, ACLI data shows that the annual voluntary surrender rate for individual policyholders is around…
"It means that more of these hospitals, a few nursing homes that are wrapped up in our academic medical centers, are going to start limiting the numbers of Medicaid patients that they see," said Debra Lipson, the independent health policy researcher who authored the report. But in the years since, federal and state spending on these so-called state-directed…
In a surprising development, Auburn City Council on Thursday rejected a proposed three-year contract with the city's firefighters union. Mayor Jimmy Giannettino and Councilors Craig Diego and Rhoda Overstreet-Wilson each cited the contract's language on contributions to health insurance premiums as part of the reason for their vote, believing they…
2026 SEP 28– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News– Investigators discuss new findings in Managed Care. According to news reporting out of Boston, Massachusetts, by NewsRx editors, research stated,“ The prices of new medicines in the USA are among the highest in the world. Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Brigham…
