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Kevin Kolenda, 69, entered the plea during a hearing in Bridgeport federal court, according to a news release shared by U.S. Sullivan said Kolenda owned and operated the prize insurance business Hole-In-Won LLC., which has provided prize insurance to clients who offered promotions at events such as golf tournaments. Want more New Haven Register?

Chris Smith and House Speaker Mike Johnson. The recent report, compiled by the Government Accountability Office, was requested by House and Senate majority leadership, Co-Chairs of the House and Senate Congressional Pro-Life Caucus and Values Action Teams, and Chairmen of the House and Senate Committees of jurisdiction. Chris Smith, Co-Chair of the…

The following information was released by Public Citizen:. WASHINGTON Most state insurance commissioners refuse to take a stand on disclosing data on homeowners insurance as the crisis in that market worsens and disasters triggered by El Nio and climate change loom larger, according to a new report released today by Public Citizen. "Whether you can see what's…

—Inflation in the United Kingdom rose to a five-month high as the aftershocks of the Iran war continued to ratchet up fuel prices, official figures showed Wednesday, an increase that will pressure the Bank of England to hike interest rates again over coming months. Interest rates in the U.K. had been trending downward from a 15- year high of 5.25% until the U.S. and…

Coupled with an estimated 3.8 million Americans losing Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program coverage over the same period, an astounding 8 million Americans now have lost health care coverage thanks to Donald Trump and his Republican allies in Congress. That budget bill, OK'd by every one of Wisconsin's GOP members of Congress, represented the…

The recent report, compiled by the Government Accountability Office, was requested by House and Senate majority leadership, Co-Chairs of the House and Senate Congressional Pro-Life Caucus and Values Action Teams, and Chairmen of the House and Senate Committees of jurisdiction. Chris Smith, Co-Chair of the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus, and Rep.

The following information was released by Mississippi Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith:. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, chair of the Senate Pro-Life Caucus, and other pro-life lawmakers today called on the Trump administration to reissue a rule to ensure taxpayers know whether their Affordable Care Act health insurance plans provide coverage for abortion services.

“I think the rates that were finalized speak to the underlying failure of the system that we have in place right now,” said State Comptroller Sean Scanlon.“ And that failure to fix it has led to unsustainable cost increases for the people of Connecticut.”. Last week, the Connecticut Insurance Department announced its approval of the rate hikes covering individual…

Costly loans drive consumers to longer loan terms, riskier borrowing strategies. Economic analysis from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, for instance, describes a fairly resilient labor market, with unemployment hovering around 4.2%, down from a four-year high of 4.5% in November 2025. Yet inflation remains a nagging issue: According to the Federal Reserve…

AM Best will participate in multiple sessions during The Insurer’ s upcoming European MGA Summit 2026, taking place 29-30 September 2026, in Paris. William Mills, senior director, market development EMEA, and Roisin Gallagher, associate director, market development, EMEA both of AM Best will also be in attendance as delegates and available for meetings.

—Barely four months into the job, Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh is stuck between two strong and opposing forces: Financial markets that anticipate the central bank will raise interest rates, and President Donald Trump, who wants the Fed to cut them or leave them unchanged. This week, the rate on the 10- year Treasury bond reached 5% for the first time in three…

Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. That drop occurred after Congress let subsidies lapse, which caused premium payments to skyrocket. "Pennsylvania families are being squeezed from every…

OKLAHOMA CITY— In connection with Life Insurance Awareness Month, Oklahoma consumers have been matched with $260 million in life insurance and annuity benefits through the Life Insurance Policy Locator, according to the Oklahoma Insurance Department. The free service, hosted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, securely checks…

For most of its existence, the autism therapy known as applied behavior analysis, or ABA, has relied on armies of parents— eager to share heartrending stories of the transformation it could bring about in their children's lives— to lobby state lawmakers to require insurance coverage and other benefits. The coverage mandates these parents helped secure have…

2026 SEP 15– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News– According to news reporting originating from Washington, D.C., by NewsRx journalists, a trademark application has been made for“ A PARTNER LIKE NO OTHER” by Kristin Grant GRANT ATTORNEYS AT LAW PLLC, representing Health Care Service Corporation. This application was made available to the…

2026 SEP 15– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News– Researchers detail new data in Economics. Funders for this research include National Natural Science Foundation of China, Humanities and Social Sciences Research Foundation of Ministry of Education of China, Singapore’ s Ministry of Education Academic Research Fund Tier 1..

2026 SEP 15– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Education Daily Report– A new study found that nearly 20 percent of eligible adults in Medicaid expansion states are in danger of not meeting the minimum work hours that will be required nationwide beginning January 1. Up to 10 million people may lose Medicaid coverage in the United States due in part to new work…

Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund has almost as many foreign assets as the government has FX reserves. Japan's FX reserves are on the books of the Ministry of Finance and the GPIF is on the books of the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Laborso these are almost all assets of the Government of Japan, not its central bank. Korea's National Pension Service has…

The prices of precious metals, particularly gold, came under pressure at the end of last week as investors increased their expectations of a U.S. Federal Reserve rate hike at its upcoming policy meeting. Meanwhile, trade figures from China highlighted a sharp rise in Russian gold entering the country through Hong Kong. As global markets continue […]