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Another firm is withdrawing from the individual health insurance market, including for Colorado, effective Jan. 1, 2027. The withdrawals began with Oscar Health, which announced in May 2022 it would end its participation in the individual market in Arkansas and Colorado. Days later, Humana told its Colorado brokers and agents it was pulling out of the small…

Kentucky ranks 36th in child well-being, according to the 2026 Kids Count Data Book, a 50- state report of recent data developed by the Annie E. Casey Foundation analyzing how kids are faring nationwide. While progress was made on eight of the 16 indicators over a five-year period in Kentucky, the data shows sustained challenges driven by factors such as a crisis in…

Rachel Lauser, co-owner of Vancouver- based Applied TEAM Insurance, an authorized Washington Health Benefit Exchange Enrollment Center, said that the rate increases are preliminary and the final rates approved by the Office of the Insurance Commissioner in September usually come back lower. Last year, the primary health insurers in Clark County— Kaiser…

Here’ s how Washington state did: How much does it cost to have a baby in the U.S.? In 2025, the average out-of-pocket cost of childbirth in the United States was $2,854 with health insurance, according to Forbes. In Washington state, out-of-pocket costs for childbirth average $2,167 for a cesarean section, $2,153 for a delivery and $2,147 for a vaginal birth, Forbes…

2026 JUN 09– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at NewsRx Policy and Law Daily– Investigators publish new report on Economics. According to news reporting originating from New York City, New York, by NewsRx editors, the research stated,“ The U.S. Supreme Court may soon embrace an interpretation of the U.S.”. Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from…

2026 JUN 09– 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“ HARTCONNECT” by Cedric DeLaCruz The Hartford Insurance Group, Inc., representing Hartford Fire Insurance Company. The registrar information for this…

2026 JUN 09– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News– New research on Health and Medicine is the subject of a report. According to news originating from Boston, Massachusetts, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated,“ Integrating medical and social care requires professionals to navigate and connect distinct systems.

2026 JUN 09– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News– Research findings on Medical Devices and Surgical Technology are discussed in a new report. According to news reporting originating in Ann Arbor, Michigan, by NewsRx journalists, research stated,“ To evaluate differences in disparities in surgical outcomes between beneficiaries…

2026 JUN 09– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News– Current study results on risk management have been published. The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from Oregon State University:“ Mortality dynamics are specified using two extended frameworks based on the classical Lee-Carter model, with and without the…

More than 92,000 Illinois consumers lost or dropped their Affordable Care Act health insurance in recent months— an unusually large number— following the expiration of generous tax credits that had helped to curb the plans’ costs. Initially, 448,568 Illinois residents enrolled in health insurance plans sold on the state’ s exchange, Get Covered Illinois,…

According to news reporting originating in New York City, New York, by NewsRx journalists, research stated,“ We study the effect of risk on how firms organize their supply chains. Funders for this research include Federal Statistical Research Data Center under FSRDC, Federal Statistical Research Data Center under FSRDC. The news reporters obtained a quote from…

W. R. Berkley Corporation announced with deep sadness the passing of its founder and Executive Chairman, William R. Berkley, today at the age of 80.. Mr. Berkley founded the Company in 1967 and, over the course of nearly six decades, built it into a Fortune 500 company that is one of the world’ s leading commercial insurance organizations. W. Robert Berkley, Jr., President…

California has long had a complicated relationship with wealth. That tension is resurfacing in proposals for a statewide billionaire tax and other measures aimed at high earners and large corporations, including CEO taxes in Los Angeles and San Francisco. But they also raise a more fundamental question: What should California expect from the people who…

The following information was released by the U.S. Department of Justice:. The court also ordered Erazo-Zelaya to pay $765,446.00 in restitution to the IRS for unpaid payroll taxes and $26,720.12 in restitution to an insurance company for a workers' compensation claim. Erazo-Zelaya is a citizen of Honduras who is illegally present in the United States.

The U.S. public's inflation outlook was little changed in May despite the strong upward pressure on prices resulting from the war in the Middle East, a survey released by the New York Federal Reserve showed on Monday. The relative calm in inflation expectations will likely cheer U.S. central bank officials as they prepare for their June 16-17 policy meeting.

–For North Carolina's older workers and retirees in the State Health Plan, rates on the Medicare Advantage plans will increase, the Board of Trustees says. Changes in the Medicare Advantage Plan will save the Plan $54 million, close to closing the projected $58 million gap for 2027.. "I appreciate that this is not going to be wildly popular, but as we work to close that…

KBRA releases commentary following the recent publication of the Columbia Business School’ s Rating Without Market Discipline paper, which raises important questions regarding the growth of private ratings in U.S. life insurer portfolios and the interaction between ratings and regulatory capital. The paper concludes that privately rated bonds…

According to The Institutes Knowledge Group’ s annual Skills Report, risk management and insurance individuals and organizations are taking a more deliberate approach to professional development than ever before. This report, which is based on data from The Institutes’ expansive community of learners who completed over 170,000 courses and earned more…

As the former Italian prime minister Mario Draghi, recently remarked:“ For the first time in living memory, truly alone together.”. One step towards digital economic sovereignty could involve the European Central Bank issuing the digital euro sooner than planned. It would be backed by the ECB and usable for everyday payments across the euro zone.