For a second straight year, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has been ordered to roll back its rate requests. A month after the state-owned company "s Board of Governors voted to ask regulators to approve a 2.6% statewide average rate cut, DeSantis called a news conference to announce that the Florida Office of Insurance…
Newswires
Former Federal Reserve leaders and a top Republican Senator raised concerns about the independence of the U.S. central bank after Chairman Jerome Powell announced a Justice Department investigation. Powell said the Department of Justice served the Federal Reserve with grand jury subpoenas on Friday, threatening a criminal indictment related to…
Washington, DC As the Republican attack on our health care system continues, U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and Elissa Slotkin and Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky introduced the Affordable Consumer Health Options and Insurance Competition Enhancement Act to add a publicly operated health insurance option to the Affordable Care Act's individual…
The following information was released by the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs:. Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, Ranking Member of Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, released the following statement:. "As Donald Trump prepares to nominate a new Fed Chair, he wants to push Jerome Powell off the Fed Board for good and…
Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine released the following statement regarding the Department of Justice's criminal investigation into the Federal Reserve and subpoena of Chair Jerome Powell following an unprecedented year-long pressure campaign from the Trump Administration:. "The Federal Reserve was designed to be independent from the executive branch so…
Swing-district Virginia Republicans faced a choice this week on whether to break with GOP leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives and vote with Democrats to extend enhanced federal subsidies for health insurance premiums that expired at the end of last year. One voted yes and another voted no, as Congress looks for a solution to a looming health care…
The following information was released by Virginia Senator Mark Warner:. Mark R. Warner, a senior member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, released the following statement:. "The Fed was designed to operate independently, insulated from political pressure, so that it can make tough decisions based on data and the long-term health of the…
In Missouri, where comparative fault rules and insurer tactics can complicate even straightforward claims, choosing the right car accident lawyer can have a real impact on how a case is handled and how much compensation is ultimately recovered. Missouri has many personal injury law firms, but the best car accident lawyers stand out because they focus heavily…
The Susan G. Komen ® Center for Public Policy announced its 2026 state and federal advocacy priorities, underscoring the urgent need to protect the breast cancer community from impending changes that will drastically change affordability and access to health care. “There are massive changes underway now and looming in the near future that will change…
Thousands of retirees lost access to some of the region’ s major local health care facilities Jan. 1 because of a dispute between a Fresno Unified insurance provider, Aetna, and Community Health System, the Fresno area’ s largest health care provider. The disruption impacted about 6,200 retirees and dependents enrolled in the Aetna program, of which 1,500…
—President Donald Trump has dramatically escalated his confrontation with the Federal Reserve, his Justice Department investigating and threatening a criminal indictment of the independent central bank and serving it with subpoenas. The dispute is ostensibly about Fed Chair Jerome Powell’ s testimony to Congress in June over the cost of a massive…
“The vicious, violent and unfair weaponization of the Justice Department and our government will end,” he declared on Jan. 20, 2025. Trump told NBC News over the weekend that he knew nothing about a Justice Department inquiry into the fed’ s ongoing construction project in Washington. Powell said in an unusual video statement Sunday that the Justice Department has…
"Withouta stable, responsible, and independent monetary policy, the United States risks losing the primacy of the U.S. dollar and becoming uninvestable.Trump' s politically-driven' investigation'of the Federal Reserve is a deliberateassault on that independence. "There is no more important financial role of Congress than preserving the independenceof…
The Napa County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce has elected Erika Velazquez as the new chair of its board of directors. A Napa- born first-generation Mexican American, she is an account executive for insurance brokerage Relation Insurance Services. The Napa County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce works to promote, support and advocate for Latino-owned businesses…
—The Justice Department has threatened the Federal Reserve with a criminal indictment over the testimony of Fed Chair Jerome Powell this summer regarding its building renovations, Powell said over the weekend. Trump has also accused Powell of mismanaging the U.S. central bank’ s $2.5 billion building renovation project. “If there were any remaining doubt…
—The Trump administration's criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell appeared on Monday to be emboldening defenders of the U.S. central bank, who pushed back against President Donald Trump’ s efforts to exert more control over the Fed. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that Trump did not direct his Justice…
Medicare 1 s a federal health insurance program for people 65 or older, and some people under 65 with certain disabilities or conditions. Medicare Advantage 1 s a localized Medicare option offering insurance services that vary by county or Zip Code. Although Medicare Advantage plans must follow federal rules, some seniors, like Joanne Craig, 76, have struggled…
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance today announced the promotion of David Lee to Global Chief Human Resources Officer. Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance provides commercial property, casualty, healthcare professional liability, executive and professional lines, transactional liability, surety, marine, travel, programs, accident and health,…
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is swinging back at President Trump "s administration after the Department of Justice launched a criminal indictment over the central bank’ s extensive renovations of its Washington, D.C. headquarters. "I wouldn’ t even think of doing it that way," Trump told reporters late Sunday as he headed back to the White House from his…
