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Woods Aitken LLP, along with the Lincoln Human Resource Management Association and the Lincoln Journal Star, have announced the finalists for the 2026 Best Places to Work in Lincoln awards. Small companies: Americom Communications, Custom Blinds& Design and Wellbeing Initiative, Inc.. Extra-Large Companies: Ameritas Life Insurance Corp., Assurity Life…

Investors Heritage Life Insurance Company is pleased to announce that Anna Reynolds was promoted to Senior Vice President and General Counsel effective 2025.. Ms. Reynolds joined Investors Heritage in 2017 and has previously served as Associate General Counsel and Assistant Vice President. Ms. Reynolds earned her Juris Doctor from Northeastern…

The following information was released by the America's Health Insurance Plans:. During a hearing of the House Ways and Means Committee this week, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle underscored the central role of hospital systems in driving the health care affordability crisis through anti-competitive consolidation, opaque billing practices and price…

The following information was released by the New York State Department of Financial Services:. New York State Department of Financial Services Acting Superintendent Kaitlin Asrow today announced that Delta Dental Insurance Company and Delta Dental of New York, Inc. will pay a $2.25 million penalty for violations of the Department's cybersecurity…

The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate rose this week, pushing up borrowing costs for prospective homebuyers in the midst of the spring homebuying season. This week’ s uptick in the average rate on a 30- year home loan follows a rise in the yield on U.S. 10- year Treasury bonds, which lenders use as a guide to pricing home loans. The 10- year Treasury yield was at 4.39%…

Nobel laureate examines future of Federal Reserve leadership and independenceand how to address future financial crises. From setting interest rates to keeping inflation in check, the Federal Reserve sits at the center of some of the most important economic decisions shaping our daily lives. Paul Rand: What's next for the Federal Reserve?

DISCO, a creator of industry-leading litigation technology, has announced an expansion of its strategic eDiscovery and AI technology partnership with Mound Cotton Wollan and Greengrass, a law firm that offers preeminent legal services across a wide array of practice areas including insurance, reinsurance, and commercial litigation.

The start of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season is just a month away and the Insurance Information Institute is recommending homeowners, condo owners, renters and business owners prepare now. Led by Colorado State University senior research scientist Phil Klotzbach, Ph.D., a non-resident scholar at Triple-I, the CSU TC-RAMS Team forecasts“ a slightly below…

Newrez, a top five mortgage lender and servicer, today released findings from an analysis of roughly 1.2 million Newrez- serviced residential mortgage loans. According to the study, the average annual homeowners insurance premium increased 64% between year-end 2021 and year-end 2025 when the average premium grew from $1,597 to $2,625.

Approximately 8,000 Marylanders downgraded their ACA plans from gold to bronze in order to save on monthly costs, taking on higher-risk plans as a tradeoff. As fewer Marylanders qualify for federal tax breaks that used to keep health care costs down, state officials report that higher monthly premiums have led thousands to opt for lower-coverage healthcare…

–The Federal Reserve wrapped up what could be its last meeting under current Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday with a decision to hold rates steady, in line with market predictions. "The U.S. economy has been expanding at a solid pace. Wednesday also saw Fed Chair nominee Kevin Warsh clear the last hurdle in his confirmation process before the final Senate vote, with…

Mehmet Oz, the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services administrator, is ordering all states to step up their efforts to crack down on Medicaid fraud. His April 21, 2026, announcement expanded on the Trump administration's related enforcement actions, such as withholding Medicaid funds from Minnesota and threatening to do that for New York, California and…

WASHINGTON— Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Federal Reserve, cleared a key procedural hurdle Wednesday, opening the way for him to succeed Jerome Powell next month amid the White House's unprecedented efforts to exert control over the world's most powerful central bank. The Senate Banking Committee voted 13-11 along party lines to…

As small businesses continue to face rising healthcare costs, Elevance Health’ s affiliated health plans are delivering solutions that help employers offer competitive benefits, improve health outcomes, and keep costs more affordable and more predictable. Recent research shows small businesses and their employees have experienced healthcare cost…

In supporting this proclamation, the Tennessee Department of Commerce& Insurance, and the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services remind Tennesseans to understand how insurance may help cover the cost of mental health treatment, a press release from TDCI said. Under legislation passed by Congress in 2008, any health insurance…

Contracts with eight companies that provide various types of insurance for City of Lawton employees and some retirees were approved Tuesday night by the City Council. The city will provide medical and ancillary products of vision, group life, accidental death and dismemberment, short-term and long-term disability, accident, critical illness, and MD Live…

Hurricane season is just about ready to blow in, and that means it's a good time to go over your insurance policy and, if you don't have one, to get one. Obviously home insurance is big business in Florida where people pay almost as much attention to hurricane forecasts as their medical check- ups. Twin hurricanes in 2024 exposed a lot of problems with insurance— from…

McLean, Va. In what is likely Jerome Powell's last meeting as chair of the Federal Reserve, the committee opted to leave the benchmark interest rates steady at a target range of 3.5% to 3.75% at their first meeting of 2026. While the job market has been an area of focus for the Federal Reserve since the last meeting, Chair Powell also pointed to strong economic growth…

The following information was released by the American Hotel and Lodging Association:. Today the American Hotel and Lodging Association issued the following statement in support of the U.S. Senate introduction of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act extension:. AHLA thanks the bipartisan group of senators for introducing this incredibly important…