The Affordable Insurance and Recovery Act will place the costs of extreme weather on the fossil fuel companies responsible to protect California homeowners from rising costs. Survivors of the Los Angeles Fires and consumer advocates joined Senator Scott Wiener outside the Capitol to announce SB 982, the Affordable Insurance and Recovery Act,…
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A former firefighter with the South Salisbury Volunteer Fire Department has been charged with obtaining $102,202.80 in disability payments he wasn't entitled to receive. According to a release from the N.C. Department of Insurance, Commissioner Mike Causey announced the arrest of John William Myers, 52, of Salisbury. Special agents with the Department of…
The following information was released by Georgia Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock:. Senator Reverend Warnock questioned Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on the administration's tariff taxes killing manufacturing jobs across Georgia and the country. Since taking office in 2025, President Trump's trade policies have cost Georgia families an extra…
2026 FEB 05– 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“ SMART WEIGHTING” by Rachel A. Rice, representing Great-West Life& Annuity Insurance Company. This application was made available to the public on January 22, 2026.
2026 FEB 05– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News– Data detailed on Managed Care have been presented. According to news reporting originating in Seattle, Washington, by NewsRx journalists, research stated,“ Addressing health inequity should involve improving access and quality of care for individuals with low income.
2026 FEB 05– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Food Daily News– Investigators publish new report on Agriculture- Agricultural Losses. The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University,“ This study addresses this gap by using financial crop loss data and crop insurance payouts to gain a…
AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of“ a-” of Worldwide Medical Assurance, Ltd. Corp.. The outlook of these Credit Ratings is stable. WWMA benefits from its partial ownership by KfW DEG, the German development bank, through its holding company, Worldwide Group, Inc. In recent years, WWMA has expanded…
That's how the federal government and the state have set our nation's health care policy. President Harry Truman's effort after World War II to bring universal health care to the United States failed. In Colorado there's also the Colorado Option, a byproduct of the Affordable Care Act, and Connect for Health Colorado.
—CHESTERFIELD, Mo.— Reinsurance Group of America Inc. on Thursday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $463 million. The Chesterfield, Missouri- based company said it had net income of $6.97 per share. For the year, the company reported profit of $1.18 billion, or $17.69 per share.
A billionaire Republican megadonor is behind a bill moving through the Florida Legislature that the state’ s insurance commissioner warned could force cash-strapped condo owners into riskier and more expensive policies. One company in particular wants to create that new platform: Ryan Specialty, a Chicago- based firm whose co-founder, Patrick Ryan, and his…
First American Title Insurance Company, a leading provider of title insurance and settlement services and the largest subsidiary of First American Financial Corporation, today announced that it was named by HousingWire as a 2026 Tech100 Real Estate winner. First American Title was also named a HousingWire Tech100 winner in 2025.. First American Title was…
Franklin County, Pennsylvania, is currently accepting applications for an Administrator of Franklin County's Human Services division. Franklin County offers full-time employees a benefits package that includes a pension plan, 11 paid holidays, 24 paid time off days, tuition reimbursement, Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield health insurance, vision and…
—Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says it would be“ up to the president” to decide whether or not to sue Kevin Warsh, Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Federal Reserve, if he fails to lower interest rates. Elizabeth Warren, D- Mass., the ranking member of the Senate Banking Committee, pressed Bessent on Trump's remarks during a committee hearing on Wednesday, which…
—A sharp drop for Google' s parent company is yanking the U.S. stock market lower on Thursday, while prices for bitcoin, silver and gold weaken. Yields are also sinking in the bond market following discouraging news on the U.S. job market.. In the bond market, Treasury yields sank after a report said the number of U.S. workers applying for unemployment benefits jumped…
The Institutes CPCU Society announced In2Leadership 2026, an immersive leadership training experience for risk management and insurance professionals focused on practical skills, real-world application, and measurable impact. “In2Leadership is where risk management and insurance professionals come to sharpen the skills that matter most right now,…
The following information was released by the Federal Reserve Board:. The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday finalized the hypothetical scenarios for its annual stress test, which helps ensure that large banks can continue to lend to households and businesses even in a severe recession. "Waiting to calculate new stress capital buffer requirements until we…
"We lost money in the exchange all but two years since 2014," Cigna CEO David Cordani said. The testimony dealt a blow to arguments President Trump and Republicans have made against extending enhanced Obamacare premium subsidies that expired Dec. 31 as a giveaway to insurance companies. "We compete based upon price and premiums," UnitedHealth Group CEO Stephen…
The California Consumer Watchdog group collected more than $1.4 million in fees in 2025 under a controversial California state program that rewards the group for "intervening" in California state insurance rate review proceedings. A group representing California insurers, however, said the continued fee awards- building on Consumer Watchdog's history of…
Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and Assembly Insurance Committee Chair Lisa Calderon today announced new legislation to overhaul the FAIR Plan, strengthening claims handling, expanding coverage options and improving transparency for wildfire survivors. The Make It FAIR Act, authored by Calderon and sponsored by Lara enacts key reforms identified…
