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…
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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…
Washington's insurance commissioner has fined Kaiser Permanente $300,000, for the company's failure to provide proof that they were complying with state and national requirements for mental health insurance coverage. It's the latest in a string of big insurance companies to be fined in Washington for not following mental health parity "laws— a set of state…
The Baldwin Group, a leading independent insurance brokerage and advisory firm delivering tailored insurance solutions to a wide range of personal and commercial clients, today announced that Paul Sparks, Executive Chairman of CAC Group, a specialty insurance brokerage firm, was appointed as a director, effective January 1, 2026. Paul Sparks, Executive…
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Sunday the Department of Justice has served the central bank with subpoenas and threatened it with a criminal indictment over his testimony this summer about the Fed’ s building renovations. The subpoenas relate to Powell’ s testimony before the Senate Banking Committee in June, the Fed chair said, regarding the Fed’ s…
At a time when health insurers are under fire for raising premiums and rejecting claims while health care costs continue to rise, Christine O'Brien is trying to grow UnitedHealthcare's book of commercial business in Louisiana and Mississippi— two of the poorest and sickest states in the country. Though UnitedHealthcare is the largest health insurer in the…
SelectQuote, Inc., a leading distributor of Medicare insurance policies and owner of a rapidly-growing healthcare services platform, today announced the successful completion of a new $415 million credit facility comprised of a $325 million term loan facility with Pathlight Capital LP and an enhanced $90 million revolving credit facility with UMB Bank.
BOSTON& MILAN—- Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance today announced the introduction of primary casualty policies for national and multinational risks in Italy. "We are pleased to launch our modular, proprietary primary casualty solution, expressly designed to meet our customers’ need for simplicity, clarity and transparency in managing casualty risk,”…
The following information was released by North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis:. Today, Senator Thom Tillis, a member of the Senate Banking Committee, issued the following statement:. "If there were any remaining doubt whether advisers within the Trump Administration are actively pushing to end the independence of the Federal Reserve, there should now be none.
The rest of Wall Street, meanwhile, is showing only modest signs of concern after tensions ramped to a much higher degree between the White House and the Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 erased a small loss from the morning and was inching up by 0.2% from its all-time high set on Friday, as U.S. stocks drifted through mixed trading. On Wall Street, the sharpest drops hit…
