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Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated, a leading global life and health reinsurer, announced today that Ryan Krueger will join the company as Senior Vice President, Investor Relations, effective January 5, 2026. Prior to joining RGA, Mr. Krueger spent over a decade at investment bank Keefe, Bruyette& Woods, where he was Managing Director, Equity Research of…

Mr. Bell was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Vicksburg and later joined Second Presbyterian Church in Memphis, TN and then Columbia Presbyterian Church in Columbia, MS. He served as a deacon in all three churches. He worked as a Life Insurance Executive for Southland Life Insurance Company of Dallas, TX, for 40 years and was a partner in Price, Brown, and Bell…

Ken Fleming wants to change that and is filing legislation in 2026 that would remove body mass index from treatment standards for state-qualified health insurance plans marketed through kynect. A Louisville eating disorder expert said such a change is needed. "I've had this happen to me too many times to count at this point now: You will have somebody who is in…

But for Federal Reserve, the purpose of its monetary policy is mandated by Congress. The Fed itself refers to these two objectives regularly in its Federal Open Market Committee statements announcing its monetary policy decisions. Miran is correct that Congress has tasked the U.S. central bank with all three of these objectives, but that's not the whole story.

The agriculture organization's chief administrator, Rob Robertson, said Monday in Kearney that Congress appears stalled on providing subsidies for the ACA "Obamacare" program, leaving farmers uninsured, so Farm Bureau has taken matters into its own hands. Although the Nebraska Farm Bureau's plan is similar to many insurance plans, Farm Bureau has been…

The average 2024/ 2025 vehicle costs $2,823 per year to insure, according to Insurify data. That's about $700 above the national average cost for all vehicles. The most inexpensive model to insure in Florida is the Jeep Compass, while in Maine it's the Chevrolet Equinox.The best car insurance rate can vary depending on regional and individual factors that…

—The U.S. stock market neared its all-time high after the Federal Reserve cut its main interest rate to bolster the job market, and hopes strengthened for more cuts to come in 2026. The rate cut was widely expected, but investors said comments from Fed Chair Jerome Powell may have been less harsh about closing off the possibility of future cuts than Wall Street had…

The majority of U.S. claims resolve through insurance company negotiations, with fewer than 5% of cases proceeding to trial. The 2025 data from Consumershield indicates that basic car accident injury cases result in payment ranges between $30,416 and $37,248 for personal injury claims from car accidents. According to an Austin car accident lawyer, every car…

BOSTON— More than 10,000 Massachusetts residents have dropped health plans obtained through the Massachusetts Health Connector at a time when premiums tied to expiring federal subsidies are projected to soar. As open enrollment nears a Dec. 23 deadline, Health Connector Executive Director Audrey Morse Gasteier said Tuesday the pace of dropped coverage is…

Greg Williams is the co-founder, chairman and CEO of Acrisure, an insurance company based in Grand Rapids. Another $100 million will go into an affiliated organization called Spartan Ventures. The Williams gift also includes $11 million for academics and extracurricular activities including the MSU Burgess Risk Management and Financial Insurance…

—The Federal Reserve reduced its key interest rate by a quarter-point for the third time in a row Wednesday but signaled that it may leave rates unchanged in the coming months. Chair Jerome Powell signaled at a news conference that the Fed would likely hold off on further rate cuts in the coming months while it evaluated the health of the economy.

U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin today delivered a speech on the Senate floor ahead of the Senate's anticipated vote to extend the Affordable Care Act's enhanced premium tax credits this week. Durbin received a commitment from Republican Leader John Thune to put a bill on the Senate floor in December to address the ACA enhanced premium tax credits.

Aaron Bean introduced the House companion to Senator Rick Scott's More Affordable Care Act today. The bill ditches Washington's one-size-fits-none approach by creating Trump Health Freedom Accounts to let families shop, compare, and choose coverage that actually works for them, instead of lining the pockets of insurance companies. The Democrats'…