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Insurers See Decline in Private Equity Income Despite Investing More: AM Best
Despite increasing private equity investments, U.S. insurers experienced a second straight year of declining income on those investments, which dropped to $7.7 billion in 2023, down from $10.2 ...
Auto Insurers Face Rising Repair Costs, EV and Tech Complexity in 2025: Report
Amid inflation and labor shortages, the growing impact of electric vehicles (EVs) and rising repair costs, insurers and repairers will have a bumpy road to navigate in the year ahead, according to ...
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Florida Communities Hit Repeatedly by Hurricanes Grapple With Whether to Rebuild
It was just a month ago that Brooke Hiers left the state-issued emergency trailer where her family had lived since Hurricane Idalia slammed into her Gulf Coast fishing village of Horseshoe Beach in ...
Nowhere in America Is Safe From Climate-Fueled Storms and Fires
Forecasters had warned for days that Hurricane Helene was likely to cause widespread devastation. But when the powerful storm struck Florida and barreled through the eastern U.S. last month, killing ...
Hurricane Helene Exposes Federal Assistance Gap in Appalachian Areas
As residents of western North Carolina piece together their lives following Hurricane Helene, few will be able to rely on federal flood insurance to help them rebuild. Roughly 1 in 200 single-family ...
U.S. Could See Shortages, Higher Prices if Dockworkers Strike Drags On
U.S. ports from Maine to Texas shut down Tuesday when the union representing about 45,000 dockworkers went on strike for the first time since 1977. Workers began walking picket lines early Tuesday, ...
More Drivers See Benefit of Keeping Lane Departure Prevention Systems On
Almost 9 out of 10 drivers of vehicles equipped with lane departure warning and prevention systems now keep them switched on, according to a new study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. ...
U.S. Small Businesses See Job Growth Moderate Slightly in September
The national jobs index moderated slightly in September (99.84) but has averaged 100.31 so far in 2024, representing modest employment growth, according to the Paychex Small Business Employment Watch ...