Insurance
Employers turn on their PBMs as healthcare costs near a two-decade high
US employers are heading into 2027 benefit renewals with healthcare costs projected to rise at their fastest pace in nearly...
MLR rebate checks are in hand. The ERISA clock is already running
Fully insured group health plan sponsors have roughly three months from receipt to distribute the participant share, or set up...
What Credit Score Do You Need to Buy a House?
If you’re planning to buy a home, you may be wondering whether your credit score is high enough to qualify...
Self-funded health plans: why RCM&D’s broker is sounding the alarm
Benefits advisor is adamant that without transparency and control, no one will be able to contain cost Ben Bohonowicz has...
W. R. Berkley cuts casualty reinsurance by a quarter as pricing fails to hold
W. R. Berkley Corporation’s reinsurance casualty book shrank 25% in the third quarter compared with a year earlier, the steepest single-quarter...
Higginbotham’s Houston Dynamo deal: smart business play or pricey pitchside perk?
The Fort Worth broker is putting its name on a premium club at an MLS stadium. Industry research shows how...
What Are Closing Costs? A Homebuyer’s Guide to What You’re Actually Paying For
When you’re saving to buy a home, the down payment tends to get most of the attention. But there’s another...
Porch Group acquires Allied Trust in $200 million deal
Louisiana entry marks Porch’s first acquisition under its policyholder-owned reciprocal structure Porch Group announced that its Porch Insurance Reciprocal Exchange (PIRE)...
Workers’ comp’s profit streak is intact, but the math is changing
AM Best flags reserve erosion and rising medical costs as the line approaches an inflection point Workers’ compensation has posted...
California turns insurer reporting fines into rolling penalties
A flat fine just became a 30-day rolling clock for noncompliant California insurers What happened: California signed into law a...
After months of calm, Isaias puts hurricane coverage back under scrutiny
The first Atlantic hurricane of the 2026 season could test whether rising premiums and months of calm pushed policyholders toward...
Aurenity enters cyber and tech E&O with former BHSI executive
Aurenity, the West Hartford-based tech-enabled excess and surplus (E&S) managing general agent, has appointed Brian Robb as executive vice president,...
