The rapid growth of #AI #datacentres, driven by significant private capital investment, is presenting challenges for #insurers. Insurers are offering bespoke policies and exploring asset-backed securitisation, the mismatch between the lifespan of data centres and GPUs, along with the potential for…

UK City firms report fastest turnaround in fortunes in 30 years CBI figures showing surprise jump in financial sector’s growth will be welcome news for Rachel Reeves

UK City firms report fastest turnaround in fortunes in 30 years

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#City #financialservices #RoE #investment #growth #banks #insurers #London #productivity

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Forum🇸🇬 Don’t let medical progress become a loophole for #insurers
"Life #Insurance Assoc'n recently updated its #Critical #Illness Framework to incl modern “keyhole” & endovascular treatments.. a clear admission tt old, highly invasive definitions r medically obsolete. However […]

Hospitals feel the heat over anticompetitive contracting The Justice Department is cracking down on practices it says are making health care more expensive.

#Hospital markets are heavily consolidated, giving big health systems leverage in their negotiations with #insurers and #employers. #StoppedClocks #HospitalConsolidation #MedicalCosts

Maritime insurers cancel war risk cover in Gulf as Iran conflict disrupts shipping - ReadR App

👉 Deep-Search 🌐🔍🧠 and Read More about headlines: #news #breaking #maritime #insurers #war #risk #iran #shipping

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Maryland bill aims to protect patients caught in hospital-insurance contract disputes A contract dispute between UnitedHealthcare and Johns Hopkins left about 60,000 patients scrambling for new providers. Now, Maryland's insurance regulator wants the law changed.

The #legislation would require #insurers to give notice when contracts end. And it would require 90 days of #ContinuityOfCare automatically in most cases. #NetworkContracting #Maryland

Health Insurers in Shock After Medicare Holds Line on 2027 Payments Big companies lost $96 billion in market capitalization after Medicare proposed a relatively flat rate increase for next year.

Health #Insurers in Shock After #Medicare Holds Line on 2027 #MedicareAdvantage Payments. MA brought $500 billion in revenue for the industry last year. #UnitedHealth's revenue from #Medicare is more than twice that from private insurance. @hcfanc.bsky.social
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FSB's Annual Resolution Report highlights its ongoing efforts to strengthen the global resolution regimes for banks, insurers and financial market infrastructures. www.fsb.org/2026/01/fsb-... #FSB #banks #insurers #financialinstitutions

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We are on the streets today as Zurich is soaked in blood and #oil. As more #insurers step away from enabling giants of death and destruction, Zurich chose profit over people and planet.

They enable Shell, General Dynamics, and ExxonMobil.

#Boycott

#Albo while you're doing things can you please fix the #Telcos, reverse the policy allowing them to charge roaming fees cross networks.
Fix the #Insurers denying cover to whole towns based on #actuarial data that's wrong, #Govt backed reinsurance. we'll move on to #hate speech next week. #auspol

California is drafting new rules for wildfire smoke cleanup. Are home insurers calling the shots? A state-led task force assembled to issue smoke damage guidelines includes technical experts who have spent years helping insurers dispute consumers’ smoke-damage claims.

Looks like #CA is allowing the insurance industry to write recs on #smoke damage that will benefit #insurers. www.sfchronicle.com/california-w...

Opinion | America desperately needs new health care ideas. Here are five. Democrats won an opening. They can use it to cut costs.

Five common-sense changes that would have a huge impact on #MedicalCosts in this country. Points out that #providers and #insurers are both part of the problem. [Gift Article] wapo.st/3MxBXt4

#Insurers retreat from #AI cover as risk of multibillion-dollar claims mounts. Insurers are seeking to exclude #artificial #intelligence risks from corporate policies, as companies face multibillion-dollar claims that could emerge from the fast-developing technology. archive.is/iyswD#select...

#70 - Blockchain in Insurance Practical Use Cases for Health, Auto & Supply-Chain Let’s dive into the concrete use cases of blockchain within insurance: how it is being used in health for secure records and wearables, in auto for usage-based insurance and real-time claims, and in supply-chain connected policies where provenance and authenticity matter. We’ll feature examples, highlight the benefits of transparency and cost-reduction, and cover the roadblocks to implementation.

📣 New Podcast! "#70 - Blockchain in Insurance Practical Use Cases for Health, Auto & Supply-Chain" on @Spreaker #authenticity #auto #benefits #blockchain #blockchains #claims #cost #health #implementation #insurance #insurers #provenance #realtime #records #reduction #smartcontracts #usecases

New Levy on Hired Cars Expected to Increase Motor Claim Costs | The Bajan Reporter Motorists, vehicle repair professionals and hired car companies have been put on alert that motor insurance claims costs may increase in the not-too-distant future. The warning has come from the…

#Insurers continue to face major challenges due to the limited availability of car parts, which often results in #vehicles being written off or experiencing lengthy #repair delays lasting several months.

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How Catastrophe Bonds Can — and Can’t — Help Jamaica Post-Melissa Melissa is the worst hurricane this year and the first Category 5 storm on record to make landfall in Jamaica. It has now hit Cuba as an “extremely dangerous storm.” Though it will take days to know t...

www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet... #cat5 #catastrophe #catastrophebonds #category5 #climatechange #hurricanemelissa #hurricanes #insurance #insurers #jamaica #resilience #unchartedterritory #worldbank

#Insurers also cut #HealthCare coverage by eliminating fixed copay for common services & reassigning them to your giant joke of a deductible to be met before actual “coverage” kicks in.

That’s an emergency policy at 4 X the price, friends 😉

Got my #ACA insurer notice on that this week.

#NoKings

Deux semaines. Et plus assurable. (English version follows the French). Pas de refus de la CNESST de ma part, mais… C’était une journée comme les autres. Je rentre travailler à 6 h du matin. On est trois : ma collègue, une stagiaire...

"Not long into the shift, the call dropped: 9E01 — cardiac arrest — six-week-old infant. When you roll up to those calls, you always hope to see panicked parents holding a crying baby.
Because a crying baby means life. But not this time...

#PTSD #insurers

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UnitedHealthcare Makes Fitness & Wellness Shopping Push As the HSA/FSA movement ramps up, UnitedHealthcare is giving members access to discounted offerings spanning women’s health, nutrition, fitness, condition management and more UnitedHealthcare, the nation’s largest insurer, is making it so members can click “add to cart” on their health perks with its new UHC Store, a digital marketplace where members can browse weight-loss… The post UnitedHealthcare Makes Fitness & Wellness Shopping Push appeared first on Athletech News.

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Commercial auto insurers: legacy systems leaving you in the slow lane?

Modernize to stay ahead. Our low-code platform helps #insurers streamline quoting, underwriting, and policy management with #automation built for modern fleets.

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#NewLloyd’s of London boss gives #insurers green light to cover #fossilfuels He plans to grant “more freedom” to insurers trading at the marketplace, scrapping his predecessor’s commitment to end their coverage of most polluting fossil fuels on.ft.com/3UZDedK #ClimateEmergency #Heatwaves #oilandgas

Venture Capital’s New Bailout: Your 401(k) Private equity firms owe their investors $1.5 trillion, and the Trump administration is set to offer them your 401(k) to fill the gap.

Just how rich #homeowners #insurers are getting off your premiums.
The fight to stop #ElonMusk from poisoning #Tennessee.
How the Trump administration could soon control one of the country's greenest #energy markets.
Why your #401(k) may become private equity’s new “dumping ground.”

Interview: The Co-operative Bank CEO Mark Wilkshire on the housing market, bank capital and climate change I interviewed The Co-operative Bank CEO Mark Wilkshire this week about the current situation in the housing market, the review of bank capital requirements and how banks & insurers view climate change

🍃🌹🌿 #BernardHickey interviews: The Co-operative Bank CEO
Mark Wilkshire about the current situation in the #housing market, the review of #bank #capital requirements & how banks & #insurers view #climatechange
#nzpol
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European insurers positioned for strong year-end, according to S&P European insurers are expected to close the year in a solid position, supported by resilient underwriting results, robust capi...

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Catastrophe bond sales hit record as insurers offload climate risks Investors attracted by high yields, while recent natural disasters have failed to trigger losses for bondholders

Catastrophe bond sales hit record as #insurers offload climate risks. They are selling so-called catastrophe bonds at a record rate as they seek to offload the growing risk from #climatechange on to investors eager for high returns on.ft.com/44xiAqV via @FT. #ClimateEmergency #ClimateActionNow

Could the insurance industry trigger a new financial crisis? Insurance could spark the next financial crisis, some warn, as soaring premiums and shrinking coverage lead to future problems.

“When #insurers pull back, you not only leave families exposed, but you also undermine the #mortgage market and the broader #economy.” Douglas Heller, director of insurance at the Consumer Federation of America

Centene faces potential junk rating - Becker's Payer Issues | Payer News S&P Global Ratings is considering downgrading Centene’s credit rating to junk status. In a July 1 news release, the agency cited Centene withdrawing its 2025 earnings guidance as the driver for the…

YOW. #Centene owns, among others, #HealthNet, #MagellanHealth and #QualChoiceHealth. #JunkRating #Earnings #HealthInsurance #Insurers #CA #TX #BehavioralHealth buff.ly/g3Hcys0

I’m tired of listening to politicians who haven’t the foggiest fucking idea of the hoops a poor person has to jump through to qualify for #SNAP #MEDICAID. FRAUD isn’t on the #PATIENT side you dumb fucks. It’s the #Physicians & #Insurers committing fucking fraud.