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Kaiser and Risant face pushback on Geisinger Insurance deal change
6+ day, 8+ hour ago (459+ words) Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Risant Health face opposition to their request to modify the acquisition plan for Geisinger Indemnity Insurance Co. and related entities by lowering risk-based capital requirements. The companies filed the modification request with the Pennsylvania Insurance Department…...
PMI-funded private health admissions hit a new high - Broadstone
6+ day, 15+ hour ago (384+ words) PMI-funded private health admissions hit a new high in the first nine months of 2025, as patients continued to turn to the private sector to bypass NHS delays, according to new analysis from Broadstone." The independent consultancy's review of PHIN and…...
Why Zensurance's small business grants matter to commercial insurers
3+ week, 13+ hour ago (472+ words) Zensurance, the Canadian online small business insurance provider, has named Next Level Property Management & Services Ltd. as the recipient of its 2026 Small Business Grant, a $10, 000 award decided by a Canadian-wide public vote. Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia-based Next Level, founded…...
Irish health insurers tighten pricing amid mounting cost pressures
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (573+ words) Policy-price increases from all of Ireland's main health insurers have either just taken effect or are due in the coming weeks, underlining the pressure that rising claims and medical inflation are placing on the private health insurance market. At the…...
State Farm hits New York medical practice with $30 million no-fault fraud suit
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (376+ words) State Farm is suing a New York medical practice for more than $30 million, alleging a sweeping no-fault fraud scheme spanning over 90 clinics. The insurers - State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company and State Farm Fire and Casualty Company - filed the action…...
Trump takes aim at insurers in record-length State of the Union
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (485+ words) US President Donald Trump has laid out plans to overhaul ACA funding and shake up the health insurance industry, using his 2026 State of the Union address to call for an end to direct federal payments to insurers and a shift…...
Trump takes aim at health insurers in record-length State of the Union
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (485+ words) US President Donald Trump has laid out plans to overhaul ACA funding and shake up the health insurance industry, using his 2026 State of the Union address to call for an end to direct federal payments to insurers and a shift…...
SIRA imposes new conditions on major workers' compensation self-insurer
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (154+ words) Under the special licence conditions, Thomas Foods is required to operate in accordance with a remediation plan approved by SIRA and to complete the actions in that plan within specified time frames. The conditions require the company to:" Read next:…...
India health insurance premiums climb at start of 2026
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (653+ words) Insurance Business India health insurance premiums climb at start of 2026 GST reduction and wider schemes push up January GWP India's health insurance market entered 2026 with a sizeable increase in premiums and higher participation from overseas Indians, trends that insurers and…...
Insurance moves: Blue Shield of California and Alliant
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (270+ words) A series of senior leadership moves in the US health and benefits sector has seen Blue Shield of California strengthen its board with a veteran corporate finance executive, while Alliant Insurance Services continues to build out its regional employee benefits…...