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CNA Insurance excludes NFTs from coverage of $20M trust policy

CNA Insurance has decided to exclude coverage for nonfungible tokens (NFTs) from the $20 million trust policy held by Schwab Strategic Trust. In a filing submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the insurer introduced an exclusion clause stating that the policy would not cover any losses, damages, claims, occurrences, or lawsuits related to […]

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Is Long-Term Care Insurance Suitable for Seniors?

It’s always wise to be financially savvy, especially when economic uncertainties, inflation, and higher interest rates impact consumers. For seniors, who often rely on retirement savings and Social Security, every financial decision carries added significance. They want to avoid unnecessary expenses while safeguarding their financial well-being for the future. Fortunately, long-term care insurance can play

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Insurance Department Reduces Rate Hikes, but Criticism and Calls for Reform Persist

Following numerous hearings and complaints, the Insurance Department has successfully lowered the average rate increases for individual insurance plans sold within the state. Initially proposed at a 12.4% increase, these rates have now been reduced to a 9.4% increase. Furthermore, the department has halved the requested average rate increase for small group plans, lowering it

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The labor strikes in Hollywood are putting the coveted health insurance of A-list celebrities at risk.

While the primary concerns of these strikes revolve around topics like artificial intelligence, residual payments, and job protections, health insurance, a contentious issue in labor negotiations, has quietly taken center stage. While the A-list stars make headlines by participating in picket lines under the California sun, it’s the individuals who have not basked in the

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The Transforming Landscape of Women in the Insurance Industry

The insurance industry, once predominantly male-dominated, is undergoing a rapid transformation. Women are now assuming increasingly influential roles across various sectors, ranging from leadership positions to specialized functions. Vinita Jajware-Beatty, the President of the Toronto Insurance Women’s Association, recently discussed this evolution during an interview with IBTV. Jajware-Beatty highlighted statistics from five years ago that

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Waymo is harnessing insurance data related to autonomous vehicles to strengthen its safety argument.

Waymo is leveraging insurance data to strengthen its safety argument for self-driving cars. The Alphabet-owned company asserts that its autonomous vehicles result in fewer personal injury and property damage claims compared to human drivers. This initiative follows the collaboration announced last year between Waymo and the insurer Swiss Re and aims to demonstrate the lower

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What’s unfolding in the global cyber insurance market?

In S&P Global Ratings’ recent briefing on the state of the global reinsurance sector in 2023, notable developments were highlighted, indicating that the sector is stabilizing with signs of improvement in underwriting. As part of much-needed structural changes in reinsurance underwriting, S&P has upgraded its outlook on the global reinsurance sector from negative to positive,

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