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New Florida Property Tax Cut Could Impact Insurance Rates
Florida's newly approved property-tax cut is designed to make homes more affordable. But it could also push up another punishing cost of homeownership: insurance. Homes in the Sunshine State are ...
California Gas Leak Settlement Funds Now Available to Help Residents Electrify Homes
Millions of dollars of settlement money from the largest known methane leak in the United States are now available to affected residents to replace gas-powered appliances with electric ones. ...
Allstate Q3 Net Income Drops About 45% on Higher Catastrophe Losses
Allstate Corp. third-quarter 2026 net income applicable to common shareholders dropped nearly 45% with underwriting income down about 30% during the period. Net income was about $2 billion for Q3 ...
Root Reverses Q3 Loss Last Year With $14M Net Income
Root Inc. reported third-quarter 2026 net income of $14.4 million, reversing a loss of $5.4 million over the same period a year ago. For Q3 the combined ratio came in at 97.2 compared with 102.1 a ...
New Partnerships at Hippo, Donegal, Mitchell
Hippo Holdings Inc. announced a strategic partnership with the Innovations segment of Greenlight Capital Re Ltd. that connects opportunities to invest in emerging managing general agents with carrier ...
American Jobs Offer More Autonomy — and More Stress
American jobs have become increasingly stressful over the past two decades—but workers have also gained greater ability to exercise independence and make decisions at work. Yet workers generally ...
Smiling Regularly May Be Good for Your Health
Reminding yourself to smile often may not only make more friendships, it can also make you feel better. And rather than wait for a reason to smile, just making the physical change of literally ...
What to Consider if a Company That Made AI-related Job Cuts Wants You Back
Companies around the world are increasingly citing artificial intelligence when slashing jobs, fueling anxiety that a lot more workers may lose their livelihoods to machines. Microsoft, Barclays Bank ...