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Fraudsters use bear costume to carry out elaborate insurance scam

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The Independent UK

Property Taxes Are Quietly Spiking — Here’s How Homeowners Are Fighting Back

If your mortgage payment suddenly feels tighter—even without a rate change—you’re not imagining things. Across the country, homeowners are opening their tax assessments and doing double takes as property taxes creep higher, sometimes dramatically so. It’s not always headline news, but it hits just as hard as rising grocery bills…

Everybody Loves Your Money

California Progressives Want 'Big Oil' To Fix an Insurance Crisis Created by the State's Price Controls

Instead of confronting the problems with the state's heavily regulated insurance market, lawmakers are looking for a scapegoat.

Reason

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Fraudster dresses as bear to scratch luxury cars in insurance scam

Insurance fraudsters used a person in a bear suit to stage fake attacks on high-end vehicles, then submitted fraudulent claims seeking payouts from insurance companies, a California Department of Insurance investigation dubbed “Operation Bear Claw" has revealed.

The Independent UK

14% Of ACA Enrollees Miss Premium Payments As Costs Surge, Federal Data Shows

New federal data points to growing payment lapses among Affordable Care Act participants as insurance costs climb and subsidy support winds down.

International Business Times

Escrow Shortages Are Raising Mortgage Payments After Tax and Insurance Adjustments

If your mortgage payment suddenly jumped and left you staring at your bank account in disbelief, you want answers. Many homeowners are getting hit with higher monthly bills due to something called an escrow shortage, and it’s catching people off guard. The frustrating part? You might not have changed anything…

The Free Financial Advisor

Midwives question insurance rates as birth centers ramp up

Mass., like much of the U.S., falls far behind developed nations in healthy pregnancies and births.

Axios

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Video shows pro-Palestine activists vandalising Glasgow insurance office

The activists sprayed slogans and smashed windows at the Sentinel building on the city’s Waterloo Street.

Evening Standard

The Hidden Legal Risk Women Face After Divorce That No One Talks About

Divorce is often framed as a fresh start, but for many women, it comes with unexpected legal complications that can linger long after the paperwork is signed. While custody battles and asset division get most of the attention, a quieter issue tends to slip through the cracks. This overlooked challenge…

Budget and the Bees

3 Insurance Stocks That Can Act as a New Inflation Hedge

Rising premiums are boosting insurers’ pricing power. These three insurance stocks could outperform as inflation remains elevated.

MarketBeat

Drivers Over 60 Are Being Flagged — 5 Reasons Insurance Companies Won’t Say

If you’ve noticed your car insurance creeping up after turning 60, you’re definitely not imagining things. Many older drivers are quietly being “flagged” by insurance companies, even if they have spotless driving records. It can feel confusing—after all, decades of experience should count for something, right?

Clever Dude

Mortgage Rates in 2026 Predicted to Drop: These 3 Signals Tell You It's Time to Buy

April's rate volatility is just the tip of the iceberg. See how your freshly filed tax return and shifting property taxes could dictate home affordability this spring.

Kiplinger

Slug & Lettuce owner sells off more than 100 pubs as strife in hospitality sector grows

The sector has suffered from Labour’s move to push up wages and raise National Insurance contributions

The Independent UK

Funeral Costs Are Up 11%: The Little‑Known Benefits Seniors Can Still Claim to Reduce Final Expenses

Planning for end-of-life expenses isn’t something most people want to think about, but avoiding it can leave families facing thousands of dollars in unexpected costs....

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The Times of India

The Titanic: The most expensive life insurance policy the ocean ever bought

On this exact day, 114 years ago, the North Atlantic became a graveyard for the world’s most well-known maritime disaster. The "unsinkable" RMS Titanic sank deep into the ocean floor, taking 1,517 souls with her. In the final, freezing seconds of their lives, those men, women, and children had no…

Fortune

Why insurance giant Travelers' CTO is placing fewer, bigger bets on AI

Mojgan Lefebvre, the chief technology and operations officer at Travelers Companies, says the insurance giant is prioritizing scale when launching new AI tools.

Everybody Loves Your Money

Millions of Homeowners Have An Insurance Gap — And It Could Cost You Thousands

The idea of being “fully covered” feels comforting, almost like a financial force field around your home. Mortgage lenders require insurance, policies get renewed automatically, and everything seems locked in and secure. But that confidence can disappear fast when a claim gets denied or only partially paid. Across the country,…

Kiplinger

Financial Success Is No Longer Only About Returns: Protection Is the New Performance Measure

Returns still matter, but lasting performance is increasingly defined by how well a plan protects against volatility while preserving flexibility and your legacy.

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The Conversation

When insurers walk away from concussion risk, who protects athletes?

A recent move from a leading insurance provider has made it more difficult for AFL and AFLW players to access brain injury insurance.

Saving Advice

California Seniors: 42% of Wildfire‑Zone Households Qualify for the State’s $1,500 Home Hardening Rebate

For many California seniors, wildfire season isn’t just stressful. It can be incredibly financially overwhelming. Between rising insurance costs and the growing threat of property...

Everybody Loves Your Money

The “Forever Home” Myth: 6 Costs That Keep Rising Long After You Buy

A “forever home” sounds like the ultimate win. One purchase, one big decision, and suddenly life feels locked in, stable, and predictable. That idea carries a powerful emotional pull, especially when the alternative feels like endless renting and rising prices. People imagine a finish line where housing costs finally settle…

The Conversation

Autism diagnoses are up, largely fuelled by the NDIS. What happens next isn’t entirely clear

Research published earlier this year found the strongest evidence yet that the introduction of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) has played a key role driving up autism diagnoses in Australia.

Everybody Loves Your Money

7 Shocking Ways Your Neighbors Could Be Costing You Money Without You Knowing

A single house never exists in isolation. Every driveway, every backyard, every late-night decision ripples outward and lands somewhere else—often right on a nearby bank account. That reality rarely makes headlines, yet it quietly shapes monthly expenses in ways that feel frustrating once they come into focus. One poorly maintained…

MarketBeat

A Quiet Outperformer With a Catastrophe Caveat

Axis Capital stock shows strong underwriting and specialty insurance growth, but investors must weigh catastrophe risk and competitive pressures when investing.

International Business Times UK

'I Can't Have the Surgery I Need to Literally Live' — Woman Facing $60,000 Bill After AI Blocks Her Heart Surgery

A woman's viral TikTok video reveals how AI denied her life-saving heart surgery, sparking debate on AI's role in health insurance claims.

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