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The insurance industry is hiring

by Stephanie Hughes
May 5, 2023
Insurance is a growing field right now. Severe weather and widespread worry are among the reasons.
Adverse weather is one reason the insurance industry is booming. For instance, insurers need adjusters to examine the damage caused by floods and tornadoes.
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Prescribed burns need insurance. It's increasingly hard to get

by Ali Budner
Apr 26, 2023
Why companies that conduct controlled burns are having a harder time finding insurance policies willing to cover them.
Firefighters light a controlled burn during the Mosquito Fire in Foresthill, California.
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Regulators look at how "big data" may contribute to racial bias in insurance rates

by Harriet Jones
Nov 30, 2021
Some advocates say the industry needs to move more quickly to address the issue.
While many insurance companies leverage big data and artificial intelligence to calculate insurance rates, advocates say it can produce disparities between urban and suburban residents. Above, a suburban neighborhood in Richmond, California, viewed from an Amtrak train.
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How insuring ecosystems could help communities adapt to climate change

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Dec 22, 2020
“We were trying to insure something that no one owns,” says Kathy Baughman McLeod, director of the Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center.
Coral reefs, which are threatened by rising ocean temperatures, protect coastal communities by acting as a natural sea wall. Now, thanks to an experimental financial product developed by environmental groups and insurance companies, they’re also insurable.
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How the decline of Black-owned insurance firms widened the wealth gap

by Kai Ryssdal and Alli Fam
Jul 20, 2020
Many of the agencies survived the Great Depression but later died out. Their loss meant less money invested into Black communities.
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New survey shows the number of adults with no health insurance is on the rise

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Oct 20, 2017
Gallup is out with a new survey today. It shows a steady increase in the number of uninsured adults in the U.S. That’s in spite of a fairly healthy economy, and falling unemployment rate. So what’s going on?   Click the audio player above to hear the full story.
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It's deadline for health insurers. Will they stay in Obamacare exchanges in 2018?

by Dan Gorenstein
Sep 27, 2017
Today is the deadline for health insurers to fully commit — are they’re going to sell policies on the federal healthcare.gov exchange in 2018 or not? A number of insurance carriers have pulled out of several markets, saying they were losing too much money. Can insurers find their financial footing amidst so much uncertainty? Click […]
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The part of Obamacare even Republicans like

by Dan Gorenstein
Jul 24, 2017
The ACA's Innovation Center finds ways to slow spending while looking out for patients.
Ariel Fernandez, left, sits with Noel Nogues, an insurance adviser with UniVista Insurance company, as he signs up for the Affordable Care Act in 2015 in Miami.
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The media blitz on health care bill begins as lawmakers head home for holiday

by Dan Gorenstein
Jun 30, 2017
Advocacy groups prepare to petition Senators undecided on the health care bill.
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Will health insurers pull out of Obamacare exchanges in 2018? The deadline looms.

by Dan Gorenstein
Jun 21, 2017
Today  is the deadline for insurers to submit plans for selling policies on the Obamacare exchanges in 2018. The political climate has destabilized the market for many insurers, and 44 counties have already decided to pull out entirely, leaving thousands potentially without coverage. Click the audio player above to hear the full story.
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