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California Auto Insurance Market

California Auto Insurance Market

California’s auto insurance market in 2025 is undergoing transformative shifts. Premiums are rising sharply due to a combination of inflation, more expensive vehicle repairs, and legal cost pressures.

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Fed Holds Steady as Trade Tensions Cloud Inflation Outlook

Fed Holds Steady as Trade Tensions Cloud Inflation Outlook

The Federal Reserve is holding its position on interest rates steady through the summer, with no rate cuts expected before September.

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Doing Nothing? Here’s The $44B Price Tag On Productivity

Doing Nothing? Here’s The $44B Price Tag On Productivity

Ten Medicaid holdouts are morphing preventable care gaps into a $44 B annual productivity bleed.

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Health Insurance Coverage Gap

Health Insurance Coverage Gap

Health insurance coverage is a fundamental component of access to healthcare and financial protection against high medical costs.

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Soft Landing, No Landing, or Recession? Scenarios That Matter for Deal Pipelines

Soft Landing, No Landing, or Recession? Scenarios That Matter for Deal Pipelines

As we move deeper into 2025, dealmakers face one of the most uncertain macroeconomic backdrops in recent memory.

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3 Liquidity Shocks Insurers Can’t Ignore in 2025

3 Liquidity Shocks Insurers Can’t Ignore in 2025

Higher rates, CAT losses, and illiquid portfolios are turning liquidity risk from compliance checkbox to core strategic threat.

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Insurance Liquidity in Times of Economic Stress

Insurance Liquidity in Times of Economic Stress

Liquidity management in the insurance sector has never been more critical. With the growing prevalence of illiquid investments, heightened regulatory scrutiny, and mounting macroeconomic uncertainties, insurers are being forced to reevaluate their liquidity strategies.

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Tariffs Reshape Global Metals Markets, Driving Price Volatility and Production Shifts

Tariffs Reshape Global Metals Markets, Driving Price Volatility and Production Shifts

In recent years, tariffs have become a powerful tool in shaping the dynamics of the global metals market, with wide-reaching effects on production, prices, and trade patterns.

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Marine Insurance Is Booming Again: Here's Where Smart Capital's Going

Marine Insurance Is Booming Again: Here's Where Smart Capital's Going

It’s Wednesday, and we look at the global marine hull insurance market, global life insurance growth, and Africa’s insurtech state.

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Marine Hull Insurance: Global Landscape and Future Potential

Marine Hull Insurance: Global Landscape and Future Potential

The global marine hull insurance market reached $9.2 billion in 2023, marking a 7.6% year-over-year increase.

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The US Trade Deficit: Structural Roots Beyond China

The US Trade Deficit: Structural Roots Beyond China

In recent years, especially during the presidency of Donald Trump, the United States’ trade deficit—particularly with China—has been at the center of political discourse

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The Insurance Market Hiding in Your Living Room

The Insurance Market Hiding in Your Living Room

Pet insurance covers just 3.2% of U.S. pets—yet the market could scale from $6.4B to over $100B. With 178M dogs and cats and double-digit CAGR, this is one of the most underwritten opportunities in insurance. Here’s the full market math.

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