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How Satellites Can Help Catch Disaster Insurance Fraudsters
Satellite images could suddenly make it a lot riskier to perpetrate these crimes.
PS Picks: Molly Osberg’s Grim Picture of Life in America Without Health Insurance
PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.
California’s October Wildfires Cost Insurers More Than $9 Billion
More than 21,000 insured homes and 2,800 businesses were damaged or destroyed in California in October.
Why It’s Vital for the U.N. to Agree on a Plan for Loss and Damage
Advocates say an agreement on Loss and Damage is crucial for less-wealthy countries. But where's the cash?
‘There Seems to Be a Target on the Back on the Live Music Community’: A Terrorism Insurance Salesman Explains Why America’s Artists Are So Frightened
Lockton Companies Vice President John Tomlinson sells terrorism insurance to the stars. Business is booming.
Florida Lawmakers Are Reviewing a Law Targeting Undocumented Workers Injured on the Job
A top Florida lawmaker and a national insurance fraud group criticized a law used by insurers to turn in injured undocumented workers and avoid paying workers' comp benefits.
A New CBO Analysis Shows How Trump’s Health-Care Policies Would Spell Bad News for Americans
A recent CBO analysis shows what would happen if Trump stopped making cost-sharing reduction payments to insurers.
These Charts Show Who Wins and Loses Under the Senate’s ACA Repeal Bill
A new analysis explores what would happen to silver plan premiums under the Better Care Reconciliation Act.
Senate Updates Its ACA Repeal Bill
People who let their coverage lapse would be temporarily locked out of the market.