Is anyone here a member of the British Mountaineering Council or Mountaineering Scotland?
I'm considering joining but can't work out if Personal Accident Insurance is a benefit of membership. I know Public Liability insurance is, but Personal Accident cover is buried deep in the provider's document portal and I'm getting muddled.
Can anyone clarify, please?
#California Approves State Farm’s Emergency #Insurance Rate Increase on Homeowners - WSJ (gift link) https://www.wsj.com/finance/california-approves-state-farms-emergency-rate-increase-on-homeowners-3d510b9e?st=jgpfUa&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
Flood insurers 'having a lend' as premiums triple in parts of outback Qld
By Grace Nakamura
Six councils in south-west Queensland have banded together to protest an eye-watering increase in insurance premiums of up to 300 per cent.
#Allstate #Insurance sued for delivering personal info on a platter, in plaintext, to anyone who went looking for it
https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/10/allstate_sued_pii_exposure/
I'm proud to share a research article our research team recently published. It examines health insurance and non-medical challenges Vietnamese Americans faced during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Disaggregating data unmasks disparities within different populations. We wouldn't see this if we included this group within the broader Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander umbrella.
"Eight years later, two industry groups have been notably restrained as GOP lawmakers consider sweeping new Medicaid cuts: the American Medical Association and the American Health Care Association, which represents nursing homes.
At the same time, the two groups are lobbying Republicans, seeking support on other priorities."
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/medicaid-defenders-nursing-homes-ama-silent-gop-cuts/
New paper online, open access:
‘AI, insurance, discrimination and unfair differentiation: an overview and research agenda’
By Marvin van Bekkum, Tom Heskes, and me.
Australia's largest super fund sued over death benefit claim delays
By Kate Ainsworth
Australia's largest superannuation fund, Australian Super, is being sued by the corporate regulator for "significant delays" in processing thousands of death benefit claims.
I know there's legal/privacy issues, but there are times I feel the Police /should/ name and shame commercial companies who are driving work #vans around without #insurance (the driver claimed to the officers he only bought the #van that day, but it already had his companys branding *and* he was wearing a branded T-shirt 
).
If this "entrepreneur" doesn't bother to insure the van, what other insurance is he lacking for the #building work he is doing?
The governments slamming insurers while raking in billions on premiums
By Michael Atkin and Loretta Florance
All Australians pay tax on top of insurance cover but home owners in some states are paying double or triple tax on their policies.
A billion dollars a day: counting the economic cost of Alfred
By Daniel Ziffer
Even as the rain keeps falling the bills are piling up for Joe Capek — and the nation.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-11/economic-cost-ex-tropical-cyclone-alfred-insurance/105032864
"REPUBLICANS OPPOSE MEDICAID CUTS — A majority of President Donald Trump’s voters don’t want Congress to cut Medicaid, a new poll has found, underscoring the politically sensitive decision GOP lawmakers face as their leaders explore proposals to slash spending on the health insurance program for low-income Americans."
"alleges that Delta Dental embedded tracking technologies from companies like Adobe, Google, Datadog, and Qualtrics on its website. These technologies allegedly intercepted and disclosed users' personally identifiable information and non-public personal health information without consent. According to the filing, this breach was motivated by Delta Dental's desire to gain insights into its plan members for marketing purposes and financial gain"
https://norcalrecord.com/stories/670191099-plaintiff-accuses-delta-dental-healthcare-provider-of-data-privacy-violations #Insurance #CorporateCrimes
So, your house is flooded. Here's how to claim insurance
By Maddy Morwood
Working out how to claim insurance is confusing at the best of times. Here's how to claim, and the steps to take to make the insurance process easier.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-11/how-to-claim-insurance-cyclone-alfred/105032640
So, your house is flooded. Here's how to claim insurance
By Maddy Morwood
Working out how to claim insurance is confusing at the best of times. Here's how to claim, and the steps to take to make the insurance process easier.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-11/how-to-claim-insurance-cyclone-alfred/105032640
Anthony Albanese says insurers are 'ripping off' Australians
By Jake Evans
Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton are on a unity ticket that insurers are "ripping off" Australians — though both their parties are heading to a federal election without any proposal to change that.
Anthony Albanese says insurers are 'ripping off' Australians
By Jake Evans
Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton are on a unity ticket that insurers are "ripping off" Australians — though both their parties are heading to a federal election without any proposal to change that.
Insurance premiums going up again? 
The insurance industry proposes new measures to keep coverage affordable. 
Will this finally ease the burden on Malaysians? 
#Insurance #Malaysia #CostOfLiving
https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2025/03/08/insurance-group-proposes-affordability-measures
