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These Chilean women joined thousands suing for discriminatory health insurance. Can reforms fix it?

Health & Medicine

Chile’s private health insurance company, Isapres, doesn’t want to insure sick people, says María Pilar Iturrieta, a lawyer in Santiago, who was denied health insurance for her daughter born with a cleft lip.

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2017 was the costliest US natural disaster year on record

Economics
Pecan Acres

Frequent flooding in Louisiana could lead to buyouts for entire neighborhoods

Economics

Insurance industry looking at revising rates to reflect changing climate

Environment

How to avoid a more dangerous identity theft

Business, Economics and Jobs
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Investing in catastrophes

Business, Economics and Jobs

A market for so catastrophe bonds is growing in the United States as natural disasters become more frequent and more severe.

Health insurance industry joins reform debate

Health & Medicine

The health insurance industry chimes in on health care debate, saying new reform bill will raise premiums.

‘To the Point: Healthcare and the Election’

Global Politics

A look at the cost of healthcare — the doctors, patients, insurance companies and the promises of presidential candidates.

FEMA Releases New Flood Insurance Maps for New Jersey

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has released new maps with big consequences for homeowners in New Jersey. The flood insurance maps released by FEMA in the aftermath of Sandy required many home and business owners to elevate their structures, or risk higher flood insurance rates. But revised maps for New Jersey have greatly reduced […]

Insuring for Climate Change

2012 was the hottest year ever recorded in the United States as well as one of the most costly in terms of natural disasters such as Hurricane Sandy, and insurance companies are taking note.

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