Finance Updates – Page 14 – Finance Updates

2025 Insurance Shake-Up: Wildfire Losses, AI Push & Rising Regulatory Pressure

2025 reshaped insurance through unprecedented...

Regulators and courts are testing new cost-sh...

Deal activity stayed strong with multi-billio...

AI rapidly moved center stage via acquisition...

Why Nonprofits Are Facing Insurance Collapse: Rising Premiums, Legal Risk & Reform Needed

Americas Risk Finance and Insurance

Nonprofits across the U.S. are being priced o...

Liability premiums have soared since 2019—ave...

Key drivers include social and legal inflatio...

Without structural fixes—legal reform, target...

Louisiana Homeowners See 7.5% Rate Cut for SURE & Elevate Amid Regulatory Reform

Americas Policy Finance and Insurance

Louisiana approved an average 7.5% rate decre...

SURE, the state’s second-largest homeowners i...

The rate cuts are driven mainly by lower rein...

Recent regulatory reforms and mitigation focu...

MetLife Completes $1.2B PineBridge Acquisition — $734.7B Combined Asset Powerhouse

Americas M&A Finance and Insurance

MetLife Investment Management has closed its ...

The deal, structured with US$800 million upfr...

The acquisition advances MetLife’s “New Front...

Key uncertainties center on integration execu...

MetLife Finalizes PineBridge Deal, Ushers in $734.7B Global Asset Management Scale

Global M&A Finance and Insurance

MetLife Investment Management has closed its ...

The deal totals up to $1.2 billion, with $800...

The acquisition advances MetLife’s New Fronti...

Integration will be led by new President Bria...

CI GAM’s 2025 Reinvested Distribution in ETFs: Capital Gain & Tax Consequences

Americas Markets Finance and Insurance

CI Global Asset Management announced small ad...

These non-cash distributions range from about...

The new amounts are separate from and increme...

Investors in taxable (non-registered) account...

Precious Metals Set to Outshine Oil in 2026: Why Gold & Silver Could Lead

Global Forecast Finance and Insurance

Forecasts for 2026 see gold remaining strong ...

Silver is expected to outperform with structu...

Oil faces a comparatively bearish outlook as ...

Key uncertainties include Fed rate decisions,...

How Gold’s Record Rally, Fed Rate Cuts & Inflation Shape Strategic Investing in 2026

Global Markets Finance and Insurance

Gold is hovering near a seven-week high as tr...

The Fed cut rates by 25 basis points to 3.50%...

Lower yields, ongoing central bank gold buyin...

Upside for gold is constrained by risks of st...

U.S. Dollar Holds Global Reserve Lead Amid Slow Shift toward Alternatives

Global Markets Finance and Insurance

The U.S. dollar remains the dominant global r...

Gold’s rising share of reserve asset value re...

Dollar dominance is underpinned by deep marke...

Near-term shifts point to slow, incremental d...

How to Dodge Foreign‐Exchange Markups When Traveling: 3 Smart Strategies

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Airport currency exchange counters often add ...

Ordering foreign currency in advance from a b...

Travelers should compare banks’ exchange rate...

Using credit or debit cards with no foreign t...