Private capital is coming for your bank
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BlackRock Bitcoin ETF empire surging past $100 billion was fastest ever hinting at a $200B tipping point
BlackRock’s Chief Executive Larry Fink told shareholders this year that digital assets, alongside private markets, insurance, and active ETFs, could each become $500 million revenue generators for the firm within five years. According to him: “Private markets to insurance, private markets to wealth, digital assets, and active ETFs, we think these can all be $500
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Why Some Designers Face Ever-Higher Professional Liability Insurance Costs
Eight of 15 designer liability insurers reported in a recent survey that they started charging higher rates in 2025, but five insurers kept them the same and two were actually lowered. Of those that raised rates, most sought increases of 5% or lower. In other words, according to the annual professional liability insurance market survey
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When do you actually need life insurance?
Let me be frank: I do not have a life insurance policy. I am 37 years old, married, and pregnant with twins. My State Farm agent calls me on a near-monthly basis, encouraging me to secure a life insurance policy because “that is something I really need to do,” but I keep sending her to…
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French insurtech Alan hits €5B valuation
A decade after becoming the first new independent health insurer in France in 30 years, Alan has closed a €100M round backed by Index Ventures, Shopify’s Tobi Lütke, and World Cup winner Antoine Griezmann, and it’s not slowing down. Alan, the Paris-based health insurance startup, has raised €100 million ($116 million) in a new round
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‘I need to get my financial ducks in a row’: I’m 80 with $1 million. How do I prevent my son from being hit with inheritance tax?
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Multiple distressed trucking companies file Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Listen: Why Do I Need Prior Authorization?
Listen in as “Life Kit” host Marielle Segarra and health reporter Sarah Boden untangle the red tape that can make the prior authorization process frustrating. When the doctor says you need a prescription or treatment, sometimes you need approval from your health insurance first. That’s called prior authorization. Without that sign-off, insurance won’t pay. What
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Rich World’s growing civil unrest has an insurance sting
February 15, 2026 at 9:00 AM UTC Updated on February 16, 2026 at 7:06 AM UTC A category of insurance risk that hardly existed a little over a decade ago has morphed into a meaningful source of losses for the industry. Claims tied to SRCC — strikes, riots and civil commotion — are emerging as
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Binance Finalizes $1 Billion SAFU Bitcoin Transition
Binance has completed the final tranche purchase of 4,545 BTC, officially concluding the full $1 billion transition of its SAFU stablecoin reserves into Bitcoin. The move cements a significant strategic shift in how the exchange structures its emergency insurance fund. The final acquisition closes a process that began with a public commitment to convert SAFU’s
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