Source: The College Investor VA education benefits have long stood out as one of the key highlights amongst all military benefits. Opportunities and funds abound for servicemembers, their spouses and children, as well as veterans. The challenge is sometimes navigating the various agencies and programs like Department of Veterans Affairs, different branches of the military, … Read more
US insurer Allstate has confirmed its pre-tax loss from hurricane Milton at $102 million, at which level it seems possible the Sanders Re II Ltd. (Series 2024-2) catastrophe bond may face a loss, while the companies year-to-date pre-tax catastrophe losses have reached $4.84 billion after October.Previously, Allstate had reported an initial estimate for its hurricane … Read more
Nov 22, 2024Ravie LakshmananArtificial Intelligence / Malware Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two malicious packages uploaded to the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that impersonated popular artificial intelligence (AI) models like OpenAI ChatGPT and Anthropic Claude to deliver an information stealer called JarkaStealer. The packages, named gptplus and claudeai-eng, were uploaded by a user named “Xeroline” … Read more
A reader asks: My wife and I plan on selling our house once my youngest graduates high school in 2.5 years. My wife is pushing for us to sell it this Spring of 2025 instead of waiting until Spring of 2027 because she believes home prices will be down considerably in 2027 due to Trump’s … Read more
Insurers and their customers in Florida may feel some relief with the end of this year’s hurricane season. But restoration from the damage left by Ian and Nicole is just beginning. And so are the questions about how the insurance industry will respond. In this month’s Insurance News Analysis, Abbey Compton and I are joined … Read more
