State Farm isn’t done seeking a rate increase in California, upping its request a week after getting the OK for a large rate hike to what the company had originally wanted before being rejected and agreeing to an interim deal for an increase. The wildfire-bitten insurer recently got approval for a 17% rate increase following … Read more
It looks like California’s largest homeowners insurer is getting a large rate increase following billions of dollars in losses from the Los Angeles wildfires and pullback on writing new policies in the state. Administrative Law Judge Karl Seligman recommended approval of State Farm interim rate hike on Monday. California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara still must … Read more
This is part two of a series about the safe withdrawal rate (SWR) for a portfolio in drawdown, and how to improve it. Unfortunately I set the cause back a bit in the first part, when I showed that the UK safe withdrawal rate is quite dismal – just 3.1% for 30-year spans, versus the … Read more
By David Bautz, PhD NASDAQ:SNGX READ THE FULL SNGX RESEARCH REPORT Business Update Interim Data from IIS Study Shows 75% Response Rate and Three Complete Responses On April 14, 2025, Soligenix, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNGX) announced interim data from the ongoing, open label, investigator-initiated study (IIS) of HyBryte (synthetic hypericin) treatment for up to 54 weeks in … Read more
Posted March 31, 2025 by Ben Carlson Today’s Talk Your Book is brought to you by VanEck: See here for more information on VanEcks CLO ETF On today’s show, we discuss: What a CLO is and how portfolios are constructed Why leveraged loans are floating The downside risks to rate sensitivity and credit issues Why … Read more