Google Ventures & The Virgin Group Are Investing In Sesame, A “Superstore” For Healthcare

Healthcare is at a tipping point. Amidst a myriad of regulations, pharmaceutical pricing policies, insurance premiums and co-payments, and varying care models, navigating affordable healthcare is a si...

These dividend stocks yield at least 5% and have plenty of room to raise payouts

This year’s stock price declines make for an increasing number of stocks with high dividend yields of at least 5%. Below is a screen that highlights 29 that appear to be able to raise their payouts co...

Maine insurance agency faces online backlash after racist Juneteenth sign

Google Earth view of Reed Agency in Millinocket, Maine. Google Earth An insurance agency in Millinocket, Maine, is facing online backlash after a photo circulated on Facebook of a sign taped to the bu...

This dividend fund is down 3% vs. S&P’s 20% drop. Here are its top stock picks

By now even the most ardent tech and growth-stock enthusiasts realize the bull market is over. John Kornitzer’s approach to selecting high-quality stocks for the Buffalo Flexible Income Fund is one th...

Carbon Credits can be Used by Poor Farmers to Get Climate Insurance

Carbon credits for farmers can help uninsured farmers to get good climate coverage says Jan Stockhausen, Chief Legal Architect at Etherisc Climate change is intensifying global weather disasters, and ...

Buying From Mark Cuban’s Pharmacy Could Save Medicare Billions, Study Says

Medicare’s prescription-drug program could save billions of dollars annually if it purchased generic acid-reflux, cancer and other drugs from a new pharmacy backed by investor Mark Cuban, according to...

Do You Have Skepticisms Over Crypto? Crypto Insurance Is Here For The Rescue 

Cryptocurrencies have grown by leaps and bounds in recent years. Despite skepticism, the asset class has emerged as an opportunity for varied investors as they see a lot of potential. Then some are no...

Is Insurance Giant Prudential Planning A Crypto Push?

Prudential Insurance is likely planning to enter the crypto market, according to recent trademark filing data. The insurer filed 10 trademark applications related to NFTs, cryptocurrencies, and blockc...

Should you get your car insurance through Costco?

Should you get your car insurance through Costco? Proving once and for all you can find everything at Costco, the big-box retailer offers exclusive auto insurance to its loyal members. The company pro...

Our retirement system hurts the middle class

America has a vast and elaborate system of public policies supposedly designed to help us all save for retirement and avoid the catastrophe of a penurious and poverty-stricken old age. But does this s...

Zetrix Announces Launch of NFT-based Insurance Product Covinsure

Public blockchain network Zetrix announced the launch of Covinsure, a non-fungible token (NFT)-based insurance product. According to Zetrix, Covinsure will provide insurance by using blockchain techno...

Zetrix Network  Launches an NFT based Insurance Product

[PR – British Virgin Islands, 30th May 2022] Zetrix, the Layer 1 public blockchain network facilitating smart contracts and delivering privacy, security, and scalability, has announced the launch of a...

More Drivers Accept Monitoring, To Get Safe-Driver Discounts On Auto Insurance

A TransUnion survey suggests drivers looking for a safe-driver discount are more receptive to driver … [+] monitoring, for risky driving habits. AFP via Getty Images Inflation is driving custome...

The increasingly acute need for crypto-native insurance

The insurance industry has a long history of providing vital support for major leaps in innovation. It’s no coincidence that the modern insurance industry and the industrial revolution arose in parall...

3 Reasons Elizabeth Warren’s Price Gouging War Doesn’t Make Sense

LVIV, UKRAINE – 2021/03/04: Fuel pump nozzle seen at a gas station. (Photo by Mykola Tys/SOPA … [+] Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Some of ou...

Billionaire Bill Miller calls Bitcoin ‘insurance’ against financial catastrophe

Bill Miller the billionaire founder and chief investment officer of investment firm Miller Value Partners, has said he considers Bitcoin (BTC) an “insurance policy against financial catastrophe.” Appe...

Dow books 4th day of gains, stocks rally after Fed minutes signal flexibility on interest rate hikes

Stocks closed higher Wednesday as investors took away a message of flexibility from the release of minutes of the early May Federal Reserve meeting about its path to higher interest rates. How did sto...

Here are 15 high-yield stocks expected to raise dividends the most through 2024

The stock market, shocked by the Federal Reserve’s policy changes to fight inflation, has been gored this year, with growth and technology companies bearing the brunt of the biggest declines. Dividend...

Its pay out time for DeFi insurance

? Want to work with us? CryptoSlate is hiring for a handful of positions! Last week founders from the top DeFi insurance companies, Nexus Mutual, InsurAce, Bright Union, and Amulet, came together to d...

Dumping Guns, Coffee And Insurance Adjusters, Keeping Ketchup And Meat In A Dividend Portfolio

Stocks continued to slip last week, with big retailers like Target TGT and Walmart WMT hammered more than 20% lower on lackluster quarterly results. Consumer stocks of all stripes were thrashed as a g...

A Near-Retiree Wants to Maximize His Social Security. Here’s Some Advice.

Noli Cabantug has spent his career going back and forth between the public and private sectors. Now, at age 58, he’s wondering what his retirement income will look like and what he can do over the nex...

‘The capitulation model for biotech is a Category 5 storm, the same as energy in 2020’ — why contrarians say the sector is a buy

If you want to know how much investors hate the biotech sector right now, consider this simple statistic: More than 25% of small biotech companies have stock-market capitalizations that are smaller th...

5 smart money moves for your first 5 years of retirement

When you dream of retirement, you figure you’ll finally enjoy worry-free living. But the first few years can prove surprisingly tense. A big cash outlay or costly divorce can upend your best-laid plan...

The cost of retiree healthcare is climbing— here’s what you should expect to spend

Healthcare costs continue to rise — Americans planning to retire should prepare ahead of time.  The average 65-year-old couple retiring in 2022 can expect to spend $315,000 in retirement on healthcare...

What is a high-deductible Medigap plan, and is it worth the cost?

This article is reprinted by permission from NerdWallet.  Medicare Supplement Insurance, or Medigap, covers “gaps” in Original Medicare coverage, including certain copays, coinsurance and deductibles....

Changing how Black Americans use life insurance could help shrink the racial wealth gap

Black Americans are more likely to carry life insurance than the average American, but their coverage does little more than provide for funeral costs. Fifty-six percent of Black Americans have life in...

Insurance protocols are paying out millions to UST holders

InsurAce, a DeFi insurance platform that offered cover against a UST de-peg event, has confirmed that they will be paying out $12 million in USDT to users who hold a valid policy. The CMO of InsurAce,...

Teller Finance Diversifying DeFi With Travel Insurance

Koala, which isn’t backed by a large insurance broker or carrier, has so far gathered a capital pool of about $450,000 for its Koala Flex product, which allows travelers to cancel their trip at the cl...

The World’s Largest Insurance Companies In 2022

Insurance companies have been shielded from most of the market’s downturn this year. Getty Investors looking for some upside during the market downturn need to look no further than insurance com...

Lloyd’s-Licensed Broker Launches Crypto Insurance Product

“As well as protecting the actual physical digital assets, there’s a whole other world of risk that also needs to be covered,” said Superscript digital assets lead Ben Davis in an interview. “So, if a...

Question of centralization faces growing crypto insurance industry

Cryptocurrency markets have been maturing over the last few years, making demand for crypto insurance solutions larger as more advanced players dip their toes into the nascent ecosystem. Investopedia ...

As Demand for Mental-Health Care Booms, Investors See Opportunities

Psychiatrists and psychologists once ran their own practices. Now the local therapist office could be controlled by a buyout king. Venture capitalists and private-equity firms are pouring billions of ...