Doug Bailey

1 day ago | insurancenewsnet.com | Doug Bailey

After a rocky stretch and a bit of pandemic-era belt-tightening, the insurance brokerage world came roaring back to life in 2024. Fueled by a flood of private equity money and a handful of blockbuster acquisitions, the industry posted its third-most active M&A year on record, according to MarshBerry’s latest report. And this year might end up even bigger. All told, there were 847 announced transactions in the U.S. last year — up 5% from 2023.

2 days ago | insurancenewsnet.com | Doug Bailey

Elevance Health Inc. (NYSE: ELV) reported strong first quarter 2025 earnings Tuesday, with operating revenue rising 15.4% year-over-year to $48.8 billion. The Indianapolis-based healthcare giant also posted a 4.1% gain in adjusted operating income to $3.3 billion, despite margin pressure in its Medicaid segment. Adjusted diluted earnings per share came in at $11.97 for the quarter, and the company reaffirmed its full-year 2025 guidance range of $34.15 to $34.85.

4 days ago | insurancenewsnet.com | Doug Bailey

The Trump administration’s sweeping tariffs on imported goods is perhaps impacting the automotive and insurance industries like no other – prompting higher repair costs, shifts in consumer behavior, and increased demand for used and recycled parts. That was the central message from Ryan Mandell, Director of Claims Performance at Mitchell International, during an online seminar hosted this week by the Collision Industry Electronic Commerce Association (CIECA).

2 weeks ago | insurancenewsnet.com | Doug Bailey

Amid all that sturm and drang over drastic cuts in government programs led by President Trump’s chief cost cutter Elon Musk is the realization that, despite fears, entitlement programs –Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare – will survive largely intact. That’s not to say there won’t be some costly and uncomfortable changes coming. But experts generally believe that the entitlements’ record of being “untouchable” will remain.

Jan 20, 2025 | wevolver.com | Doug Bailey

SiC v GaN v SJ MOSFETs v IGBTs? Each has its place and that’s why we, at Power Integrations, do not treat GaN as a market, it’s a technology. It’s just one of many in our armoury, along with SiC and various different MOSFET technologies and we use what we determine to be the most appropriate, application by application.