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AS working Bits have been pelted by a raft of tax rises in the Budget, use our calculator to see how much Rachel Reeves has picked your pocket. The Chancellor unleashed £26billion worth of tax ...

MILLION of Brits on Universal Credit are in line for a savings boost of up to £1,200 after Chancellor Rachel Reeves made the popular Help to Save scheme permanent in her Budget. The programme, ...

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Between 2014 and 2023, damage from flooding in the U.S. has cost an average of $46 billion a year to repair, according to the Congressional Budget Office. With the growing impact of climate change, ...

MIAMI — Among those feeling the pain of the government shutdown are people in coastal areas and other locations where they need flood insurance. The government-backed National Flood Insurance Program ...

Penny Gusner is a senior insurance writer and analyst at Forbes Advisor. For more than 20 years, she has been helping consumers learn how insurance laws, data, trends, and coverages affect them. Penny ...

Authorization for the largest residential flood insurance program in the U.S. is set to expire Tuesday, leaving homeowners unable to access new coverage and potentially wreaking havoc on home sales in ...

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EverPeak Insurance, a subsidiary of Pinnacol Assurance, has acquired Method Insurance, a managing general agent (MGA) that provides insurance solutions to employers across a wide range of industries.

Employers are now paying higher National Insurance contributions after changes to the tax kicked in on 6 April, the start of the new tax year. Chancellor Rachel Reeves first announced the policy in ...