A “fit and healthy” chip shop owner was diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer – after noticing a strange change to his sense of smell. Costas Fantis, 57, was in good health and experienced no other symptoms when he began detecting an unusual sweet “caramel” smell. After several tests and a biopsy, the dad-of-four was diagnosed with stage 4 IDH-wildtype glioblastoma – the most aggressive type of brain cancer – in April 2024. Since the diagnosis, Costas, from Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, has completed NHS radiotherapy and chemotherapy – the only treatment currently available in the UK. According to the…
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A decade ago, the California FAIR Plan was a true insurer of last resort. It insured less than two in every 100 homes in the state. Today, it is one of the largest insurers in California. New data from the FAIR Plan shows the insurers’ presence is growing faster than ever before, adding nearly 90,000 new policies in the first half of 2025 alone – a sign that California’s insurance crisis remains in full swing, despite tentative signs of progress. Homeowners on the FAIR Plan describe it as unaffordable and inadequate. A base FAIR Plan policy only covers damage from fire,…
When Cumming, Georgia, homeowner Venkat Garikapati’s roof sustained heavy wind damage in 2021, he filed a claim with his home insurance company, State Farm, to have it fixed. However, State Farm only approved the replacement of 38 shingles and estimated the cost at $1,422.15 — less than Garikapati’s $2,500 deductible — and closed the claim without paying, according to Atlanta News First. But Garikapati’s roofer, David Garner, disputed the insurance company’s assessment. “It was torn all to pieces,” Garner told the local broadcaster of the roof’s condition. “More than 70 shingles were creased or missing.” Don’t miss I’m 49 years…
CANTON ‒ AultCare will no longer offer some individual and family health insurance plans and a plan for small employers beginning next year. On- and off-Marketplace plans for individuals and families and Small Group Insured Affordable Care Act plans for employers with less than 50 employees will be discontinued, said the health system, which also operates Aultman Hospital, Aultman Alliance Community Hospital and Aultman Orrville Hospital. The change will affect about 6,000 enrollees. Altogether, AultCare insures about 100,000, according to a spokesperson for the company. On-Marketplace plans, available via HealthCare.gov, are supported by premium federal subsidies, typically in the form…
If you have health insurance through the Affordable Care Act, it’s about to get more expensive in 2026. Tennesseans who use the ACA are expected to see a median premium increase of 15% for 2026 plans, marking the largest premium hike in ACA insurance prices since 2018, according to a Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker analysis published July 18. And even if you don’t have health insurance through the ACA, don’t be too surprised when your work-provided coverage changes as well. Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Here’s what Tennesseans need to know about…
Advertising Disclosure: When you buy something by clicking links within this article, we may earn a small commission, but it never affects the products or services we recommend.We write stories that make you richer. Take a second right now: Follow us and get tips that will change your life. Extreme weather is behind significant losses for insurers, with companies incurring $84 billion in losses in the first half of 2025 alone. According to global reinsurance broker Gallagher Re, that’s the highest mid-year total since 2011. With losses expected to exceed $100 billion by year’s end, insurers are passing these costs…
Jio Financial Services Limited (JFSL) and Allianz Europe have agreed to establish a 50:50 reinsurance joint venture (JV) in India. The JV will combine JFSL’s local market expertise and digital infrastructure with Allianz’s global reinsurance and underwriting capabilities. It will utilise Allianz Re and Allianz Commercial portfolios in India, as well as the company’s international resources in areas such as pricing, risk selection and portfolio management. The move follows the decision by Allianz to exit JVs with the Bajaj Group by selling its 26% stake in a $2.8bn (€2.4bn) deal, ending a 24-year partnership. JFSL non-executive director Isha Ambani…
Comedian Fred MacAulay has revealed he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer.The 68-year-old previously told how he had been getting regular checks since his father and brother were both diagnosed with the disease.MacAulay – who presented his own Scotland radio show for 18 years until 2015 – said the cancer had been spotted at a “very early” stage.He insisted he was determined not to let the diagnosis get him down and hoped that speaking out would encourage other men to get tested.He told The Courier: “I’m putting my trust in my doctors, and comforting myself in the knowledge that I’ve…
Next year, Americans who buy health insurance through the Affordable Care Act exchanges are set to pay significantly more for coverage—and experts say policies advanced by President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are at least partially to blame. An analysis released Friday by the health policy research organization KFF and the Peterson Center on Healthcare found that across a sample of more than 105 ACA marketplace insurers in 19 states and the District of Columbia, companies are set to increase premiums by a median of 15%. The analysis noted that insurers have cited a number of factors to justify pushing…
Brad Arnold, the frontman for 3 Doors Down, shocked the music world just more than two months ago when he announced that he is battling stage 4 cancer that has spread to his lungs. He asked fans to pray for him then, and for the most part, Arnold has remained quiet. But he returned to social media across the past couple of weeks sharing messages of hope for his followers. “We were formed with the same breath indeed with the same force that formed all that we’ve ever known, all that is,” he wrote in a recent Instagram post. “We…