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SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, today released the latest results of its Public Pension Funding Index (PPFI), which analyzes data from the nation’s 100 largest public defined benefit plans. Despite April market swings caused by trade and tariff uncertainty, the Milliman 100 PPFI plans closed the month with estimated investment gains of 0.4% in aggregate. Individual plans’ estimated returns ranged from -1.8% to 1.4%. Combined, the plans a...

DULUTH, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The latest Primerica Household Budget Index™ (HBI™) data, a monthly economic metric that examines how inflation and wage trends impact the ability of middle-income families to afford life’s everyday necessities, was 99.6% in April, unchanged from a month ago and up 1.7% from a year ago. Purchasing power held steady as the average earned income of middle-income households rose enough to offset the increase in the cost of necessity goods in April. The cost of necessi...

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--(NASDAQ: RDFN) — There are an estimated 1.9 million home sellers in the U.S. housing market and an estimated 1.5 million homebuyers, according to a new report from Redfin (redfin.com), the technology-powered real estate brokerage. In other words, there are 33.7% more sellers than buyers (or 490,041 more, to be exact). At no other point in records dating back to 2013 have sellers outnumbered buyers by this large of a number or percentage. A year ago, sellers outnumbered...

OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Florida’s personal property insurance market reported an underwriting profit following eight consecutive years of related losses, as well as a significant jump in pre-tax operating income in 2024, according to a new AM Best report. The Best’s Market Segment Report, “Florida’s Property Insurance Market Showing Stabilization Following Volatility and Sharp Premium Increases,” states that a softening property/casualty landscape is emerging in the state, driven by an...

TROY, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--J.D. Power: As Personal Financial Health Deteriorates, More Customers Look to Retail Banks for Help Navigating Everyday Economic Challenges...

WESTBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kopin Corporation (NASDAQ: KOPN) a leading provider of application-specific optical systems and high-performance microdisplays for defense, training, enterprise, industrial, consumer and medical products, today announced that it is set to join the broad-market Russell 2000® Index at the conclusion of the 2025 Russell indexes reconstitution, according to a preliminary list of additions posted by FTSE Russell on May 23, 2025. Kopin's inclusion will become effe...

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--(NASDAQ: RDFN) —U.S. real estate investors purchased 46,726 homes in the first quarter, up 2% year over year. That’s according to a new report from Redfin (redfin.com), the technology-powered real estate brokerage. Investor purchases have been relatively stable for the last year, increasing or decreasing by 4% or less each quarter. This puts an end to the wild pandemic-era swings in investor purchases, with purchases increasing by up to 145% year over year in the middl...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Latino Donor Collaborative Releases Preliminary Numbers from Part One of the 2025 Official LDC U.S. Latino GDP Report™...

TROY, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--J.D. Power: Gap Widens between Highest- and Lowest-Performing Employer-Sponsored Health Plans...

AMSTERDAM--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AM Best has maintained its stable outlook on Italy’s non-life insurance segment. In its new Best’s Market Segment Report, “Market Segment Outlook: Italy Non-Life Insurance”, AM Best states that natural catastrophe risks are gaining relevance due to the laws requiring corporate entities to buy coverage against earthquakes, floods, inundations and landslides that came into force for large enterprises on March 31, 2025. The report also notes that insurers face new chall...