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Kin, the direct-to-consumer provider of insurance and home finance solutions for homeowners, has announced its financial results for the second quarter of 2026, reporting total revenue of $68 million and gross written premiums of $218.9 million. Comparably, for Q2 2025 the firm reported total revenues of $ 58.5 million and GWP of $190.2 million. Gross…
Legacy reinsurance and run-off specialist RiverStone International has entered into loss portfolio transfer (LPT) agreements with QBE Insurance Group, representing approximately US$1.6 billion in reserves, further strengthening the long-standing partnership between both companies. Subject to regulatory approval, the transactions cover North American Middle Market and Workers’ Compensation portfolios, and European liability books. Paul Brockman, Group…
Relation Insurance Services, an insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has appointed Julio Bermudez as Practice Leader, Private Equity, Transactional Risk and Financial Institutions. Bermudez brings more than 30 years of experience advising private equity firms, financial institutions and portfolio companies on management liability and transactional risk solutions. In his new role at Relation, Bermudez…
When I was 17 years old, I wrote Elliott Smith a fan letter. It was the year 2000, and I was a high school senior in Dallas. I had never written a fan letter to anyone, but I felt connected to Elliott, despite the fact that we didn’t really have that much in common. He…
I’ve been banging on about the merits of slow cookers, especially during a heatwave, all summer. Even though they’re usually associated with stodgy winter dishes, their lower temperature and enhanced insulation mean they don’t warm your kitchen up as much as you’d expect. Alongside a delicious coconut lentil soup and some Greek-inspired mains, I’ve been…
As the youngest daughter, you may get labelled as the baby of your family even long after becoming a grown adult. “A youngest daughter may be simultaneously protected as the baby, expected to be emotionally accommodating as a daughter and discouraged from separating too far from the family,” said Linda Yoon, a therapist and founder…
We’ve written before at HuffPost UK about how different the pitch for Pretty Woman – originally called 3000 – was from the film we know now. Don’t get me started on the extremely unlikely source material for Dirty Dancing 2, either. As it turns out, the first version of Pixar’s Monsters Inc was almost unrecognisable…
Famed screenwriter Aaron Sorkin has lamented what he sees as America’s demand for politicians who feel like the average Joe, calling for an end to the “glamorisation of dumbness”. During a new interview with Esquire, Sorkin was asked if he still felt like the US is dealing with a “huge, huge dumb problem”, as he’d…
Madonna is unquestionably one of the greatest and most impactful pop artists of all time – not to mention one of the most controversial. One area that the Grammy winner has always managed to express herself is through her music videos, something which she’s carried on right up to the present day, with her recent…
In a job where a regular day of work might involve bunching your genitals into a drawstring bag or spending 12 hours in a sweaty costume (not all of which allow you to pee easily), actors are pretty used to unusual requests. Even among the most seasoned pros, however, some scenes are a step too…