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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Learn more. Take a quick look around your house. The dirty laundry on the floor. The kitchen trash can. The pack of gum left on the coffee table. To your dog, these aren’t everyday household items. They’re opportunities for snacks. And some of those “snacks” can turn into a $3,000 emergency vet bill faster than most owners expect. Why Do Dogs Eat The Strangest Things? If you’ve ever caught your dog chewing on something bizarre, you’re certainly not alone. Dogs explore…

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Learn more. Your dog starts limping out of nowhere. You get it checked out, and then the alarming estimate comes back — it’s in the thousands. This is when a lot of people think: “It’s okay. We’ve been saving for this.” The problem? Your account only has a few hundred dollars in it. Let’s be real — that’s the part no one talks about. The “just save $50 a month” plan sounds smart. But when you actually line it up against…

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Intact Financial Corp., the Toronto-based property-casualty insurer, announce that it has acquired Jiffy Inc., Canada’s No. 1 home maintenance app. Through this acquisition, Jiffy will have the platform and capabilities to accelerate expansion of its services across more Canadian jurisdictions while supporting Intact’s goals of engaging three out of four Canadian customers digitally. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Jiffy is an app-based service that connects homeowners with local service professionals to provide various home maintenance tasks such as plumbing, exterior repairs, appliance repair, electrical work and furniture assembly. Designed with the user in mind, Jiffy focuses on…

Competition among European non-life primary insurers is increasing, despite rising claims inflation, according to S&P Global Ratings in a report on the European insurance sector. Property/casualty commercial insurers will face more pressure in 2025, said S&P, explaining that margins will likely narrow as the market continues to soften while reinsurance rates are still elevated. At the same time, however, combined ratios will remain below 100%, said S&P in its report titled “European Insurance Midyear Outlook 2025: Strong Finish Ahead.” (Combined ratios below 100 indicate underwriting profits). Claims inflation exceeded consumer price index (CPI) inflation in recent years and “will remain…

At least seven ships – mainly dry bulk vessels – have crossed the Strait of Hormuz in the past 24 hours, in line with muted activity in recent days, shipping data showed on Monday, while talks between Iran and the United States have stalled. The vessels included ships leaving from Iraqi ports and one dry bulk vessel from an Iranian port, according to ship tracking data from Kpler and separate satellite analysis from data analytics specialists SynMax. Shipping traffic passing through the crucial waterway at the entrance to the Gulf during an uneasy ceasefire between Washington and Tehran represents a…

Georgia insurance commissioner John King used his statutory authority to bar property insurance policy cancellations until further notice, due to wildfires that have displaced homeowners across the state. King’s April 23 directive bars cancellations for nonpayment of premiums in 91 of Georgia’s 159 counties, where fires this month have forced more than 200 residents to flee. Some 120 homes were destroyed, and 1,000 were under threat over the weekend, the Associated Press reported. “In a significant number of these counties, consumers will be unable to access mailing and postal services,” King’s directive notes. “Without access to these services, residents are…

Global and regional natural catastrophe activity and loss totals were lower in the first quarter of 2026 than in comparable quarters of previous years, leaving the re/insurance industry well-positioned as it heads into the more costly second and third quarters, according to Gallagher Re. “We now estimate that it would require a single event (or a series of large events) resulting in an insured loss of at least $115 billion to $125 billion – above the expected average annual catastrophe losses – to meaningfully impact the trajectory of pricing in the property sector of the industry,” Gallagher Re said. Q1…