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OceanFirst to buy Flushing Financial, raise $225M from Warburg Pincus

Key insight: The deal is expected to create a $23 billion-asset company with operations focused around New Jersey and New York. What’s at stake: OceanFirst is vowing to reduce its commercial real-estate concentration, which was already hefty and will grow larger following the completion of the Flushing transaction. Forward look: Warburg Pincus will make a […]

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New insurance law to change Nevada wildfire coverage in 2026

A new Nevada law set to go into effect will permit insurance providers to exclude wildfire damage in homeowners policies in 2026. Processing Content Legislation passed in the Silver State this spring means insurers receive explicit legal protection if they opt out of wildfire coverage for standard policies issued after Jan. 1. With the change,

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US lawmakers launch probe into insurance rating firm in Florida

(Bloomberg) –Three US senators opened an inquiry into insurance ratings firm Demotech and whether its assessments may be exposing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — and ultimately taxpayers — to growing risks tied to climate-driven insurer failures. Processing Content In a letter sent Tuesday to Fannie Mae acting Chief Executive Officer Peter Akwaboah and Freddie Mac CEO Kenny Smith,

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