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Clark County residents warned to brace for health insurance rate hikes next year

Clark County residents can expect to pay more for health insurance again next year as companies ask the state insurance commissioner to consider approving an average 22.4 percent rate increase for individual plans. Rachel Lauser, co-owner of Vancouver-based Applied TEAM Insurance, an authorized Washington...

St. John’s Insurance Industry Program Earns Key Partnership Honor

June 9, 2026A popular St. John’s University experiential learning partnership has earned a top honor from the Eastern Association of Colleges and Employers (EACE), a regional nonprofit dedicated to helping colleges and universities bridge the gap between the academic world and professional experience.The...

Oregon Releases Provisional 2027 Health Insurance Prices, And They’re Not Pretty

Oregonians will have fewer options for health insurance plans in 2027, and the plans that remain are seeking to raise prices at a rate with no recent precedent.That’s according to data released Monday by Oregon regulators, showing that insurers of individual and small...

Gov. DeSantis appoints, reappoints five people to St. Johns River State College Trustees

Five people were either appointed or reappointed to the St. Johns River State College District Board of Trustees. Gov. Ron DeSantis announced this month that Alexandria Hill and Kevin Payne were newly appointed to the panel. Meanwhile, Richard Komando, Willard “Judd” Sapp Jr. and...

US insurers’ move to back vaccines sends ‘powerful’ message about safety of shots, experts say | Trump administration

A group of insurers will continue covering routine vaccines through 2027 as the Trump administration once again takes aim at the shots and outbreaks of preventable illnesses such as measles and whooping cough lead to hospitalizations and deaths.Experts told the Guardian that the...