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Almost One-Third of Americans Lost Health Coverage in 2020

Mon, 18 January 2021  |  healthcare insurance 

Nearly 3 in 10 Americans lost health insurance coverage in 2020, and more than half haven't bought new coverage and remain uninsured in 2021 according to a new ValuePenguin.com Healthcare Survey. The survey of over 2000 Americans, also found that 45% of Americans who shopped for health insurance during open enrollment were surprised by the high costs of their new policies, and many want major changes.

Key Findings:

• 29% percent Americans lost health insurance coverag... Read More

  Housing Market Continues to Perform Strongly

  Fri, 15 January 2021  |  housing mortgage rates 

  The current low mortgage interest rate environment is projected to continue with the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaging below three percent through the end of 2021, according to Freddie Mac’s Quarterly Forecast.

  “Despite the uncertainties of the pandemic, the housing market performed well in the second half of 2020,” said Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s Chief Economist. “Low mortgage rates and the ability to work remotely continued to support the demand for housing, which is reflected in home ... Read More

  eMoney Rolls Out Financial Planning App

  Fri, 15 January 2021  |  financial planning apps advice 

  eMoney Advisor (eMoney), a provider of technology solutions and services that help people talk about money, announced the launch of Incentive, a client-led financial planning and wellness application. Following a successful beta program with six participating firms, Incentive is available now for use through retirement plan advisors.

  The self-led planning and budgeting tool – and eMoney’s first mobile app – is aimed at educating a broad audience about basic planning concepts and encouraging behavioral chang... Read More

  Vaccine Deployment To Accelerate Economic Growth

  Fri, 15 January 2021  |  economy 

  The U.S. economy is expected to grow 5.3 percent in 2021, a substantial improvement from the currently projected 2.7 percent contraction in 2020, with a strong pick-up in growth projected to commence over the spring months, according to the latest commentary from the Fannie Mae Economic and Strategic Research (ESR) Group. The latest forecast of full-year 2021 real GDP growth is an upgrade of 0.8 percentage points from the previous month's forecast, ref... Read More

  One-Fourth of U.S. Households Plan To Cut Cable In 2021

  Thu, 14 January 2021  |  spending entertainment 

  American households are cutting the cord on their cable subscriptions more rapidly than previously reported, according to the second Future of TV survey of more than 2,100 U.S. consumers by The Trade Desk. The data shows 27 percent of U.S. cable TV subscribers are planning to cut their subscriptions by the end of 2021. That percentage is nearly double the 15 percent of cable subscribers who reported cutting the cord in 2020, and significantly higher than the approximate 3 percent annual decline reported by eMarketer prior to 2020.

  The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated consumer b... Read More

  Life Insurance Growth Driven By Younger Buyers In 2020

  Thu, 14 January 2021  |  life insurance 

  U.S. life insurance application activity ended 2020 up +4.0, the highest annual year over year growth rate on record, according to the year-end MIB Life Index. December 2020 was up 3.7% over December 2019, the highest YOY growth rate for the month of December since 2011.

  Growth in 2020 was largely driven by younger age groups with full year activity over 2019 increasing among ages 0-44 by +7.9% and +3.8% for ages 45-59. In contrast, activity for ages 60+ decreased by -1.7%. This reflects ... Read More

  
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