🇺🇸 Travelers' Third-Quarter Profit Reaches $1.92 Billion With an 86.8% Combined Ratio as Catastrophe Losses Stay Moderate — Travelers (as reported by TradingView and Grafa)🇺🇸 UnitedHealth Raises 2026 Guidance as Its Medical Care Ratio Improves to 88.4%, but Membership Falls to 48.3 Million — UnitedHealth Group (SEC filing and earnings call transcript)🇬🇧 UK Economy Grows 0.1% in August, Beating Forecasts of a Fall, as Services Stall Ahead of the October 28 Budget — Office for National Statistics🇮🇳 HDFC Life's Half-Year Profit Rises 13% to Rs 1,119 Crore as New Business Value Grows 12%, While Proposed Expense Rules Loom — ScanX, Kalkine and Whalesbook (reporting HDFC Life disclosures)🇨🇦 Canada Loses 68,000 Jobs in September and Unemployment Rises to 6.5%, Complicating the Bank of Canada's October 28 Decision — Statistics Canada (as reported by Advisor.ca and Babypips)🇩🇪 Germany Raises Its 2026 Growth Forecast to 1.3% From 0.5%, but the Economy Minister Says the Recovery Stands on 'Shaky Legs' — German Federal Government and Destatis (via cash-online.de and ZDFheute)🇺🇸 Big Banks' Third Quarter: JPMorgan Profit Rises 6%, Goldman Sachs Rides an Equities Surge, and Wells Fargo's Credit Costs Jump 51% — Wells Fargo and Goldman Sachs SEC filings; JPMorgan results as reported🇬🇧 Insider Report Warns European Insurers Are Retreating From Climate Risk, Leaving Homeowners and Governments to Pay — Insurance Journal (Bloomberg)🇮🇳 SEBI Asks IRDAI to Add Insurance Data to the Consolidated Account Statement for a Single View of Investor Holdings — Business Standard🇦🇺 Australian Unemployment Rises to 4.7% as 39,300 Jobs Are Lost, Clouding the Case for Another RBA Rate Hike — Australian Bureau of Statistics (via AAP and Babypips)🇺🇸 Travelers' Third-Quarter Profit Reaches $1.92 Billion With an 86.8% Combined Ratio as Catastrophe Losses Stay Moderate — Travelers (as reported by TradingView and Grafa)🇺🇸 UnitedHealth Raises 2026 Guidance as Its Medical Care Ratio Improves to 88.4%, but Membership Falls to 48.3 Million — UnitedHealth Group (SEC filing and earnings call transcript)🇬🇧 UK Economy Grows 0.1% in August, Beating Forecasts of a Fall, as Services Stall Ahead of the October 28 Budget — Office for National Statistics🇮🇳 HDFC Life's Half-Year Profit Rises 13% to Rs 1,119 Crore as New Business Value Grows 12%, While Proposed Expense Rules Loom — ScanX, Kalkine and Whalesbook (reporting HDFC Life disclosures)🇨🇦 Canada Loses 68,000 Jobs in September and Unemployment Rises to 6.5%, Complicating the Bank of Canada's October 28 Decision — Statistics Canada (as reported by Advisor.ca and Babypips)🇩🇪 Germany Raises Its 2026 Growth Forecast to 1.3% From 0.5%, but the Economy Minister Says the Recovery Stands on 'Shaky Legs' — German Federal Government and Destatis (via cash-online.de and ZDFheute)🇺🇸 Big Banks' Third Quarter: JPMorgan Profit Rises 6%, Goldman Sachs Rides an Equities Surge, and Wells Fargo's Credit Costs Jump 51% — Wells Fargo and Goldman Sachs SEC filings; JPMorgan results as reported🇬🇧 Insider Report Warns European Insurers Are Retreating From Climate Risk, Leaving Homeowners and Governments to Pay — Insurance Journal (Bloomberg)🇮🇳 SEBI Asks IRDAI to Add Insurance Data to the Consolidated Account Statement for a Single View of Investor Holdings — Business Standard🇦🇺 Australian Unemployment Rises to 4.7% as 39,300 Jobs Are Lost, Clouding the Case for Another RBA Rate Hike — Australian Bureau of Statistics (via AAP and Babypips)
