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5 June 2026Insurance

Life, health & medical at the slaughterhouse: 8,000 jobs lost in May

The US insurance sector may have axed jobs at a heady pace for the seventh straight month, extending the cuts to some 60,000 for the period, the latest data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has indicated.

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