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Farmers Insurance Group of Cos. announced the appointment of Todd Brooks to VP of eastern growth markets.

Search is now generating thousands of new policies for agents and carriers, making it an indispensable part of their marketing strategy.

While regulators may have agreed to delay plans to treat equity-indexed annuities like securities, many bank-affiliated brokerages already have beaten them to the punch.

Survey results show younger generation more open to being approached via non-traditional channels.

Despite research indicating that 41% of online insurance consumers are interested in PAYD policies, why hasn't this seemingly innovative and intuitive program been adopted by more states, or backed by regulatory groups?

The few insurers that have released mobile apps have but, eventually, every insurer that has invested in a Web-based channel will be taking full advantage of every mobile device.

A panel of insurance technology experts share tips and tricks for putting innovation into play.

Rollout of service designed to bring ease and efficiency to managing insurance product transactions.

The insurer adds staff to provide marketing and sales assistance, in-language and in-culture financial education programs, training, and other customized support to distribution partners, plan sponsors and ING's regional sales organizations.

Given social media's rise in popularity among older demographic groups, it's now become a serious data security risk for insurers as attackers target their less tech-savvy customers.