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MetLife’s Business Owner Policy portfolio is now available in five states via Dovetail’s click-and-quote portal.

Insurers create special-purpose entities in states with less-restrictive rules and shift customer policies into those units.

Kemper will pay about $70 million in cash.

House unanimously passed the bill; insurers had lobbied for the change to the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial-regulation overhaul.

Vehicle theft is down by more than 50 percent compared to 1991, despite an increase in population and registrations of over 60 million, according to national analysis from the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), a non-profit focused on preventing, detecting and defeating insurance fraud and vehicle theft through data analytics, investigations, training, legislative advocacy and public awareness.

Newly launched apps are intended to help agents and insurers address the challenges of client retention and agent productivity, the companies said.

The software solutions are intended to help the P&C insurer boost customer service and time to market by streamlining underwriting, policy admin, claims and business intelligence.

State Farm releases mobile app intended to help used-car buyers.

Mobility, agility and the Internet of Things are driving enterprises to invest in more efficient and agile approaches to integration, according to research and consulting firm Ovum.

In response to the growing important of data in underwriting, pricing and operations, the global carrier creates a new enterprise-wide leadership role.