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Rating agency predicts positive rest of the year despite the slight deterioration of interest coverage and leverage ratios during the first-half of 2012.

Magazine rates companies’ growth since 2008 and ranks them accordingly.

With the business intelligence product, the broker expects to be able to drill down into its data while analyzing the business from many different perspectives.

Deal furthers global relationship between the two companies.

Hartford CEO Liam McGee continues divesting units in the wake of billionaire investor John Paulson pressuring him to narrow the company's focus.

Aetna joins competitors WellPoint Inc. and Cigna Corp. in making acquisitions as the U.S. government expands medical coverage.

The 1994 Honda Accord was the most-stolen vehicle; key code thefts a growing concern, according to NICB.

Allianz, Aviva, AXA Equitable, Great American and Jackson National are a few of the carriers named as top-selling indexed annuity and/or life insurance carriers for the second quarter.

Latest report from Gartner serves as a call-to-arms and guide for insurers putting off analytics, business intelligence and big data investments.

In a Forrester survey of 90 enterprise customer analytics practitioners, including insurers, social analytics is the most popular analytics program companies are looking to pilot in the next couple years.

Of the 14 life insurance firms monitored by Corporate Insight, Liberty Mutual and USAA were cited as having the strongest social media performances and were awarded top grades.

Overall, deal volume in software and Web-based offerings were both down for the second quarter of 2012.

Free informative app, called WreckCheck, designed to help consumers protect property, identities with accident reports.

During the first half of 2012, 58,523 questionable claims were referred, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau.

Deloitte's new report outlines two types of fraud: the deliberate faking of an accident and fabrication of a claim, called hard fraud, and exaggerated values on legitimate claims or misrepresented information in an attempt to garner lower policy premiums, labeled soft fraud.

Aviva is looking for 5,000 UK drivers with Android smartphones to test its RateMyDrive app.

Bank-owned life insurance (BOLI) assets reached $145.6 billion in the first quarter of 2012, an 8.7 percent year-over-year increase from the reported BOLI assets of $133.9 billion for the same period in 2011, according to the Michael White/Meyer-Chatfield Bank-Owned Life Insurance Holdings Report.

Falling costs largely attributable to decrease in medical benefits for injured workers, according to the National Academy of Social Insurance.

Terri Vaughan will step down during the first quarter of 2013; National Association of Insurance Commissioners officers will conduct a national search later this year to fill the position.

Second half of 2012 will likely test reserves, balance sheets and underwriting acumen—Keefe Bruyette & Woods expects Ace Ltd., Chubb Corp., Marsh & Mclennan Cos. and Proassurance Corp. to pass those tests with strong reserves and quality franchises.