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While competitors make bold moves to attract customers, New York Life's steady, deliberate marketing plan still pays dividends.

While it took months of wrangling for the House to pass the bill, that process may pale in comparison to getting it through the Senate.

The insurer announces the resignation of the vice chairman for legal, human resources, corporate affairs and chief compliance and regulatory officer.

The Congressional Budget Office says tort reform will result in the reduction of health care costs in both direct and indirect ways.

The Congressional Budget Office says tort reform will result in the reduction of health care costs in both direct and indirect ways.

Recent deals for technology software and services

CABINET NG OFFERS CNG-SUPERSEARCH AND RETRIEVER FOR WEBAPPS

E-SIGNATURE SOLUTION DESIGNED FOR MOBILE

MITCHELL LAUNCHES SMARTADVISOR REAL TIME PARTNER BRIDGE

The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals foresees insurers returning to outsourcing as a means to recapture innovation and provide flexibility in 2010.

Howard Schmidt will be responsible for orchestrating cybersecurity activities across the government and coordinating efforts to better protect private information networks.

Out-of-state residents are charged with insurance fraud after providing false information.

U.S. property/casualty insurers saw benefits this year from gains in the value of some holdings, and lower than average storm-related claims costs.

In an effort to boost sub-par fixed-income annuity sales, AIG has renamed one of its subsidiaries in an effort to distance the brand from its tarnished image.

The health care reform bill passed by the Senate on Christmas Eve includes several improvements advocated by the organizations that represent insurance brokers and advisers in Washington. For the most part, however, those groups remain opposed to the Senate bill — and more so the version approved by the House.

Roger Crandall will become Chief Executive Officer of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) on January 1, 2010, completing the transition in leadership previously announced by the company in June.

New York-based Fitch Ratings has published two documents updating the criteria the firm uses to assess insurance companies.

IT workers are facing an increasingly tough job market, a new study from Park City, Utah-based Janco Associates finds.

A.M. Best, and Moody’s Investors Service released ratings updates. The following are some of the most recent:

Auto insurers hoping to keep rates under control can look forward to a happy new year. As Jan. 1, 2010 quickly approaches, Illinois, Kansas, New Hampshire and Oregon are all preparing to enforce stronger laws regarding cell phone use and texting, says Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI).