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Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley’s Office has released a report that criticizes deregulation of the auto insurance market in the state.

Aon Corp. launched Aon Broking, a broking strategy for clients of the firm's retail brokerage operation. The new strategy is designed to ensure that Aon Risk Services’ clients benefit from the broking resources Aon provides, and gain access to solutions and markets for their specific needs.

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.

Celent says customer portals should behave in the manner customers expect, which requires continued investments to reflect changing customer behavior, and the leveraging of new technologies.

A new Celent report concludes that the greatest challenge facing insurers is their siloed environments. Improving info sharing would help eliminate this problem.

For insurers looking to develop their social media strategy, looking to banks may offer some helpful clues.

Industry technology executives admit that adopting the changes required to innovate is no longer an option: CIO Insurance Summit report.

The insurer is adding products and increasing distribution to include third-party channels.

Regulation and expansion are included among Deloitte's six key topics for which insurance companies will be watching in the coming year.

U.S. life carriers need to understand consumer behavior in order to help agents close new business.

Social media is invaluable in helping people find each other, share information, communicate and learn, but it's not without its pitfalls.