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The Personal Lines Growth Alliance provides education about the personal lines market, which could infuse the independent agent channel with premium and commission dollars.

A coalition of industry associations is working to scuttle an amendment to financial reform legislation that would strip health insurers of anti-trust protections currently enjoyed under the auspices of the McCarran-Ferguson Act.

ForceField suite offers six coverage components with the option to purchase separate standalone products or a complete insurance package.

Progressive named Joanna Wright of Harvey Monteith Insurance the winner of its contest.

Insurer looks to bring investment capabilities of Sun Life’s Boston-based asset management arm to Canadian retail investors.

Alterra Capital Holdings sees favorable ratings following merger, Farmers Union Mutual Insurance Co. and First Chicago Insurance Co. downgraded.

Insurers must ask themselves ‘What?’, ‘When?’ and ‘Why?’ while defining their cloud adoption strategy.

Costas Miranthis will succeed Patrick Thiele as CEO, effective Jan. 1, 2011.

SAP's pending acquisition of Sybase is designed to offer improvements in transactional and analytic applications as well as enhanced mobility, messaging interoperability and content delivery.

Allianz SE, The Hanover and Nationwide all see net income growth over this time last year.

Kognitio’s Data Warehousing-as-a-Service program compares historical and current price points using Quomation technology.

Branded Marketing LLC is trying to combat churn by offering free Chubb insurance policies to users of its prepaid MasterCards.

The boundary between where social networking for an employer stops, and personal networking begins keeps getting fuzzier and fuzzier.

It apparently will take more than a visit from the Dali Lama to rebuild Conseco’s name and reputation as a stable financial services leader in Medicare supplement, long-term care, life and annuity products.

Beacon Mutual will integrate StoneRiver Power Suite and Underwriting Management System into its BeaConnect site.

Boston-based Liberty Mutual Group is planning an initial public offering for its subsidiary, Liberty Mutual Agency Corporation (LMAC).

AIG's mortgage insurance subsidiary reported Q1 earnings of $73 million —its first quarterly profit in three years.

AIG and Prudential are in talks to revise the composition of the AIA Group Ltd. deal—cutting the $25 billion cash component of the deal by $2 billion.

As insurers expand accessibility for the customer and distribution systems, streamlining supporting processes becomes even more important.

Aetna, Berkshire Hathaway, Genworth and Wellpoint among the insurers affected by most recent ratings changes.