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The foundation will honor Pierre Ozendo for Swiss Re’s ongoing commitment to developing sustainability related solutions.

The D.C. Financial Group, a district network office of The Washington Group, will serve customers in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, including northern Virginia, suburban Maryland and the District.

At this new office, the company plans to offer support for its health insurance customer base.

The awards are presented annually to top diversity leaders who share best practices across corporate borders that strengthen the diversity sector, and support their leadership in implementing diversity.

The new regional office will be a full-service, wholesale broker, handling professional liability (E&O and management liability), and P&C coverage.

The Agency of the Month program recognizes those Trusted Choice agencies that are exceeding the expectations of its Trusted Choice Pledge of Performance.

More than 3,000 members have joined WikonnecT, an Internet-based collaboration network, since the it was launched at the company's Fall Connect conference.

The new company will manage the insurance and reinsurance business of the Zurich branch with the goal of further strengthening ACE’s position in the Swiss market.

Former CEO of Allianz Life says regulators barked up the wrong tree: The objective of regulations should be aimed at “protecting the insurance companies from themselves.”

Seward says association will fight push for federal regulation of insurance.

The new product helps securities broker/dealers follow required procedures once they become aware of a complaint.

The reinsurer will use AIR’s model to analyze catastrophe exposures.

A new report from Smallwood Maike and Associates warns that insurers must be diligent with all expenditures, especially IT, in the face of this economic downturn.

A report from Celent states insurers should turn to vendors for help with accessing and using data, but warns that insurers need to understand where each vendor’s solution fits in the context of a data initiative.

TowerGroup expects "four Rs"—risk, revenue, regulation and retirement—to shape the insurance industry in 2009.

More agencies are being formed than in past years, particularly in areas of the country suffering from difficulties in the availability of coverage, according to an IIABA survey.

Assets held in fixed annuities increased 1% during the third quarter, to $66.4 billion as of Sept. 30, 2008, according to LIMRA International Inc.

Rules passed in the wake of the financial services meltdown will likely require insurers to exhibit better control of their processes.

A new study finds that the mutual fund industry is a growing rival to insurers.

The health insurer is the first in the nation to be integrated on Google’s new platform.