Best Web Hosting Services (Free subscription) | yesterday
University Park, Illinois - (The Hosting News) - July 3, 2008 - Web host, Internet services and ISP company, AT and T Inc., has entered into a three-year service contract with insurance software vendor for the property and casualty insurance industry, Insuresoft. Chris Blair, Vice President of Product Management for [...]
Fox News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Tammy Sutton-Brown and Katie Douglas each scored 18 points to lead the Indianapolis Fever to an 81-74 win over the Connecticut Sun on Saturday night. Tully Bevilaqua had 17 points as Indiana won its second straight game over the Sun this season and ended the visitors five-game win streak at Conseco Fieldhouse. Indiana (9-8), third in the Eastern Conference, made up a game on the leaders by dropping...
Structured Settlements 4Real: What' (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
Settlement Professionals Inc. (SPI) continues to use outdated "props" to support solicitation to hire the company for lucrative insurance business from plaintiff lawyers. It has dedicated an entire page to what it calls the AIG "Smoking Gun" memo. Here are...
NEWSPEAK Blog (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
This is semi-old news, but it bears repeating over and over again until someone with more balls than Obama comes along and completely overhauls the health insurance industry. The idea that a small handful of Americans profit on the health-care...
Thinking made Easy (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
Introduction There has been a refocusing of attention on the insurance industry in recent times. A number of global events bring about this refocusing. For example, unanticipated claims encircled the insurance industry and adversely affected their bottom lines (Ramakrishna 2005). It is also the case that unabated calls for improving...
Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
Prudential Plc's Viet Nam unit signed an accord with Viet Nam Post and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) to expand its insurance business in the country. The state-owned Vietnamese company, known as VNPT, will help sell Prudential's insurance services at its 3,000 outlets nationwide. The agreement signed yesterday in Hanoi.
Hindu (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
MUMBAI: Bharti AXA General Insurance has received the certificate of registration from the Insurance Regulatory Development Authority to commence operations. Following this, the company would shortly commence its business operations, Bharti ...
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
It must be a bear market because even billionaire Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has slumped almost 20 percent since December. The decline exceeds the drop of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index and marks the worst first half for the investment and holding company since
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
NEW YORK, July 3 /PRNewswire/ -- In an effort to assist in the relief for victims of the Midwest flooding disaster, five AXA Financial, Inc. insurance companies announced today that they have relaxed the grace period for policy premiums for those impacted by the extreme storms and severe flooding in the counties declared as disaster areas by the state of Missouri. Details of this and additional actions...
Code Monkey Ramblings (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
Selling protection packages for local businesses to ensure that they are not disrupted by corrupt local cops. In some jurisdictions, this insurance would sell so well that the mafia would become the Blackwater of the insurance industry....
The Thorn Papers (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
Seems as though Senators Wicker and Cochran (along with 8 other lockstep Republicans) have found themselves on the wrong side of a Medicare issue, siding (as per usual) with the president and the insurance industry over patients and doctors. Shocking, I know. The American Medical Association is taking action, running ads, calling out these senators by name. From CQ Politics , a little background:...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
- Dirk J. Debbink resigned effective June 30, 2008, after four years of board service - Board goes forward with 13 directors as of July 1, 2008 CINCINNATI, July 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cincinnati Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: ) today announced that Dirk J. Debbink, a director on the company's board since 2004, has been appointed Vice Admiral and Chief of Navy Reserve, U.S. Navy. Debbink was...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
Company's unique repair model turns to CCC for collision estimating solution CHICAGO, July 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Seeking to provide its franchises with an intuitive collision estimating solution that can efficiently communicate the repair process, Warren, Michigan-based Collision on Wheels has signed a multi-year agreement with CCC Information Services Inc. Collision on Wheels specializes in bringing...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
HARRISBURG - Parents of autistic children would be able to pay for behavioral therapy and related services with private health insurance starting next year under legislation that strikes a compromise between the insurance industry and advocates for the disabled.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
Price competition has driven down revenue at Berkshire's insurance units, which account for about half of its income.
