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Insurer Buys Control Over Broker From NFP
By Staff WriterMedical Mutual of Ohio has acquired a majority stake in Employers Select Plan Agency Inc. from Employers Select's managers.Employers Select, Cleveland, a wholesale employee benefits ...
May 20, 2008
Pacific Life Expands Retirement Plan SupportAn insurer is trying to provide more help for the field representatives selling its 401(k) products and other retirement plan products.Pacific Life Insurance Company, Newport ...
May 20, 2008
TriZetto To Market TelaDoc ServiceA telephone medical consultation company will be marketing its services through a benefit plan administration system.TelaDoc Inc., Dallas, has agreed to market its services through ...
May 19, 2008
Empire State: Kids Are Not All SmokersNew York insurance regulators say insurers should check to see whether insureds listed as "smokers" actually use tobacco.The New York State Insurance Department Life Bureau ...
May 19, 2008
Firm Taps Wall StreetJ.G. Wentworth & Company Inc. says it has raised $117 million by selling notes backed by annuities and structured settlements.J.G. Wentworth, Bryn Mawr, Pa., previously ...
May 19, 2008
Financial Services Firm Updates Advisor SiteJohn Hancock Funds is making new technology and video commentaries available on its Web site for financial professionals.Hancock, Boston, a unit of Manulife Financial Corp., ...
May 16, 2008
Texas Places Funeral Insurers In ReceivershipThe Texas Department of Insurance has taken control of 3 companies in an effort to rehabilitate them.The Texas department has placed Memorial Service Life Insurance ...
May 16, 2008
Insurers Step Up To Help ChinaNorth American insurers are starting to announce efforts to respond to the recent earthquake in China's Sichuan Province.A 7.9-magnitude struck the province Monday, and Chinese ...