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Vimo Service Helps Consumers Get Agents On Phone
By Staff WriterA Web-based health insurance marketer says its "click to call" service is now up and running.Vimo Inc., Mountain View, Calif., says consumers who click on ...
June 11, 2007
Lincoln Merges Investment Option FamiliesA large life insurer is moving ahead with efforts to integrate its own investment operations and the investment operations of a company it acquired a ...
June 11, 2007
Marra Rises At Hartford As P-C Chief Leaves For New JobA large financial services company has realigned its management team.Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., Hartford, has named Thomas Marra, 48, who has been president of ...
June 11, 2007
High Court Weighs In On Pensions And MergersA merger agreement should not be considered as a form of termination for a retirement plan, and employers do not have a fiduciary obligation to ...
June 11, 2007
Health Care A Large Chunk Of State BudgetsHealth care expenses now eat up a bigger share of state government spending than expenses in any other category swallow, according to the National Governors ...
June 10, 2007
Principles-Based Progress AssessedAt the summer meeting of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners here, life actuaries updated regulators on how far along the massive principles-based reserving project ...
June 10, 2007
Insurers, Consumer Reps Criticize NAIC On Closed MeetingsBoth consumer advocates and insurers called on commissioners to open up their meetings so that input could be offered on what they say are "substantive" ...
June 10, 2007
Viatical Settlement Model Changes OK'dThe National Association of Insurance Commissioners adopted amendments to the Viatical Settlements model act during its summer meeting here.The amended model was the first to ...