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Compliance Management Spurs Systems Automation For Insurers
By Vicki GriffithIn 2005, many U.S. insurers were privately held and thus not subject to the requirements mandated by the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act of 2002. However, private ...
July 14, 2006
Lawmakers Aim To Continue Life Education ProgramMembers of the U.S. House of Representatives are helping the insurance industry get ready for a major consumer awareness effort.The lawmakers have introduced House Resolution ...
July 14, 2006
Genworth Chooses Health Software PartnerA large financial services company has picked a technology firm to help it help benefits brokers and plan administrators study employers' group health claims.Genworth Financial ...
July 13, 2006
Acordia Acquires Indiana FirmA large broker is scooping up a Midwestern financial services firm.Acordia Inc., Chicago, a unit of Wells Fargo & Company, San Francisco, has acquired the ...
July 13, 2006
Estate Planning Intrigues Broker-DealersSecurities brokers are interested in learning about ways to use insurance to help clients keep their assets.The new interest of reps at national regional broker-dealer ...
July 12, 2006
Panel To Hold Second Regulation HearingA Bush administration official is preparing to testify July 18 at a second Senate Banking Committee hearing on insurance regulation.The witness list for the hearing ...
July 12, 2006
UnitedHealth: HRAs WorkA managed care giant says it has evidence that health reimbursement arrangements change the way individuals use health care.Researchers at the company, UnitedHealth Group Inc., ...
July 11, 2006
Senate Panel Divided On Insurance RegulationMembers of the Senate Banking Committee clashed today during a long hearing on insurance regulation reform.Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., chairman of the committee, asked Alessandro ...