The Pacific Life Foundation announced $2.75 million in grants, ranging from $5,000 to $100,000, to nearly 200 nonprofit agencies serving Southern California during an early Monday evening reception. Overall, the Pacific Life Foundation has committed to provide $5.5 million in charitable funding throughout 2011.
A highlight of the evening was a special presentation of the Walter [...]

CNinsure Inc. a leading independent insurance intermediary company operating in China, today announced that it will release its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2010 after the close of the U.S. financial markets on March 1, 2011.
Yinan Hu, Chairman & CEO and Peng Ge, CFO will host a conference call to [...]

MassMutual’s Retirement Services Division has joined forces with Farnoosh Torabi, independent Generation Y money coach, multiple best-selling author, and personal finance journalist, to help connect with younger plan participants and inspire them to take a more active role in planning and saving for retirement.
While the alliance is meant to benefit participants of all ages in [...]

William J. Toppeta, president, MetLife International, presented testimony on behalf of MetLife, Inc. (NYSE:MET – News) before the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means in support of the pending free trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia, and Panama. The proposed agreements enable greater access for U.S. insurers to multi-billion dollar insurance markets and will [...]

The Pacific Life Foundation announced $2.75 million in grants, ranging from $5,000 to $100,000, to nearly 200 nonprofit agencies serving Southern California during an early Monday evening reception. Overall, the Pacific Life Foundation has committed to provide $5.5 million in charitable funding throughout 2011.
A highlight of the evening was a special presentation of the Walter [...]

Physicians Mutual, a leading insurer providing health, life and retirement products, announced today the findings from its recent Customer Satisfaction Study, revealing an overall 97 percent satisfaction rate among customers.
According to Melissa Crawford, Physicians Mutual Sr. Vice President, the company’s satisfaction scores are among the highest in the insurance industry.
The study, conducted by Wiese Research [...]

Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America (Allianz Life) today announced two promotions within its Finance department, naming Marc Olson as the new vice president of Finance and Niki Scanlon as the new vice president, Controller. Olson, who most recently served as vice president, Controller, is taking the place of Bill Gaumond, who recently accepted [...]

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “What Consumers Want: General Insurance, Life Insurance and Pensions in France 2010″ report to their offering.
This slide deck provides direct answers to the important questions regarding consumers behaviour towards Financial Services products. This series of reports provides country specific data, set against a global [...]

Symetra Life Insurance Company today announced an initiative to significantly expand the company’s presence in the group life insurance marketplace. Symetra also named a new leader to head up the underwriting operations of this emerging business.
A leading provider of medical stop-loss coverage, Symetra plans to leverage its strong relationships with employee benefits brokers to deliver [...]

Absolute Life Solutions, Inc. , a financial services firm focused on the creation of cash liquidity for seniors as well as insurance-industry focused investors, today announced the engagement of Marcum, LLP, as the company’s independent auditor.
Commenting on the engagement, Avrohom Oratz, Chief Financial Officer of Absolute Life Solutions, Inc., stated, “As Absolute continues to ramp [...]