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VantisLife to Offer Life Insurance Products Through Astoria Federal Savings

July 3rd, 2009

VantisLife Insurance Company announced that Astoria Federal Savings, headquartered in Lake Success, NY, will now offer insurance products via the company’s award-winning online quote and submit system. The offering will be made through VantisLife’s New York Company, VantisLife Insurance Company of New York.
Astoria Federal has been serving the New York market with quality financial products [...]


HealthSpring’s Andy Flatt Named Chairman of Nashville Technology Council

July 2nd, 2009

HealthSpring, Inc. announced that Andy Flatt, the Company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, has begun a two-year term as the chairman of the Nashville Technology Council (NTC), an affiliate of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce. Since 1999, the NTC has been devoted to helping the Middle Tennessee technology community succeed.
As chairman, Mr. [...]


AIG to Webcast Annual Meeting of Shareholders on Tuesday, June 30 at 10:00 A.M.

June 27th, 2009

The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of American International Group, Inc. (AIG) will be audio webcast live at www.aigwebcast.com on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. EDT.
Shareholders planning to attend the Annual Meeting should bring photo identification. In addition, if shares are held in “street name” shareholders should bring an account statement or other acceptable [...]


The Protection Insurance Industry and IT – A Mixed Picture of Success, Reports FINEOS

June 26th, 2009

FINEOS Corporation, a global provider of innovative enterprise software solutions for insurance, announced the findings of the Protection Review survey carried out for the Personal Finance Society (PFS) and sponsored by FINEOS. The survey offers a snapshot of the protection market and the results help the life insurance industry develop the right solutions to meet [...]


UnitedHealthcare by AmeriChoice to Serve Mississippi Children’s Health Insurance Program

June 26th, 2009

UnitedHealthcare by AmeriChoice has been selected by Mississippi’s State and School Employees Health Insurance Management Board to be the state’s partner in its Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
When the new policy begins in January 2010, UnitedHealthcare will be the exclusive health plan for approximately 65,000 children throughout Mississippi who are enrolled in CHIP.
“Particularly in these [...]


Columbian Financial Group goes live with FIS’s Agency Management System, a component of the ALIS Policy Administration Platform

June 18th, 2009

FIS Software, a provider of enterprise level end to end insurance policy administration systems, today announced that Binghamton, New York based Columbian Financial Group (CFG) has completed the implementation of FIS’s Agency Management System (AMS), a component of FIS’s flagship ALIS policy administration platform. With AMS, CFG now manages its independent agent workforce using a [...]


Current Administration’s New Regulatory Reform Proposals under Fire from National Center for Regulatory Reform

June 18th, 2009

The National Center for Regulatory Reform, developed by attorneys deeply involved in representing the victims of the federal and state governments’ failure to regulate the financial and insurance industries, today expressed its concerns that the new regulations proposed by the current administration will do more harm than good.
Under the plan, the government would have new [...]


Northwestern Mutual is One of the ‘Best Places to Work in IT’

June 17th, 2009

Northwestern Mutual that the company is one of the top workplaces for information technology (IT) professionals for the fourth year in a row. IDG’s Computerworld, the leading source of technology news and information for IT influencers worldwide, included Northwestern Mutual in its annual Best Places to Work in IT survey, which was published in the [...]


NERA Releases Snapshot of Recent Trends in Asbestos Litigation

June 17th, 2009

NERA Economic Consulting, a leading global provider of economic advice and analysis in business, legal, and regulatory matters, today released Snapshot of Recent Trends in Asbestos Litigation, a report analyzing trends in asbestos filings and settlements, in light of legislative and judicial tort reform over the past several years.
The report, co-authored by NERA Senior Vice [...]


Aquiline Capital Partners LLC to Acquire Conning & Company

June 17th, 2009

Aquiline Capital Partners LLC (“Aquiline”), a New York-based private equity firm investing in the financial services sector, today announced it has acquired Conning & Company (“Conning”), a leading global provider of expert solutions and services to the insurance market. The sale by Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd. (“Swiss Re”), under undisclosed terms, will include Conning’s U.S. [...]