Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America (Allianz) recently announced their new GenDex series of life insurance products is available for sale in over 30 states. Within the new series are the GenDex MomentumSM and GenDex SurvivorSM fixed index universal life insurance products, both of which offer the consumer the reassurance of knowing that if [...]
Olympus Managed Health Care Inc. a leading provider of health care claims administration and cost containment services, announced the appointment of Robert Lavers as Senior Consultant. In this newly created role, Mr. Lavers will have overall responsibility for the firm’s business development and expansion initiatives throughout Asia.
“We are very pleased to have Bob join our [...]
The current economic crisis is negatively impacting fire departments in the state of Massachusetts, according to a comprehensive national survey of firefighters from nearly 9,500 fire departments or 30 percent of departments in the country, including 195 fire departments in Massachusetts.
“Supporting Safer Communities: A National Fire Service Survey,” sponsored by Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company, found [...]
Thunderhead, recognized innovators in document automation and multi-channel communications solutions, today announced that SafeAuto® Insurance Company has selected the Thunderhead NOW platform to streamline the creation and delivery of customer communications across the enterprise.
SafeAuto provides personal auto insurance on a consumer-direct basis exclusively through online and telephone distribution channels. The company specializes in providing low-cost, [...]
Caught between supporting kids, caring for aging parents, and planning for their own retirement, many Americans in the Sandwich Generation, adults 40-60 caring for both younger and older dependents, are struggling to balance financial and emotional challenges during the recession. According to Age Wave’s 2009 Retirement Tipping Point Report, 40% of the Sandwich Generation now [...]
Insurance industry in the markets of South East Europe remains very fragmented and with numerous limitations to free flow of capital. However, it is bound to continue its astonishing development and is regarded to be one of the most important future markets for European companies. Insurance premium
growth rates, already double-double digit figures in most [...]
PIMCO, a leading investment management firm, has launched the PIMCO Global Advantage Strategy Bond Fund, designed to help fixed-income investors seize opportunities created by dramatic shifts in the global economy. The fund may invest in a broad range of fixed-income instruments and includes as one of its benchmarks the recently launched PIMCO Global Advantage Bond [...]
Eight major reinsurance companies and five leading law firms, plus reinsurance intermediaries, forensic accounting firms, mediators and others will join at the Westin Grand here on March 2-3 to deliver papers and presentations at the “Reinsurance Claims & Arbitration Conference.”
The event is being produced by HB Litigation Conferences LLC, formerly Mealey’s Conferences.
The faculty has been [...]
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Iran Insurance Report Q4 2008″ report to their offering.
Iran Insurance Report provides independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on Iran’s insurance industry.
Insurance has been written at a time that the global financial crisis, which arose as a result of the evaporation of inter-bank liquidity, appeared [...]
A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a+” of Mondial Assistance International AG (MAIAG) (formerly Elvia Reiseversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG) (Switzerland) and its subsidiary, the Jefferson Insurance Company (New York). The outlook for all ratings remains stable.
The ratings reflect MAIAG’s excellent business profile as [...]
