Eastern Insurance Holdings, Inc. announced that it has appointed Curt Melville as Chief Operating Officer and Marc Blevens as Director of Sales and Agency Relations. Eastern Life & Health Insurance Company (ELH) is a wholly- owned subsidiary of EIHI.
Melville joined ELH in 2007 as Vice President of Underwriting. In that role, he was responsible [...]

A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the issuer credit rating (ICR) to “b” from “b+” of North Coast Life Insurance Company. A.M. Best has placed the ICR and the financial strength rating of C++ (Marginal) under review with negative implications.
The downgrading of the ICR reflects North Coast Life’s significant decline in its total capital and surplus [...]

A.M. Best Co. has placed the financial strength rating (FSR) of B++ (Good) and issuer credit rating (ICR) of “bbb” of Shenandoah Life Insurance Company (Shenandoah Life) (Roanoke, VA) under review with developing implications.
These rating actions follow a public announcement of Shenandoah Life’s proposed merger with OneAmerica Financial Partners, Inc. (OneAmerica). Under the proposed plan, [...]

Fort Dearborn Life Insurance Company has been recognized by Eastbridge Consulting Group, Inc. as a leader in voluntary sales growth among companies that wrote $30 million or less in new voluntary employee benefits sales in 2007.
“We are proud to be recognized by the Eastbridge study,” said Anthony F. Trani, president and CEO of Fort Dearborn [...]

Olympus Managed Health Care Inc., a leading provider of health care claims administration and cost containment services, announced today that Steve Stoute, a veteran insurance industry executive, has been appointed to the company’s Board of Advisors. The Board establishes and manages the strategic direction of the company.
Stoute brings nearly 50 years of insurance industry experience [...]

Empire BlueCross BlueShield (Empire) announced approval by the New York Department of Insurance to begin offering Life and Disability insurance as part of their broad benefit portfolio. Available through the New York-based affiliate, Anthem Life & Disability Insurance Company, this addition makes Empire a leading information resource and one-stop shop for medical, pharmacy, dental, vision, [...]

International Medical Group®, Inc. (IMG®), a worldwide leader in designing, distributing and administering global health care benefits, announces its new partnership with the web-based physician/patient communication company, eDocAmerica. The collaboration compliments IMG’s core principles of providing a full-service approach to offering international medical insurance products backed by superior customer service, and eDocAmerica’s mission to improve [...]

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Annuity & Life Reassurance America Inc., and Heritage Union Life Insurance Company, two subsidiaries of Heritage Union, LLC, have merged, the company announced today. The combined company will operate under the name Heritage Union Life Insurance Company as an Arizona domestic insurer with licenses in 42 states and the District of Columbia.
Within 30 days, Heritage [...]

Conseco Life Insurance Company (Conseco Life) announced it has filed a Request for Hearing preserving its rights in response to the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation’s December 22, 2008 Order to Show Cause. The company and Florida also have agreed to enter discussions regarding issues related to a group of universal life insurance policies issued [...]