Centene Corporation announced that an agreement has been reached between University Health Plans, Inc. (“UHP”) and Amerigroup New Jersey, Inc. (“Amerigroup”), resolving the litigation regarding the sale of certain UHP assets to Amerigroup. Under the settlement agreement, the parties will move forward with the transaction, which is subject to regulatory approval and expected to be [...]

MGIC Investment Corporation has announced plans to release its 2nd quarter 2009 financial results before the market opens on Thursday, July 16, 2009. A conference call/webcast has been scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time to allow securities analysts and shareholders the opportunity to hear Management discuss the Company’s results for the quarter ended June [...]

Tri-Continental Corporation held its 79th Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Meeting”) in Baltimore, Maryland. Stockholders voted in accordance with the recommendations of the Corporation’s Board of Directors on each of the three proposals at the Meeting.
Stockholders elected four Directors at the Meeting. The newly elected Directors are Kathleen A. Blatz, Pamela G. Carlton, Alison [...]

National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation (National), an indirect subsidiary of MBIA Inc.issued the following statement in response to the decision today by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (S&P) to downgrade its insurance financial strength rating to A with a Developing Outlook from AA- Credit Watch Developing.
“We regard today’s rating action as a temporary setback,” said [...]

National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation (National), an indirect subsidiary of MBIA Inc. issued the following statement in response to the decision today by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (S&P) to downgrade its insurance financial strength rating to A with a Developing Outlook from AA- Credit Watch Developing.
“We regard today’s rating action as a temporary setback,” [...]

National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation (National), an indirect subsidiary of MBIA Inc. issued the following statement in response to the decision today by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (S&P) to downgrade its insurance financial strength rating to A with a Developing Outlook from AA- Credit Watch Developing.
“We regard rating action as a temporary setback,” said [...]

The Progressive Corporation announced that it will host a simultaneous webcast of its 2009 Investor Relations Meeting on Thursday, June 11, 2009, beginning at 9:00 a.m. eastern time. The meeting will last approximately three hours and will include a question and answer session following the presentations. The meeting will also be available simultaneously, in a [...]

Aon Corporation announced that Ted T. Devine, executive vice president of Aon Corporation and president of Aon Risk Services, will present at the annual Association of Insurance and Financial Analysts Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona on Monday, March 2, 2009 at 11:10 a.m. Mountain Standard Time.
Mr. Devine’s presentation will be available via live webcast. Interested parties [...]

Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania declared today a $.20 per share quarterly cash dividend to be paid on April 1, 2009 to shareholders of record as of March 11, 2009.
Following Univest’s stock and overall trends in the industry is convenient for investors and shareholders. Univest’s investor relations link, found on its web site at www.univest.net, features [...]

First graph of release should read: HSBC Finance Corporation announced today that its board of directors declared the regular quarterly cash dividend on the company’s Series B preferred stock of $0.3975 per depositary share payable March 16, 2009, to shareholders of record on March 3, 2009 (sted… to shareholders of record on February 28, 2009).
The [...]