Farmers Insurance Group announced it has launched its latest Hispanic advertising campaign titled “Force Field” that includes TV, radio and rich media – all produced by U.S. Hispanic Agency of Record Accentmarketing.
Force Field’ is a visual representation of finding the right fit when it comes to providing individualized insurance coverage that’s right for each person,” [...]

Fidelity National Financial, Inc. announced the expansion of FNF 1031 Exchange Company with the opening of offices in Chicago, New York and Boston. 1031 industry expert and attorney Scott Nathanson will manage the new offices, joined by 1031 veterans Anna Barsky in Chicago, Nicole De Santis and Mathew Narby in New York and Edward [...]

Key Senate Democrats said on Thursday the cost of their plan to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system has dropped to $611 billion over a decade, a figure they hope will help draw wider bipartisan support in Congress.
Democratic Senators Edward Kennedy and Christopher Dodd, who are leading the Senate Health, Education Labor and Pension Committee’s efforts [...]

Although President Obama has called for affordable, accessible, high-quality health care for all Americans, “There’s no guarantee the legislation will bridge the long term care gap,” says Denise Gott. “Only about 9 million Americans, a fraction of our 300 million plus, have long term care insurance. And among those at greatest risk, 45 and older, [...]

FUTURITY FIRST Insurance Group, a nationwide, independent career agency insurance organization launched in January 2008, has just reached the one-year mark, announced Edward Berube, President and CEO of FUTURITY FIRST.
FUTURITY FIRST is the first life insurance start-up in a decade to build a full-scale, national distribution organization funded exclusively with private equity capital. The organization, [...]

American International Group, Inc. (AIG) has named Monika M. Machon AIG Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, responsible for insurance company portfolio management across all asset classes, succeeding Win J. Neuger. Mr. Neuger will continue as AIG Investments Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, while leading the management team of the external client asset management [...]

Surrey Bancorp announced that it has raised $2 million in capital as a result of its participation in the U.S. Treasury’s Capital Purchase Program of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.
The Company issued 2,000 shares of Surrey Bancorp preferred stock at a 5 percent annual dividend rate for the first five years, increasing to [...]

American International Group, Inc. (AIG) announced voluntary restrictions on executive compensation that include a $1 salary for its Chief Executive Officer; no 2008 annual bonuses and no salary increases through 2009 for AIG’s top-seven-officer Leadership Group; and no salary increases through 2009 for the 50 next-highest executives, in addition to other bonus, severance and [...]

Seyfarth Shaw LLP, one of America’s leading full-service law firms, today announced that the firm’s New York office has significantly deepened its Business Services Department bench with the addition of a team consisting of nine corporate and finance attorneys, four trusts and estates lawyers and one real estate attorney. Stanley E. Bloch, Lawrence B. Brownridge, [...]

Syncora Holdings Ltd. (”Syncora” or the “Company”) (NYSE: SCA – News) today announced the appointment of Mssrs. Duncan P. Hennes, Edward J. Muhl, Thomas S. Norsworthy, and Robert J. White to its Board of Directors in connection with the transfer on November 18, 2008 of 30,069,049 Syncora shares, previously owned by XL Capital Ltd, to [...]