Alliant Insurance Services, the nation’s largest specialty insurance brokerage firm, has announced a significant organizational change that strengthens the company’s leadership team while maintaining Alliant’s commitment to a flat management structure. Effective immediately, Ralph Hurst now directs the company’s retail operations as President, National Brokerage Group, while Sean McConlogue, President, Alliant Specialty Insurance Services, directs [...]

Nationwide, one of the country’s largest insurance, financial services and investment management organizations, announced today an agreement to become the “Official Insurance Provider” of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA). This is a multi-year agreement that includes Nationwide serving as presenting sponsor of the CIAA Football Championship Game, sponsorship of the CIAA Men’s Tournament
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As a result of the development of a new long-range plan for 15-year-old Intercare Holdings Insurance Services, the firm’s senior management team has announced a series of strategic moves that have focused the Roseville-based company on its core competencies.
CEO George “Mac” McCleary detailed the plan, highlighting the divesture of an insurance brokerage operation and other [...]

Fox Insurance Company (the Company), a New York-based Medicare Part D provider announced today that it has contracted with Senior Financial Solutions (SFS) to provide sales support for their new EGWP product (employer & union sponsored retiree benefits). This new alliance will provide Fox Insurance Company with additional independent representatives who will market Fox’s products [...]

new economic reality means consumers can no longer rely on what’s worked for them in the past. And the ever-changing life insurance marketplace means financial professionals must find even more creative solutions to their clients’ needs.
To meet those needs, Nationwide Financial Services, Inc. launched the newest version of its YourLife® suite of life insurance products [...]

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, [...]

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* Oracle Insurance today introduced Oracle® Revenue Management and Billing for Insurance, providing insurers the robust billing capabilities necessary to deliver streamlined, convenient billing, payment and collections processes, and improve service to customers and distribution channels.
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Pitney Bowes Business Insight (PBBI), one of the leading global provider of location and communication intelligence offerings, today announced that its GeoTAX® Insurance Premium Tax solution has been officially verified by the Kentucky Department of Insurance. Under a recent change in state legislation, Kentucky now requires that insurance carriers use a verified geo-spatial database that [...]

ProspX, Inc., the leader in on-demand sales collaboration and automation solutions for the commercial insurance industry, today announced that INSURICA Insurance Management Network, formerly North America Group, has selected the ProspX platform to further support the launch of its new branding and positioning campaign. By networking core industries and disciplines together and enabling easy collaboration [...]

Global Strategic Advisors announced today that it has developed a joint venture relationship with HGA-BVI and its affiliates to further build on their relationship in providing alternative risk transfer and captive insurance educational services on a global basis.
Alternative Risk Transfer is the execution of techniques outside of traditional insurance and reinsurance to provide risk-bearing entities [...]