One of the most rapidly growing areas in the technology sector are firms that operate a shared service business model. Latitude and Shareable Magazine recently released findings of “The New Sharing Economy Study,” which uncovered new opportunities for entrepreneurs, investors, and established companies in the rapidly growing area of “shared services.”
The study points to top [...]

Northwestern Mutual that the company is one of the top workplaces for information technology (IT) professionals for the fourth year in a row. IDG’s Computerworld, the leading source of technology news and information for IT influencers worldwide, included Northwestern Mutual in its annual Best Places to Work in IT survey, which was published in the [...]

Marsh, the world’s leading insurance broker and risk advisor, announced the creation of a one-of-a-kind property insurance program that can provide up to $500 million of annual capacity, in the aggregate, for windstorm losses incurred by all participating oil and gas companies operating in the Gulf of Mexico in a given policy year.
Marsh’s Cost and [...]

HealthMarkets, Inc. nnounced that it has completed another successful campaign raising donations for the U.S. Marine Reserve Toys for Tots DFW program (http://www.dfwtoysfortots.com). HealthMarkets employees have been involved with the Toys for Tots program since 1986 and this year donated $107,000 in cash and toys.
HealthMarkets® is the brand name for health insurance products underwritten and [...]

ACE Private Risk ServicesSM, part of the ACE Group of Companies, announced that it has expanded the availability of its ACE Platinum PortfolioSM policy to Kentucky and Ohio. Launched in May 2008 and sold through independent agents and brokers, the new product is specifically designed to meet the complex insurance needs of affluent and high [...]

Purchasing life, accident and disability insurance is a good way to protect your financial security. For people enrolled in any of CIGNA’s life, accident or disability plans, this smart financial decision is now a smart health decision too.
CIGNA said it is extending its Healthy Rewards® discount program and is now among the first group carriers [...]

Young families get the need for life insurance, but in economy it’s not easy to decide how to prepare for one’s future. People need security — but they also want flexibility.
State Farm gets it, too. And we’ve come up with an answer. It’s called the Return of Premium life insurance policy. And it lives [...]

The holidays are right around the corner, and for many people it means it’s time to start shopping. However before diving into your usual shopping endeavors, take note of a few tips from Grange Insurance to protect yourself from identity theft during the holiday shopping season.
According to the FBI, identity theft affects about ten million [...]

Interisland Hawaiian airline go!, a division of Mesa Air Group, and Mondial Assistance, best known for its Access America® brand of travel insurance and assistance services, today announced a partnership that will offer go! passengers the option to purchase Access America travel insurance protection for their trip.
Confirmed passengers on go! flights will be directed to [...]

W. R. Berkley Corporation announced that it has signed a letter of intent to acquire Oslo, Norway-based NEMI Forsikring ASA, which focuses on specialty lines of insurance. Terms of the letter of intent were not disclosed and any agreed-upon transaction would be subject to the completion of final due diligence, execution of a definitive [...]