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Extend Health Adds Two Executives to Senior Leadership Team

July 14th, 2009

Extend Health announced that Richard Wheeler, former managing partner of Prescription Benefits, Inc., and Cathy Donahoe, former Director of Human Resources at Omniture, Inc., are joining Extend Health’s executive management team. Mr. Wheeler joins Extend Health as Senior Vice President for Public Sector Accounts. Ms. Donahoe joins as Vice President of Human Resources. Commenting on [...]


The Lifeline Program’s Wm. Scott Page to Host Life Settlement Portfolio Aggregation Workshop at Insurance Linked Securities Summit July 15

July 9th, 2009

Wm. Scott Page, president and CEO of The Lifeline Program, will host a workshop on “Successful Life Settlement Portfolio Aggregation” at the 6th Insurance Linked Securities Summit (www.ilsbermuda.com) being held July 15-17, 2009 at the Fairmont Southampton resort in Bermuda. Sponsored by the International Quality and Productivity Center (IQPC), the summit draws top professionals in [...]


VantisLife to Offer Life Insurance Products Through Astoria Federal Savings

July 6th, 2009

VantisLife Insurance Company announced that Astoria Federal Savings, headquartered in Lake Success, NY, will now offer insurance products via the company’s award-winning online quote and submit system. The offering will be made through VantisLife’s New York Company, VantisLife Insurance Company of New York.
Astoria Federal has been serving the New York market with quality financial [...]


VantisLife to Offer Life Insurance Products Through Astoria Federal Savings

July 3rd, 2009

VantisLife Insurance Company announced that Astoria Federal Savings, headquartered in Lake Success, NY, will now offer insurance products via the company’s award-winning online quote and submit system. The offering will be made through VantisLife’s New York Company, VantisLife Insurance Company of New York.
Astoria Federal has been serving the New York market with quality financial products [...]


NERA Releases Snapshot of Recent Trends in Asbestos Litigation

June 17th, 2009

NERA Economic Consulting, a leading global provider of economic advice and analysis in business, legal, and regulatory matters, today released Snapshot of Recent Trends in Asbestos Litigation, a report analyzing trends in asbestos filings and settlements, in light of legislative and judicial tort reform over the past several years.
The report, co-authored by NERA Senior Vice [...]


Aquiline Capital Partners LLC to Acquire Conning & Company

June 17th, 2009

Aquiline Capital Partners LLC (“Aquiline”), a New York-based private equity firm investing in the financial services sector, today announced it has acquired Conning & Company (“Conning”), a leading global provider of expert solutions and services to the insurance market. The sale by Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd. (“Swiss Re”), under undisclosed terms, will include Conning’s U.S. [...]


HMS Holdings Corp. to Present at Jefferies 3rd Annual Healthcare Conference

June 17th, 2009

HMS Holdings Corp. announced that it will present at Jefferies 3rd Annual Healthcare Conference, which will be held June 17-18, 2009 in New York City.
Bill Lucia, President and Chief Executive Officer and Walter Hosp, SVP and Chief Financial Officer of HMS Holdings Corp., will present on Thursday, June 18th at 9:30 am Eastern Time.
HMS Holdings [...]


Maiden Holdings, Ltd. to Present At FPK-Small & Mid-Cap Bank and Insurance Conference in New York On Thursday, June 18, 2009

June 17th, 2009

Maiden Holdings, Ltd. that the Company will be participating in the 2009 Fox-Pitt Kelton Cochran Caronia Waller (FPK) Small & Mid-Cap Bank and Insurance Conference being held on June 18, 2009. The Conference will be held at the Roosevelt Hotel New York, located in mid-town Manhattan.
Maiden President and CEO Art Raschbaum is scheduled to present [...]


Assurant Employee Benefits Adds New Voluntary Capabilities

June 17th, 2009

Assurant Employee Benefits, a national carrier of life and disability insurance and dental coverage, today announces the formation of a new Administrative Services department in Seattle, Wa.
The new department was formed with the acquisition of certain capabilities, technology assets, and employees of a Seattle-based Third Party Administrator (TPA), Administrative Systems, Inc., with which the company [...]


AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. to Present At FPK Small & Mid-Cap Bank and Insurance Conference in New York On Wednesday, June 17, 2009

June 16th, 2009

AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. announced that The Company will be participating in the 2009 Fox-Pitt Kelton Cochran Caronia Waller (FPK) Small & Mid-Cap Bank and Insurance Conference being held on June 17, 2009. The conference will be held at The Roosevelt Hotel New York, located in mid-town Manhattan.
AmTrust President & CEO Barry Zyskind is scheduled [...]