ST. PAUL, Minn. - Securian Financial Network, an affiliate of Minnesota Life, an insurance provider, has launched CustomQuote.com, a Web site that makes insurance products available to consumers via the Internet and call centers. CustomQuote.com provides online insurance quoting for a variety of products including home appliance warranties, auto, homeowners,...
WASHINGTON - A recent Consumer Federation of America study has found that California has the most pro-consumer auto insurance regulation in the nation. The report found that the provisions of 1988's Proposition 103 have created a system with higher profits, lower rate increases and more rapid declines in assigned rate...
MADISON, Wis. - CUNA Mutual Group is keeping convenience and innovation in the forefront of its offerings. As part of its initiative this year to make its products more accessible to clients, CUNA Mutual has further fine-tuned its Credit Union Insurance Review. Currently offered online at CUNA Mutual's Web site,...
SUNNYVALE, Calif. - eHealthInsurance, a marketer of individual, family and small business health insurance online, has partnered with Sovereign Bank to offer consumers a heath insurance marketplace at the bank's Web site. Visitors to the site can compare insurance plan benefits, receive instant quotes from the nation's leading health insurance...
Here's just a glimpse at the variety of dangerous predicaments pets can get themselves into. Veterinary Pet Insurance Founder/CEO and DVM Jack Stephens reminds readers that while some of these claims are humorous in retrospect, they were real emergencies for the pets and their owners. 1- Chilly Dog With guests...
BOSTON - A recent report released by Celent Communications, entitled Web-Enabling Small Business Insurance Policy Origination, looks at the potential for selling small business insurance online and six of the new companies that are enabling the market. According to the report, with average annual insurance spending of $2,000 each, upper...
ATLANTA - ING Group has spent $791 million to acquire a majority interest of Seguros Comercial America from Savia SA de CV. ING now has an 87% stake in Seguros Commercial, which has a distribution network of more than 8,000 agents and in sales, has an 8% share of Mexico's...
FLINT, Mich. - Security Federal Credit Union has taken the concept of healthy body, healthy mind to a new level. The $209 million credit union has invested in its employees' health by adopting a new weight management program. Approximately 37 individuals participated in the 10-week program delivered by McLaren Regional...
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Animal lovers, the insurance companies are taking pet concerns seriously and now pet insurance is on the rise. It seems it was just a matter of time. According to an American Animal Hospital Association survey, over 60% of households have either a dog or cat...
WASHINGTON - The Mortgage Bankers Association has urged the Senate to approve legislation that will restart the Federal Housing Administration's multifamily mortgage insurance program. According to the MBA, the program would encourage the development of more that 50,000 rental units in 33 states and the District of Columbia. The Senate...