insurance services

• CUSO Notches $1M Year

  November 17, 2010

  Xtend Inc. said its eighth year in business has been its most productive, exceeding $1 million in revenue for the first time.

• Xtend Reaches $1 Million Revenue Mark

  By Marc Rapport  |  November 3, 2010

  Xtend Inc., a provider of back-office services to credit unions, said it has exceeded the $1 million mark in revenue for a fiscal year for the first time in its eight-year history.

• Utah CU Becomes Xtend Co-Owner

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  October 18, 2010

  Horizon Utah Federal Credit Union is the latest to become a co-owner of Xtend Inc., a CUSO that offers managerial, operational, marketing, technical planning and consulting services.

• Mergers, Flight to Safety Trigger CU Retail Investment Program Growth

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  September 22, 2010

  More mergers and more education and awareness were among the top factors that have impacted member use of investment services and products at credit unions in 2009.

• Changing Habits Still Require Investment Adviser Creativity to Meet Them

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  July 21, 2010

  As members contemplate the moves they need to make with their investment plans in light of layoffs and market fluctuations, are those credit unions that have yet to enter that realm really losing out?

• Xtend CUSO Sets Confab, Touts Sales Surge

  By Marc Rapport  |  May 12, 2010

  Consulting and shared services CUSO Xtend Inc. said it expects about 300 industry professionals to attend all or some of the networking events surrounding its annual stockholders meeting on June 8 at its headquarters in Grand Rapids, Mich.

• CRI Adds Wycom Signature

  April 14, 2010

  Credit unions using CRI Solutions Inc.'s loan origination platform can now deploy the widely used digital and Web signing solutions from Wycom Systems Inc.

• Wycom Signing Tools Added to CRI Solutions Lending Software

  By Marc Rapport  |  April 6, 2010

  The widely used digital and Web signing solutions from Wycom Systems Inc. are now being offered to credit unions using CRI Solutions' online and in-house lending solutions.

• Despite Insurance Firm Sale, Arrowhead Vows to Maintain Member Service

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  March 17, 2010

  Nearly eight years after the $851 million Arrowhead Credit Union bought a firm to bring a plethora of insurance services to its membership, it recently announced that losses and lackluster profits led to the cooperative selling the subsidiary.