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BOSTON -The former Commercial Union & General Accident will now be known as OneBeacon Insurance Group. Company officials say the name change will more accurately reflect its mission to provide service for personal, commercial, and specialty insurance. Bought by White Mountains Insurance Group, OneBeacon is the 17th largest property/casualty company...

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. -Cogentric, an e-solutions provider, has released a new product to study electronic-business sites for companies searching for cyber insurance policies. According to Cogentric, cyber insurance, though an estimated $14 billion emerging market, lacks the loss history and research data of other types of traditional insurance policies. Cogentric's product...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - InsWeb has been named the best Internet insurance marketplace in Gomez Advisors' winter 2000 rankings. A few of InsWeb's features singled out by the Internet research and consulting firm included an easy-to-use platform for requesting instant online quotes, educational content, and calculators and tools for estimating appropriate...

Credit union representatives from 30 countries gathered in Killarney, Ireland June 1-4 for the World Council of Credit Unions' 2001 International Conference and Annual Meeting. For those credit unions that were unable to send representatives, here are some moments at the conference and Killarney that were captured by Credit Union...

MADISON, Wis. - CUNA Mutual Group must be doing something right - it has made the top five list of life premiums sold by financial institutions. Based on research conducted by Dr. Kenneth Kehrer, president of Kenneth Kehrer Associates, a Princeton, New Jersey-based consulting firm, CUNA Mutual ranked fifth in...

BOSTON - Lexington Insurance Company, an excess and surplus carrier, has introduced a new insurance product, Violence Guard that combines crisis response services with protection in the event of a violent act. "The United States Department of Justice has estimated that there are two million violent workplace incidents annually. With...