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  • Credit unions need to do their homework before setting the branch-building wheels in motion

    WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - When it comes to building a new branch, experts caution credit unions to think planning and strategy before jumping straight into location, location, location. Despite past predictions that the branch would go the way of the dinosaur, it is popular once again, and it seems...

  • Rhode Island SCCU pushes through bill allowing for conversions to thrifts

    WARWICK, R.I. - Should there be a legislative path for state-chartered credit unions that want to convert to thrift charters? At least one credit union in Rhode Island thinks there should be and put its thoughts into action by beginning the process that ultimately resulted in the passage of a...

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  • 10 Top Leaders in Auto Loan Concentration CUs over $50 million in assets as of 3/31/01

    The following chart ran in the July 11 issue of Credit Union Times. Since some of the data was incorrectly reported, we are reprinting the complete chart with the correct information in this issue.

  • Special Report: Insurance

    The insurance industry is looking to provide consumers more convenience and a more diversified selection of offerings. From the growing branch of pet insurance to the ease of changing policy information online, discover the possibilities in our special report on pages 14-15.

  • Four contested CUNA Board positions

    WASHINGTON-Four of the nine open seats on the 24-person CUNA board are contested seats. The remaining five candidates running are uncontested. For District 1, which includes New England, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, there is a contested seat representing credit unions under 10,000 members. Thomas J. O'Neil, president and...

  • Trade groups need to change their tactics

    I found Mike Welch's June 20th column suggesting that credit unions and banks find some common ground to start some dialog very interesting. In my opinion, this can only happen if our trade association leaders take the lead to tone down the rhetoric, instruct trade association staff to conduct themselves...

  • Securian Financial launches CustomQuote.com

    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,...

  • California auto insurance rates best in nation

    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...

  • CUNA Mutual Group offers Web enhancements

    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,...