Archive for December, 2008

Brown & Brown Inc. Acquires Baker, Thomsen Associates Insurance Services

A subsidiary of Florida-based Brown & Brown Inc. has acquired the assets of Thomsen Associates Insurance Services of Newport Beach, Calif. Baker, Thomsen Associates Insurance Services, with …   RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

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Brown & Brown, Inc.: Brown & Brown, Inc. Announces the Asset Acquisition of Baker, Thomsen Associates Insurance Services

DAYTONA BEACH, FL and TAMPA, FL (MARKET WIRE) Kenneth D. Kirk, Regional President of Brown & Brown, Inc. (NYSE: BRO), David J. Thomsen, Chairman and Kathleen A. Wittau, President of Baker, Thomsen Associates Insurance Services, of Newport Beach, Californi…   RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

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Brown & Brown, Inc.: Brown & Brown, Inc. Announces the Asset Acquisition of Gallagher Associates, Inc.

DAYTONA BEACH, FL and TAMPA, FL (MARKET WIRE) Thomas E. Riley, Regional President of Brown & Brown, Inc. (NYSE: BRO), and John J. ”Jack” Gallagher, Jr. and John F. ”Jack” Corbett of Gallagher Associates, Inc., of Blackwood, New Jersey, announce the as…   RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

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Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania: Univest Corporation Acquires Trollinger Consulting Group

SOUDERTON, PA (MARKET WIRE) Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania (NASDAQ: UVSP) today announced the acquisition of Trollinger Consulting Group (TCG), an independent actuarial, administrative, consulting/compliance, and investment counseling firm that exclu…   RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

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Norwich Union Healthcare introduces new medical underwriting approach

UK-based Norwich Union Healthcare has announced Once Only Underwriting, a new medical underwriting approach for new and existing group income protection customers.   RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

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States Begin New Year With Unemployment Insurance Funds Low (Poynter Institute)

State governments across the country are going to start 2009 worried about how much (or how little) they have in their unemployment insurance trust funds.

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Sompo Japan Insurance May Become Holding Company, Nikkei Says (Bloomberg)

Dec. 31 (Bloomberg) — Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. may change its corporate structure to a holding company as early as 2010 to expand its life insurance and asset management businesses, Nikkei English News reported, without citing anyone.

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Local Parkinson’s Patient Finds Insurance Break (WFMY News 2 Greensboro)

A state plan called Inclusive Health targets chronically ill patients will nearly cut his insurance bill in half.  

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S.F. to fight bias in health insurance costs (San Francisco Chronicle)

The city of San Francisco is challenging state legislation that allows insurance companies to charge women more than men for health coverage. In a practice known as gender rating, women in California pay up to 39 percent more than men for coverage in the…

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$121 Million Distributed to Mission Insurance Companies Policyholders, Claimants

California’s Conservation and Liquidation Office (CLO) has distributed $121 million to policyholders and claimants from the liquidated estate of the Mission Insurance Companies, the California …   RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

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