Latest MetLife Headlines
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MetLife to Combine U.S. Insurance Operations Into Single Unit
Jul 15 2009 // MetLife, Inc. said that it is combining its institutional and individual businesses, as well as its auto and home insurance unit, into a single U.S. business organization. The company said this move stems from a strategic...
MetLife Names Fagan as Regional SalesManager in Central New Jersey
Jun 18 2009 // MetLife Auto & Home has appointed Joanne Fagan as a regional sales manager in New Jersey, overseeing the company’s growth plans for the central portion of the Garden State. Fagan has over 38 years of insurance...
MetLife Home & Auto Adds Two Sales Managers in California
May 7 2009 // MetLife Home & Auto has added two sales managers to it staff in California. San Juan Capistrano, calif., resident Ken Potter is regional sales manager, overseeing the company’s growth plans in Orange County....
Schwab Named Chairman of MetLife Auto & Home Panel
May 1 2009 // Colleyville, Texas, resident Sam Schwab, agency principal of The Schwab Agency, has been selected as chairman to MetLife Auto & Home’s National Advisory Panel. MetLife Auto & Home’s National Advisory...
MetLife Adds Two Sales Managers in New Jersey to Aid Expansion
Apr 24 2009 // MetLife Auto & Home has hired two sales execs to head up its growth plans for New Jersey. Kelli Rettig and Patrick Flaherty have both been named regional sales managers. Rettig will oversee southern New Jersey while...
MetLife Auto & Home Appoints Swan Regional Sales Manager in California
Mar 25 2009 // MetLife Auto & Home announced the appointment of Madera, Calif., resident Rene Swan to the position of regional sales manager, overseeing the company’s growth plans in California’s Central Valley...
MetLife Auto & Home Eyes California for Expansion
Mar 23 2009 // Snoopy is moving to California and is bringing with him opportunities for independent insurance agents. MetLife Inc., which uses the famous beagle in its advertising, said it plans to expand its MetLife Auto & Home...
MetLife Auto & Home Names Regional Sales Managers in California
Mar 16 2009 // MetLife Auto & Home has appointed Hemet, Calif., resident Daniel Slaten regional sales manager, to oversee the company’s growth plans in the Inland Empire, Calif., territory, including Riverside, San Bernardino...
MetLife Auto & Home Picks Sebastiani To Grow Company in San Diego
Mar 3 2009 // MetLife Auto & Home announced the appointment of San Diego resident Rodrigo Sebastiani to the position of regional sales manager, overseeing the company’s growth plans in the San Diego market. Sebastiani has...
ID Theft Insurance: Oasis or Mirage?
Oct 6 2008 // Is It Worth Recommending to Valued Agency Clients? A client concerned about identity theft might consider moving to the Dakotas. It’s best to stay away, however, from Arizona, California, Nevada, Texas, Florida and...
Investors Jittery After Sen. Reid Insurer Comment
Oct 2 2008 // Insurance stocks, led by Hartford Financial, Principal Financial and MetLife, fell Thursday after a lawmaker raised the question of whether a well-known insurer could be in financial trouble. The comment stoked investor...
MetLife Auto & Home Introduces Enhancements to Homeowner Pricing in Arizona
Aug 14 2008 // MetLife Auto & Home has announced that it has introduced a new pricing platform in Arizona. The platform, called METRIX, will enable the company to be more aggressive in pricing homeowners insurance. At the heart of...
Insurers Escape Big Q2 Mortgage Losses – So Far
Aug 5 2008 // The first read on insurance companies’ second-quarter earnings shows they’re taking hits from the same kinds of mortgage-backed investments as other financial firms, but so far, most companies haven’t had...
Supreme Court Says Conflict Exists in MetLife Benefits Case
Jun 20 2008 // The Supreme Court sided against MetLife Inc. Thursday, ruling that insurance companies or employers have a conflict of interest when they both decide claims under employee benefit plans and pay the benefits. The justices...
Business Moves
Jun 16 2008 // Max Specialty, Guaranty Casualty Max Specialty Insurance Co., of Richmond, Virginia, the U.S. excess and surplus lines unit of Max Capital Group Ltd., reports it has acquired Commercial Guaranty Casualty Insurance Co., an...
MetLife Auto & Home Adds Austin’s NewMark Insurance Services
Jun 12 2008 // MetLife Auto & Home, which recently announced its intention to expand its offerings in Texas, added Austin-based NewMark Insurance Services as an appointed agency. NewMark Insurance Services is led by President Henry...
MetLife to Split Off Its 52% Stake in Reinsurance Group
Jun 2 2008 // MetLife Inc, the largest U.S. life insurer, said Monday that it would divest its 52 percent stake in Reinsurance Group of America Inc . Under the multi-step transaction, MetLife said Reinsurance Group would recapitalize...
Supreme Court Weighs Insurer’s Conflict of Interest in Claim Denial
May 5 2008 // The Supreme Court struggled recently with how much weight to give an insurance company’s potential conflict of interest when it denies an employee’s health or disability benefits claim. The lawyer representing...
Supreme Court to Hear Oral Arguments on Disability Benefits Case
Apr 24 2008 // An Ohio woman who first sought disability benefits from MetLife Inc. in 2000 says she “never in a million years” expected it would end up as a Supreme Court case. But on Wednesday, the justices will hear oral...
Montana Files Brief with Supreme Court in Insurance Lawsuit
Apr 3 2008 // Montana State Insurance Commissioner John Morrison has filed a friend-of-the-court brief in a legal dispute before the U.S. Supreme Court over an insurance company’s dual role of paying disability benefits and...
