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METLIFE METES A MILLION

MetLife Auto & Home’s group auto and homeowners insurance program now insures more than one million automobiles and homes countrywide....

NEW RULES FOR ONLINE BUSINESS

Gov. Davis recently signed a bill requiring certain information to be posted on websites for all insurance producers and companies...

E-SIGNATURES IN THE EU

The German cabinet unveiled a draft bill last month to develop a standard for electronic signatures in Internet commerce. The...

TRAVELERS, DELL AUTOMATE AGENTS

Travelers Insurance is hoping to help agents improve automation capabilities through a special arrangement with Dell Computer Corp. Travelers agents...

NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL TRUST

Northwestern Mutual’s application for a limited-purpose federal thrift charter was approved last month by the Office of Thrift Supervision. The...

CORRECTIONS

An article in the Aug. 14 issue of IJTexas should have indicated that TurboRaters’ web-based system was initially offered in...

HOCUS POCUS

Magician David Copperfield filed a lawsuit against Fireman’s Fund Insurance on August 25 alleging that the insurer improperly denied a...

GUSTAFSON TO LEAVE ST. PAUL

The St. Paul Companies president and chief operating officer James E. Gustafson will be leaving the company. The decision was...

U.K. AUTO RATES ON THE RISE

Drivers in the U.K. face automobile insurance premium increases of 25 percent or more within the next 12 months, warned...

PURCHASING INSURANCE ONLINE

IDC released its market forecast for online sales of personal property and casualty insurance, predicting the Internet will influence 37...

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