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LAMBERT FENCHURCH CEO LEAVES

The opportunities for exponential growth and market branding within the e-commerce sector captured yet another top insurance industry executive. This...

eYOUR MIND

eMind.com, a business-to-business e-learning provider has signed a deal with iPipeline.com to build an online education arm to iPipeline’s insurance...

TWO STARS AND A SMILEY FACE

A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the financial strength rating of the Farmers Insurance Group to A+ from A. The rating...

ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST

The Seibels Bruce Group Inc. is discontinuing its Nashville nonstandard automobile managing general agency operations, Graward General Companies, Inc. (Graward)....

WENDT WOOED AND WON

Gary C. Wendt has been named chairman and CEO of Conseco Inc., effective immediately. Wendt is the former chairman and...

e-GADS! e-BUSINESS IMPACT

Online sales in personal lines insurance will have cornered a market share of 5-10 percent in the U.S. and 3-5...

E-SIG BILL SIGNED

“And all of you young people will someday look back on this day … and marvel that it was considered...

AFG FACES SUIT, LOWER RETURNS

American Financial Group Inc.’s second quarter earnings from insurance businesses will be negatively impacted by certain litigation charges and lower...

OPL TO BUY RELIANCE RE

Bermuda-based Overseas Partners Ltd. (OPL) has agreed to acquire Reliance Reinsurance Company from Reliance Insurance Co., but will not assume...

FRANKEL FIGHTS CHARGES

Fugitive financier Martin Frankel, whose extradition from Germany to face charges of multiple insurance fraud is being sought by the...

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