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A DEAL FOR YOU, TOO

The Strategic Independent Agents Alliance (SIAA), an independent insurance agency distribution network, has created a consumer web site to promote...

TEXAS TITLE RATES ON HOLD

Texas Insurance Commissioner Jose Montemayor issued an order that will leave title insurance rates unchanged in Texas. The title insurance...

IRIN BECOMES NIPR

The Insurance Regulatory Information Network has changed its name to the National Insurance Producer Registry to reflect the group’s accelerated...

SIIS WEB SITE

Southwestern Insurance Information Service has established a web page designed specifically for the media, consumers, legislators and their membership. The...

EDS WITHDRAWS OFFER

Plano-based Electronic Data Systems Corp. has withdrawn its offer to buy Policy Management Systems Corp. for $700 million. The announcement,...

WORKERS’ COMP FRAUD

In a case that uncovered a pattern of fraudulent activity, Protegrity Services Inc.’s Special Investigation Unit recently proved in federal...

METLIFE GOES TO THE BANK

MetLife subsidiary Metropolitan Life Insurance Company has taken the first step toward offering banking services to customers by establishing a...

FRONTIER TO SELL REGENCY

Frontier Insurance Group has entered into a definitive agreement to sell Regency Insurance Company to Tomoka Re Holdings Inc., an...

WATCHDOG BILL ON HOLD

Assembly Bill 1738, the bill that would form a consumer “watchdog” association for the insurance industry, didn’t get far in...

NAII FIGHTS EQ BILL

A new earthquake bill would invite an avalanche of claims, according to the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII). Senate...

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