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GENERAL RE-EVALUATION

General Re Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., completed its analysis of strategic alternatives for General Re...

INSPIRE CEO RESIGNS

INSpire Insurance Solutions, an insurance claims administrator based in Fort Worth, will replace CEO F. George Dunham III, who has...

HELPING THE DISABLED

We Media, a multimedia company designed specifically for the estimated 54 million Americans with disabilities, their families and friends, selected...

DISCOVER COVER

Discover Financial Services, a business unit of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co., and Nationwide Insurance Companies are forming an...

ST. PAUL SELLS

The St. Paul Companies has completed the sale of its nonstandard auto insurance business to the Prudential Insurance Company of...

GENERALI EXPANSION

Expansion opportunities in Great Britain, Southeast Asia, Latin America and the U.S. are being eyed by Italian insurer Generali. Numerous...

NELSON SENATE BID

Florida Insurance Commissioner Bill Nelson made it official May 1, kicking off his U.S. Senate campaign for the seat currently...

LURED BY COMMISSIONS’

Insure.com issued a report entitled “Hidden Rivers of Incentive: How Agent Commissions Affect Your Insurance Shopping,” that tells consumers how...

REDLINING CASE SETTLED

A racial discrimination lawsuit filed by a Richmond fair-housing group against Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. has been settled out of...

SAFECO TAKES LOSS

Seattle-based SAFECO Corp. announced that both Property & Casualty and Life & Investments operations performed below expectations during the first...

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