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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...

QUACK QUAKES

A state Senate panel voted May 3 to bar California’s insurance commissioner from ever again allowing insurance companies to avoid...

HMO CLASS ACTION

The national consumer law firm of Herman, Middleton, Casey & Kitchens has filed a class action against Humana Inc., Humana...

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...

TAKING IT TO THE BANK

An application by General Motors to move into banking by setting up a federal thrift was approved on April 20...

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