Hartford Moving Closer to Its P/C Roots But Not Severing All Life Ties March 21, 2012 By Ben Berkowitz The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., under pressure to boost its stock price from hedge fund manager John Paulson, said...
U.S. Treasury’s Geithner Put on Spot for Delayed Insurance Report March 21, 2012 A Republican Congresswoman took an opportunity during a hearing on Tuesday to ask U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner why the...
HCC Insurance Holdings Names Burke as Chief Operating Officer March 21, 2012 HCC Insurance Holdings Inc., headquartered in Houston, appointed William N. Burke to serve as executive vice president and chief operating...
Great American Launches FleetFusion Program for Motor Carriers March 21, 2012 Great American Insurance Group’s Trucking Division has launched its FleetFusion program to help motor carriers manage an independent contractor division....
Ratings Agencies Respond to The Hartford’s Plan to Exit Life Insurance March 21, 2012 In response to Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.’s planned exit from some of its life insurance business, Standard & Poor’s...
Cargo Theft Reporting Improves, Says Insurers’ CargoNet March 21, 2012 Reporting of cargo theft in the United states has improved thanks to data sharing by insurers, the transportation industry and...
Cisco Enables Employers to Secure Employees’ Personal Mobile Devices March 21, 2012 Cisco Systems is expanding its services to enable companies to manage and secure private mobile devices used by employees at...
Hartford Bows to Shareholder Paulson, Sells Most Life Insurance Units March 21, 2012 The Hartford Financial Services Group yielded to demands from its biggest shareholder, famed hedge fund manager John Paulson, and said...
Municipal Defaults – Already 21 in 2012 – Another Blow for Bond Insurers March 20, 2012 By Karen Pierog A growing number of U.S. cities are choosing to fund essential services like public safety and garbage collection over making...
House Plan Would Cut Crop Insurance Cost March 20, 2012 U.S. farm and crop insurance subsidies would be cut by $30 billion over 10 years under a proposal made by...