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<p align=”justify”><span style=”font-family: Arial”><span style=”font-size: 10pt”><em>To:  All of our Valued Associates </em></span></span></p>
<p align=”justify”><span style=”font-family: Arial”><span style=”font-size: 10pt”><em>From: Kevin J. Shields, President</em> </span></span></p>
<p align=”justify”><span style=”font-family: Arial”><span style=”font-size: 10pt”><strong>December 21st, 2009</strong></span></span></p>
<p align=”justify”><span style=”font-family: Arial”><span style=”font-size: 10pt”>It is my pleasure to announce that Chris Nichols will be joining our company on December 21, 2009 in the position of Director of Sales, Long Term Care Division.

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<span ID=”hitDiv2″>December 28, 2009 Monday 04:31 PM EST
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<span class=”headline” align=”LEFT”>Ace Consolidates Commercial and Inland Marine Units<br>

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<P></P>Ace Group is consolidating its commercial marine and inland marine business units in Ace USA, its U.S.-based retail operating division, to better meet the global needs of its customers.

Martin Frankel, the fraudulent financier who was sentenced to nearly 17 years in prison for stealing more than $200 million from seven insurance companies in the 1990s, has been appointed a new attorney for his appeal case.

A federal court in Indiana has approved a settlement of litigation between John Hancock Life Insurance Co. and Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative involving a “leaseback” transaction. A leaseback, also known as a sale and leaseback, generally refers to the sale of an asset to a new party, and the leasing of that asset from the new owner by the previous owner.

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<span ID=”hitDiv2″>December 28, 2009 Monday 02:30 PM EST
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<span class=”headline” align=”LEFT”>N.Y. Orders Two Insurers to Offer Homeowners Renewals<br>

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<P></P>New York State insurance regulators ordered two insurance companies to offer to reinstate 260 homeowners policies it says were improperly canceled or nonrenewed.

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<span class=”headline” align=”LEFT”>Allstate Sues Michigan Medical Billing Company<br>

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<P></P>Allstate Corp. is suing a Michigan medical billing company and others for allegedly taking part in a “scheme” to commit insurance fraud that cost the insurers more than $680,000.

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OppenheimerFunds Inc. has resolved an investigation by Illinois alleging the company mismanaged an underlying fund in the state’s 529 college savings plan program, known as Bright Start…</span></span></span>

New York, NY — Element 21 Golf Company (OTCBB:ETGF); MedeFile International, Inc. (OTCBB:MDFI); Getfugu, Inc. (OTCBB: GFGU); Cover-All Technologies Inc….

Dec. 29–Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger said Monday that she has approved the sale of Preferred Health Systems to Coventry Health Care. The approval was signed Dec. 24 and follows hearings in Wichita earlier this month.