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Securian Financial had the highest net client recommendation rating and won the most best-in-class awards 1 among 401 and other defined contribution retirement plan providers included in a survey conducted by a top industry trade publication. After tabulating the 4,000 client responses to its most recent survey, the magazine recognized Securian…

AM Best and Best’ s Insurance Professionals and Claims Resource have released the latest installment of the Insurance Law Podcast, a series that examines timely claims and insurance issues from a legal perspective. The podcast features Attorneys Matthew Berkowitz and Brian O’Shea of the law firm Carr Maloney P.C. Mr. Berkowitz is a civil litigator with…

-Cover, the mobile-first insurance brokerage, today officially begins selling its own policies in Texas to address widespread frustration with insurance shopping felt by drivers in the state. In a recent survey, Cover found that five million drivers in Texas haven’t shopped around for a better rate in over two years, even though Texans pay the 13th highest…

AM Best has revised the outlooks to positive from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings of“ a+” of National Life Insurance Company and its wholly owned subsidiary, Life Insurance Company of the Southwest. Both companies are life insurance subsidiaries of NLV Financial Corporation, which is the…

–The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America ®, one of the nation’s largest mutual life insurers and a leading provider of whole life, individual disability insurance, and employee benefits, announced today that Karen B. Peetz has been elected to its board of directors. Ms. Peetz serves on the boards of directors for Ingersoll Rand, Johns Hopkins University…

ABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire, 25 April 2019/ PRN Africa/– Malawi’ s recovery and reconstruction plans in the aftermath of Cyclone Idai has received a boost from the African Development Bank, which is supporting the country with an emergency relief package and measures to combat the effect of climate change in the Southern African region. Mateus Magala, the Bank’s Vice…

–Old Republic International Corporation today reported the following consolidated results:. First quarter pretax and net income, excluding all investment gains, were most positively affected by improved results from underwriting and related services, and net investment income. Old Republic is managed with the objective of achieving a continuous,…

ROCKFORD, Ill.& FOSTER CITY, Calif.—- Rockford Mutual Insurance Company, a Midwest Property and Casualty insurance provider, and Guidewire Software, Inc., provider of the industry platform P&C insurers rely upon, today announced that Rockford Mutual has successfully implemented Guidewire InsuranceNow™, a core component of Guidewire InsurancePlatform™ via…

AM Best is a legacy sponsor of the 2019 National Association of Independent Insurance Adjustors’ Annual Conference at the Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando, FL, from May 6-10, 2019. As part of its longstanding sponsorship, AM Best will host a pre-banquet cocktail reception at 5:30 p.m. on May 8. John Czuba, managing editor, and Doug Doremus, national sales manager,…

It’s not just the stock market at a record high that’s feeling the Fed effect. Jewelry shoppers, home buyers, retirees and many others are feeling the ramifications of the Federal Reserve’s decision earlier this year to halt raising interest rates, at least temporarily. For some investments, it’s been for the better. For others, not so much.

–With just 2-3% of new customers entering the personal lines auto insurance market each year, insurers have only one option when it comes to growing their business: taking market share from competitors. According to the J.D. Power 2019 U.S. “We’re entering a new era of consumerism in the auto insurance marketplace, in which customers are in the driver’s seat when it…