Journals By Industry - Insurance Commissions

Regulators have long sought to make it easier for consumers to comprehend the terms of insurance contracts by insisting that policy forms be written in language that most consumers can understand. They typically...

Lietuvos dujos to buy gas from Gazprom Export in 2012, but at current price Lithuanian gas import and transport company Lietuvos dujos will purchase gas from LLC Gazprom Export, subsidiary of Russia's OJSC...

The New Orleans Regional Business Park's board of commissioners today confirmed its hiring of Joseph Shorter III as its new executive director, a position that has been vacant for two years. Shorter is...

Hard-up diamond peddlers fake a robbery complete with gun-toting Hassidic Jews. A pastor plans the execution of a disabled parishioner. A mortician stages an imaginary death of an imaginary man, using cow parts...

Thanks to depreciated home values and historically low interest rates, potential homebuyars have a bargain-hunting mindset. As you prepare for the busy spring real estate season, you will need to differentiate yourself to...

HOUSTON -- American General Life Companies (American General) announces the availability of "AG Quick Ticket," a web-based life insurance application that allows producers to complete and submit applications electronically via a computer or...

- Records Pre-Tax Charge of $61.0 Million ($.17 Per Share) - Full Year Net Income of $603.6 Million, Earnings Per Common Share of $2.47 - Full Year Pre-Tax Charges Total $91.6 Million ($.25...

Fourth Quarter Earnings Per Common Share Were $1.84 NEW YORK -- The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS) today reported net revenues of $28.81 billion and net earnings of $4.44 billion for the...

* Company announces earnings guidance for 2012: establishes range between $1.90 and $2.00 per share for ongoing earnings * Company expects its 2011 adjusted earnings per share to be in the mid-point of...

Bankers Life & Casualty Co. the most important brand of Cannel-based CNO Financial Group Inc.--is getting a lot more exposure lately, but not all of it is good. CNO last month put the...

Improved Brokerage Commissions and Investment Banking Environment Result in Revenue and Adjusted EBITDA Growth over Prior Fiscal Year and Positions National Holdings Corporation for FY 2012 NEW YORK -- National Holdings Corporation (the...

OKLAHOMA CITY -- A.M. Best Company announced today the change of the financial strength rating of B++ (Good) to B (Fair) and issuer credit rating of "bb" for BancInsure, Inc. The outlook for...

LONDON -- A.M. Best Europe - Rating Services Limited has downgraded the issuer credit rating (ICR) to "bb" from "bb+" and affirmed the financial strength rating of B (Fair) of Ghana Reinsurance Company...

WASHINGTON -- Health insurance premium increases in five states have been deemed "unreasonable" by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today. After independent expert review, HHS...

CHICAGO -- Fitch Ratings has assigned an 'AA-' rating to Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company's (MassMutual) $400 million 5.375% surplus notes issued on Jan. 11, 2011. The notes are due in 2041. MassMutual's...

GREENWICH, Conn. -- Hanover Real Estate Partners ("Hanover"), a privately held real estate investment company focused on owning, managing and operating institutional grade commercial real estate assets across the United States, today announced...

The financier of a development group that wants to build another amusement park on the former Six Flags site in eastern New Orleans has an insurance fraud conviction on his record. Joseph Mori...

The following list describes new laws that have an impact on business and took effect Jan. 1, unless otherwise noted. * Credit Check AB 22 prohibits employers and prospective employers, not including certain...

LINCOLN, Neb. -- Ameritas Life Insurance Corp. (Ameritas Life) of Lincoln, Neb., announced today it has completed the acquisition of BNL Financial Corporation (BNL), the parent company of Brokers National Life Assurance Company...