Deal in Hurricane Katrina, Rita case spares homeowners’ assessment

Louisiana homeowners will avoid an emergency assessment through a deal where Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. will pay $6 million toward a class action judgment.

Courtesy: FEMA

Earlier this year, a ...  Read →  Read Story

Principal Financial Group is offering personalized views of health savings account potential through a new online tool.

The Des Moines, Iowa-based company unveiled a health savings account calculator now available on ...  Read →  Read Story

Liberty Mutual unveiled a new customized auto insurance policy for full-time teachers and school administrators, offering protection for many who store school items in their vehicles.

The insurer noted that many ...  Read →  Read Story

John Hancock Retirement Plan Services recently introduced a streamlined proposal designed to make it easier for plan sponsors to ensure all the important elements of a successful 401(k) plan are ...  Read →  Read Story

Agents can now quote and place The Hartford’s small business insurance coverage in a faster, more streamlined process through new offerings, the insurer said.

The Hartford, Conn.-based insurer is making the ...  Read →  Read Story

Great American Insurance Group’s Environmental Division expanded its product line to include a combined general and pollution liability insurance product.

The new product offers cost efficient solutions to industries that have ...  Read →  Read Story

The Brownyard Group, headquartered in Bay Shore, N.Y., is offering equipment breakdown coverage for its security guard, pest control operator and cosmetic manufacturers programs.

The new policy covers financial losses caused ...  Read →  Read Story

With the recently enacted Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act, CIGNA is anticipating a rise in requests for workplace disability accommodations from employees nationwide.

The Philadelphia, Pa.-based insurer launched the new ...  Read →  Read Story

Host of ‘Making Work Work’ to speak at insurance event Sept. 15

Laura Schanz, president and senior consultant of Laura Schanz Consulting Associates and host of “Making Work Work” on Fox 43 TV, will speak at the next meeting of the Insurance ...  Read →  Read Story

Group asks SEC to tell FINRA to butt out of financial planning matters

A group representing investment advisors is asking the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to keep the Financial Insurance Regulatory Authority (FINRA) from expanding its regulatory authority by getting involved in ...  Read →  Read Story