The largest specialty insurance brokerage in the U.S. acquired a New York-based 401(k) investment and advisory firm, seeking to expand its presence in the Northeast.

The Maryland Insurance Administration has approved the Cigna‘s acquisition of Bravo Health, a Baltimore, Md.-based operator of Medicare Advantage plans.

Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. has agreed to pay $10,000 to settle a case where current and former customers’ personal information was made public in November 2009.

Aetna, the national health insurer, has a new look and logo, which it says “continues its evolution from an insurance carrier to a health solutions company.”

Connecticut became the second state to stop allowing private insurers to cover its Medicaid enrollees, following Oklahoma.

A Stamford, Conn., man pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud more than 10 insurance carriers of about $1.7 million, according to federal prosecutors.

A Boston, Mass., insurance broker agreed, without admitting wrongdoing, to pay a $1.7 million settlement to resolve allegations that it overcharged a client more than $2 million by concealing fees and commissions.

Cigna Corp. is buying HealthSpring for $3.8 billion, as the global health insurer expands its reach into the senior and Medicare markets.

A Hartford, Conn.-based health insurer announced the completion of two previously announced acquisitions of a Medicare supplement business and an independent account-based health plan administrator.

The Hilb Group, a Glen Allen, Va.-based middle-market insurance brokerage, is expanding its New York presence, where it will focus on selling disability and life insurance products for the medical and dental communities.