The parent company of Delta Dental of Virginia formed two private, for-profit specialty companies to develop and market technologies and customer service programs.

A specialty property-casualty insurance company, based in Richmond, Va., recently became certified to write business on a surplus lines basis for all U.S. states and Washington, D.C.

A White Plains, N.Y.-based in property-casualty insurer said it is expanding its coverage to owners of “well-built, high value homes” in Louisiana.

HCC Insurance Holdings is opening new Primary Casualty and Excess Casualty divisions, which company officials say should serve to extend its underwriting activities.

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.

A regional medical malpractice insurance company, Healthcare Providers Insurance Exchange, has expanded its New Jersey operations with the opening of a new office in Hamilton, N.J.

Tabb, Brockenbrough & Ragland, a 129-year-old independent insurance agency in Richmond, Va., has been acquired by an Ohio-based independent agency system.

Denver-based registered investment advisor Curian Capital has added new sales staff in eight new territories, including South Jersey, Northwest North Carolina and Washington, D.C.

Philadelphia-based Lincoln Financial Group said its Lincoln Small Business area has increased its group group size to 2-14 lives.

Savoy Associates, a full-service regional general agency for group insurance products, opened a new branch office in Wilmington, Del.