A trade group representing insurance agents and financial service professionals submitted its comments on the Federal Insurance Office’s Dodd-Frank study on modernizing and improving insurance regulation.

The defined benefit actuarial consulting operations of PSA Insurance & Financial Services have been sold to a Cleveland-based professional services company.

OneAmerica Financial Partners says its enterprise sales growth for the year was 29% through the third quarter over the same period the prior year.

Capitol Financial Solutions (CFS) Brokerage Services department was endorsed by the Professional Insurance Agents Association (PIA) of NC to offer members its product line.

National insurance distribution company Confie Seguros acquired Seguros Sin Barreras, an insurance brokerage and financial services company serving Hispanic customers in 49 states.

Integrated Insurance Solution acquired Tango Insurance so it can break into the growing Spanish insurance market.

MoneyRates.com rated Virginia as the sixth best state and Maryland as the fifth worst state in two lists naming the 10 best and worst states in which to retire.

The Round Table of New York, an organization of insurance field leaders, plans to award Larry Barton, president and CEO of The American College, with its Lifetime Achievement Award at its annual black tie dinner in December.

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) wants to allow all investors filing arbitration claims the option of having an all-public panel, a move it says will greatly increase investor choice use of the FINRA arbitration program.

The board that administers the Certified Financial Planner designation revoked the use of the certification mark for seven planners, including a woman discovered earlier this year to be a Russian spy.