Donegal Insurance Group recently received the 2010 Interface Partner Award from insurance technology company Applied Systems, recognizing Donegal’s commitment to real-time communication with agencies. Marietta, Pa.-based Donegal was specifically commended for interface advancements in download and real-time rating.

An Atlanta-based employee benefits agency plans to expand its presence by buying “top-performing brokerages” in U.S. cities in preparation for the effects of health care reform.

Ten New York-based companies are among the life settlement providers able to operate in California while state insurance regulators review their license applications.

HealthSpring plans to create the seventh largest Medicare Advantage plan through its acquisition of Baltimore, Md.-based Bravo Health.

A Long County. Ga., sheriff’s deputy faces insurance fraud charges in connection with a fire at his home that authorities say was arson.

A Savannah, Ga., man was sentenced to more than four years in prison for his role in staged auto accidents designed to defraud insurance companies.

A whistleblower’s accusations led federal prosecutors to issue a civil False Claims Act complaint against an Augusta, Ga.-based Medicare provider and its former owner, alleging they submitted fraudulent claims for more than $690,000.

Aflac announced that a new acquisition has allowed it to offer voluntary group benefits to companies with as few as 100 employees.

With an extension of benefits under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) removed from a comprehensive jobs bill in the U.S. House, future health coverage for the unemployed remains unresolved going into the Memorial Day weekend.

A 13-year veteran of the Utah Insurance Department and former assistant attorney general is now the state’s newest insurance commissioner.