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Allstate adds roof insurance to improve homeowners revenue
InsuranceHeadlines Breaking News/Chicago - Allstate Corp., trying to improve profits in its homeowners' insurance business, will launch a new product called House & Home that will deal with losses caused by poorly maintained roofing, its chief executive said Thursday. The Northbrook-based insurer, whose stock whose stock closed ...
Top Mobile Auto Insurers Ranked
On the heels of 2011 consumer research that cited mobile as a new, impactful hub of consumers for insurers, a new study from Key Lime Interactive (KLI) revealed State Farm to have the best website among mobile insurers. USAA was cited as having the best mobile application. The mobile ...
Ruling on Contraception Draws Battle Lines at Catholic Colleges
Bridgette Dunlap, a Fordham University law student, knew that the school’s health plan had to pay for birth control pills, in keeping with New York state law. What she did not find out until she was in an examining room, “in the paper dress,” was that the student health service ...
Captive insurers strengthen business resilience
MIAMI—Resilience is more important than anticipation for businesses, Willis Group Holdings P.L.C. Chairman and CEO Joseph J. Plumeri told the 2012 World Captive Forum on Tuesday, but without a captive insurer a company's resilience is limited. Giving the keynote presentation at the World Captive Forum at the Doral Golf ...
CFA: Auto insurers overcharging the poor
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The car owners who are least able to afford high auto insurance rates are getting charged the most for coverage, according to a consumer watchdog group. In a report released earlier this week, the Consumer Federation of America claimed that auto insurers are using pricing ...