category: Insurance Headlines
 - Hurricane Season 2006 Starts Today, But It's Not Too Late to Ensure Your Home's Financial Security With a Flood Insurance Policy
 - Terex Corporation Announces the Divestiture of Its Interest in Tatra a.s.
 - AIG VALIC Names Laurel S. Cochennet Vice President and Director of Consulting Relations

category: Life Insurance
 - Guardian to Acquire a Majority Stake in RS Investments
 - MassMutual Launches New Section of Web Site to Focus on the Financial Needs of Women
 - Ambassador Clifford M. Sobel Steps Down From AEGON N.V.'s Supervisory Board as he Accepts New Diplomatic Posting
 - John Hancock Simplifies Life Insurance Application Process for Producers
 - Five Questions to Ask Before Buying Life Insurance
 - MassMutual Introduces a New Executive and Professional Disability Income Insurance Solution
 - Insurance Brokerage Agencies Poised for Growth
 - Bada Bing! Life Insurance Needs Ain't So Easy to Figure Out
 - John Hancock Life Insurance Company Introduces Ground-Breaking Long Term Care Insurance (LTCI) Policy with Industry-First Benefits
 - Insure.com, Inc. Named as a 'Best Site' for Life Insurance Quotes by Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine
 - The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company Selects CheckFree for Enterprisewide Cash and Securities Reconciliation
 - Eastern Life & Health Moves Into Eastern Insurance Holdings Headquarters
 - Primerica Financial Services and Waddell & Reed Select Portfolio Builder(SM), Morningstar's New Asset Allocation and Portfolio Construction Tool
 - MassMutual's Emerald Financial Resources Reaches $2 Billion in Life Insurance Coverage in Force
 - AXA Equitable Announces New Five-Product Term Life Insurance Portfolio
 - Manulife Financial adds Member Progress Report to suite of leading retirement savings plan communications
 - Foresters Partners With ADS to Develop Industry-Leading Life Insurance Products

category: Health Insurance
 - Mental Health Insurance Crisis Affecting Millions of Americans Suffering From Depression, Other Mental Health Disorders
 - Dallas Entrepreneur Establishes Foundation to Combat Growing Insurance Coverage Issues

category: Auto Insurance
 - Consumer fraud alert - auto theft: GEICO urges consumers to take these steps to prevent auto theft
 - Insurance.com Confirms That Higher Gas Prices Could Mean Lower Auto Insurance Rates
 - Credit is Vital to Your Auto Insurance Rate
 - CorVel Announces Planned New Release of MedCheck Software
 - Mercury Insurance Launches New Advertising Campaign
 - AAA Chicago Reminds Motorists to Be on Alert as Schools Open
 - Collins Establishes New Facility to Help Regional Insurers Write 'Umbrella' Coverage
 - Insurance.com Reports Drivers Should Compare Auto Insurance Rates During Life Events
 - Countrywide Launches Auto Insurance Product in Arizona
 - Delphi Helps Vehicle Makers Turn Out High-Tech Hybrids
 - Esurance Seeks to Grow in Oregon
 - Countrywide Launches Auto Insurance Product in Colorado

category: Homeowners
 - Pacific Life's Life Insurance Division Improves Business Intelligence by Standardizing Data Management on Microsoft Software
 - Clear Technology, Inc. Appoints Insurance and Financial Services Veteran as New President and CEO
 - First Responder, Insurer & Disaster Recovery Experts: AIA Plan is a Car without Seatbelts or Airbags
 - Survey: Many Americans Unsure if Their Homeowners Insurance is In-Synch With Their Needs
 - Harleysville Insurance opens N.C. office

category: Financial Services
 - Market Research Best Practices: Increasing Value and Visibility for Strategic Decision-Makers
 - New Century Financial Corporation Announces Retirement of WIlliam J. Popejoy From Board of Directors
 - Foley & Lardner Fourth Annual National Sarbanes-Oxley Study Reveals Slight Reductions in Cost of Being Public in 2005
 - CFSI Releases 'Highlights From the Inaugural Underbanked Financial Services Forum'
 - Congresswoman calls Oakland meeting to discuss Wachovia's Golden West deal
 - Financial Services Industry Veteran Joins West Monroe Partners
 - J.G. Wentworth Annuity Purchase Program Exhibits at NAIFA 2006 Convention & Career Conference
 - Cash Now Corporation (CHNW.PK) Announces The Launch of Cash Now Direct Cash Now Corporation (CHNW.PK)
 - United Technologies to Buy Red Hawk
 - Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP Commences Class Action Lawsuit on Behalf of Investors in the Variable Annuities of AEGON USA, Inc. and a Number of AEGON's Subsidiaries And Affiliates
 - iPolicy Networks Expands Asia-Pacific Operations
 - Willow Grove Bancorp now Willow Financial
 - INS Wins Microsoft 2006 Partner of the Year Award
 - National Bank: Michel Tremblay Recognized as One of the Best Managers in Canada
 - What's Your R-Score(SM)?
 - Stanley Wins $164M Passport Print Deal
 - OrderPro Logistics Announces It Has Retained the Financial Services of NIY, Inc.
 - Thomson Financial Launches peHub.com, Financial Blog Aimed at Venture Capital, Private Equity and Leveraged Buyout Professionals
 - Barry Baker Earns Certified Mortgage Banker (CMB) Designation From Mortgage Bankers Association
 - Veteran Sales Executive Joins U.S. Global Investors
 - WestLB's Credit Risk Management Strengthens its Team in the Americas
 - SunGard Shares Insights on Hot Topics for Financial Services IT
 - ING Announces Fundraising Campaign to Support Free Running Program for Miami Dade Kids
 - Marshall University Student-Athletes Get a Jump Start on Financial Planning with The Hartford's Playbook for Life
 - Lincoln National may seek suitor for TV, radio stations
 - Countrywide Financial: When CEO Runs For the Hills, Investors Should Worry

category: International Insurance News
 - Windsor Life Insurance Selects Captaris Alchemy for Electronic Document Management
 - AEGON to Acquire 49% of Seguros Argos
 - HCC to Expand Its Underwriting Agency Operations With the Acquisition of Kenrick
 - Harley-Davidson Expands Partnership with ARI
 - MassMutual Announces MassMutual International Organizational Change
 - Tri-Artisan Partners LLC Names Jerry Fadden Managing Director
 - Security Capital Assurance Ltd to Announce 2006 Third Quarter Earnings on Monday, October 23, 2006
 - Financial Restructuring Team Joins Chadbourne & Parke in London
 - Social Security Beneficiaries Get Larger-Than-Expected Increase
 - My Travel Guard Lets Travelers 'Have It Their Way' With Industry's First Fully Customizable Insurance Plan
 - Community Development Entrepreneur Targets Liberia Expecting High Returns
 - Northwestern Mutual to Pay Policyowners $4.63 Billion in Dividends
 - Houston Janitors' Strike Escalating Nationwide ...
 - Hiscox USA Launches Technology Errors & Omissions Insurance
 - Barr Receives Tentative Approval for a Generic Version of ZYPREXA(R) Zydis(R) Tablets, 5mg, 10mg, 15mg and 20mg
 - U.S. Pension Plans Have More Aggressive Approach to Investment Than U.K. Counterparts
 - MassMutual's Emerald Financial Resources Reaches $2 Billion in Life Insurance Coverage in Force
 - Genworth Financial Granted Mexico's First Mortgage Insurance License
 - Thermo Fisher Scientific Raises 2006 and 2007 Adjusted EPS Guidance
 - Golf was created in 1457; it took another 550 years to perfect Golf Club Insurance
 - HUNTERS International Insurance chooses clean, renewable energy from Bullfrog Power(TM)

category: National Insurance News
 - S&P Equity Research Services See Opportunities With U.S. Based Outsourcers
 - Independent Bank Corporation Announces the Date for its Third Quarter 2006 Earnings Release and Analyst Conference Call
 - Wells Fargo Commits to Largest-Ever Corporate Purchase of Renewable Energy in U.S.
 - Guardian Dental Survey Reveals: Most Americans Connect Oral Health to Overall Health,
 - Low-Cost Generic Prescription Drug Plan to Provide Critical Relief for Texas Small Businesses
 - BJ's Pharmacy Reduces Price of Select Generic Prescription Drugs at Massachusetts Locations
 - Aetna Signs Statement in Support of Federal Government Focus on Transparency in Health Care
 - WellPoint Expands Specialty Pharmacy and Managed Care Medicaid Operations In Indiana
 - Scott Hinton Promoted to President of Companion Life Insurance Co.

category: Mergers and Acquisitions
 - First Pet Life Enters into Strategic Agreement with Petsmarketing Insurance.com Agency, Inc.
 - Erie Acquisition Inc. Announces Completion of Erie Family Life Insurance Company Tender Offer
 - Boston Private Acquires Anchor Capital
 - ACE Cash Express, Inc. Enters Into Merger Agreement With JLL Partners
 - Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires S. P. Tarantino Insurance Brokerage, Inc.

category: Banking Services
 - Fifth Third Bank Launches World MasterCard(R) For its Private Client Group Clients
 - Safeco hires new CFO after nationwide search
 - Turning Customer Service Into Company Profits
 - BofA's Lewis to exercise more than 4 million options
 - U.S. Bank PowerTrack Named Among The Top 100 Innovative Supply & Demand Chain Vendors
 - Commerce Planet Announces Final $500,000 Debt Repayment; Company Now Debt Free
 - Pertech Resources Introduces InkPact(R) Technology -- Offering Lowest Total Cost of Ownership
 - Small Banks Drop ATM Fees As Client Bait
 - Heineken Posts 26-Percent Rise in Profit
 - LandAmerica Completes Acquisition of Capital Title Group, Inc.
 - SYNNEX Corporation Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire Concentrix Corporation
 - Rurban Announces RDSI Signs Agreement With Florida Shores Bank - Southeast
 - Sterling Bancorp to Divest Sterling Financial Services
 - Bank on San Francisco created to address 'unbanked'
 - Sanders Morris Harris Initiates Research Coverage on ENGlobal Corporation
 - What's Next for Kerkorian at GM?
 - Comstock Homebuilding Companies Disputes Purported Notice of Default Related to a Loudoun County, Virginia Project
 - ScanlanKemperBard--Blake Hunt Ventures Announce Lease with Whole Foods Market for Trolley Square
 - Fidelity Expands Separation of Fees
 - Nexity Bank Announces Strategic Partnership with Fiserv to Provide Core Processing Solutions to Community Banks
 - Peoples Bank Completes Acquisition of Banking Office in Carroll, Ohio and Sale of Office in Chesterhill, Ohio
 - Bankrate: Mortgage Rates Fall to 10-Month Low
 - River Valley Credit Union Earns 'A' Online Brand Rating For Safeguarding Its Brands And Consumers From ID Theft And Phishing
 - Bankrate: Mortgage Rates Fall to 14-Month Low
 - FBR to Pay Regulators $7.7 Million to Resolve Charges Related to Improper Short Selling of Compudyne PIPE Shares
 - Sun New Media Announces Exclusive Agreement with China's Sole Bank Payment Service Provider
 - Randy Guggenheimer Joins Burrill Merchant Banking
 - Arrest Order Lifted Against Banker
 - Rich prefer to put wealth in Swiss banks
 - EvergreenBancorp, Inc. Elects Craig Dawson to Its Board of Directors
 - SunOpta Inc. Adds Additional Strategic Partners to Its Banking Syndicate
 - Gain brightens Oak Hill's second quarter
 - Citigroup Banking on Japan - Competing For Growth in a Shrinking Market
 - US, banks unveil aid for homeowners facing foreclosure