New Classes Allow Agents To Write More Business Across Small Commercial Market WORCESTER, Mass., July 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (NYSE: THG), a leading super regional property and casualty company, announced today that it has added 81 ... [full story]

WORCESTER, Mass., July 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (NYSE: THG), a leading super regional property and casualty company, announced today that it has introduced a Business Owner's Policy (BOP) class comparison look-up tool. The tool is designed ... [full story]

Drivers Involved in Crashes Report Spending Four Days' Time Managing Claims/Repair Process; New Service from Progressive Cuts That Down to 15 Minutes    Nearly 34,000 car accidents happen in the Milwaukee metropolitan area each year - that's more than 650 a ... [full story]

Insurance can be tapped in times of need The high cost of healthcare or reduced income, are just a couple of reasons seniors or terminally ill people may be experiencing a financial burden. Like most consumers, you’re likely to regard your ... [full story]

Allstate's new office concept has consumers and agents in mind In an undisclosed location in a Chicago suburb, the humble insurance agent's office is getting a makeover. As advertising spending by insurers reaches unprecedented levels, one of the ways that Northbrook-based Allstate ... [full story]

Like so many ageing Western societies, Germany has struggled with surging healthcare costs in recent years. But instead of coming up with a grand reform to the healthcare system, the government in Berlin has agreed to a sickly compromise. Gesundheit. The ... [full story]

OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 17, 2006--A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the financial strength rating (FSR) to A- (Excellent) from B (Very Good) and the issuer credit rating (ICR) to "a-" from "bbb-" for Allmerica Financial Life Insurance and Annuity Company ... [full story]

AEGON and Ranbaxy Promoter Group Company Religare today announced that a memorandum of understanding has been signed to jointly enter the insurance and asset management markets in India. Malvinder Mohan Singh, promoter of Religare and Donald J. Shepard, AEGON's Chairman ... [full story]

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 1, 2006--AIG VALIC, a leading national provider of retirement plan services to for-profit and not-for-profit education, healthcare and government organizations, today announced that it has been selected by San Diego City Schools (SDCS) as its exclusive 457(b) retirement ... [full story]

Investigo - provider of the financial services industry's most advanced practice management system - announced today that it has formalized an agreement with Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America in which Investigo will integrate detailed insurance data from the ... [full story]