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There's no better time for insurance agents and brokers to delve into social networking technologies than now, according to those who study marketing and technology trends. More than four in five ...

Barlocker Insurance Services of Carlsbad, Calif., has added Michele Booth as an account executive. She brings with her 10 years of experience from Marsh Risk & Insurance in San Diego.

DRIVERS, expect a reprieve from escalating motor insurance premiums this year.

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., the state's second-largest provider of earthquake insurance, is sharply increasing its rates for covering tremor damage in South Carolina. Customers who renewed their earthquake policies after Feb. 6 saw the higher premiums in their billing statements. A l...

Lionel Shriver's novel So Much for That tells the story of Shep Knacker, who is about to retire to a tropical island when his wife gets diagnosed with cancer. To keep his insurance, Shep has to keep his hated job, but he soon discovers that even the full coverage of the fully employed may not be enough to keep him afloat.

The middle class is being hit hardest by escalating health insurance costs, according to a report released Wednesday by the nonpartisan Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

DRIVERS, expect a reprieve from escalating motor insurance premiums this year. Motor insurance companies, now in a healthier state following consecutive years of rising premiums, are likely to impose only marginal increases, the General Insurance Association of Singapore (GIA) said yesterday when it released its performance figures for last year.

SAN FRANCISCO - Exigen Insurance Solutions ( www.exigeninsurance.com ), a leading provider of insurance core systems , announces that Gregory Smith has been appointed vice president, Client Relations.

Brazil's Itau, Mapfre, Alliance Top Petrobras Insurance Bid -Estado

Only about 14,000 of state's 460,000 housing units are covered by federal flood insurance