January 20, 2010
Zenith National Insurance Corp. plans to release fourth quarter and year end 2009 financial results on Jan. 28, 2010 at the end of its business day. Also, the Woodland Hills, Calif.-based company announced that Judge Pamela Foust has joined the …
January 20, 2010
Alan Schaffer has been named vice president of business development at Vanorsdale Insurance Services based in San Diego. Schaffer is the youngest person in the firm’s 60 years history to become an owner at 32. He joined Vanorsdale five and …
January 20, 2010
State investigators are trying to determine the scope of a check fraud scheme that they say could count hundreds of Minnesota businesses among its victims. The woman at the center of the investigation is a former employee of the Minnesota …
January 20, 2010
Federal Reserve officials Tuesday launched a vigorous defense of their dealings with American International Group, calling for a congressional audit and denying any inappropriate action with respect to payments the bailed-out insurer made to banks. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke invited …
January 20, 2010
To do or not to do, that is, quite literally, the question. Few of us have the memory to keep everything in our heads. The To Do list is a time proven key to success. My approach involves four lists …
January 20, 2010
MetLife Inc. is in talks to buy AIG’s American Life Insurance Co (Alico) unit in a deal that could be valued between $14 billion and $15 billion, a source familiar with the matter said Tuesday. Nothing has been finalized yet …
January 20, 2010
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged General Re Corp. for its involvement in separate schemes by American International Group (AIG) and Prudential Financial, Inc. to manipulate and falsify their reported financial results. The SEC said Gen Re agreed to …
January 20, 2010
In a stunning blow to President Barack Obama, Republican Scott Brown won a bitter U.S. Senate race in Massachusetts Tuesday and promised to be the deciding vote against his sweeping healthcare overhaul. Brown’s win robbed Democrats of the crucial 60th …
January 20, 2010
Two leading Republican candidates for governor in Georgia have already turned to hefty lines of bank credit to help pump up their campaign finances months before the primary in July. State Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine and U.S. Rep. Nathan Deal …
January 20, 2010
The San Diego Open found a title sponsor one week before its tournament, the fourth new sponsor the PGA Tour has attracted in the last nine months. The tour said that Farmers Insurance Group has agreed to be title sponsor …