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MASSACHUSETTS Safe Driver Plan Revised: Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Julie M. Bowler has approved changes in the way drivers receive discounts and surcharges to their auto insurance policies based on their driving history. The revised Safe Driver Insurance Plan will provide …

METLIFE AGREES TO JOBS PLAN:

Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell and MetLife Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Robert H. Benmosche announced an agreement to keep 1,310 jobs in Hartford following the acquisition by MetLife of Travelers Life & Annuity. The announcement came after several weeks …

Conn. Vows Renewed Focus on Insurance Job Development

Vowing to boost the state’s status as Insurance Capital of the World, Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell is creating a special office within her Department of Economic and Community Development dedicated to retaining, creating and attracting insurance and financial services …

Henrikson to Succeed Benmosche as MetLife CEO

MetLife Inc. said that its board unanimously chose C. Robert Henrikson to succeed Chairman and Chief Executive Robert H. Benmosche, who will retire next spring. Henrikson, 57, was appointed president and chief operating officer in June. The 33-year MetLife veteran …

MetLife, Conn. Gov. Rell Agree on Job-Saving Plan

Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell and MetLife Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Robert H. Benmosche today announced an agreement to keep 1,310 jobs in Hartford following the acquisition by MetLife of Travelers Life & Annuity. The announcement comes after three …

RELL PRESSURES METLIFE ON JOBS:

Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell said she is “extremely unhappy” as she learns more about the possibility of significant job losses resulting from MetLife’s planned acquisition of Travelers Life & Annuity in Hartford. Rell said she has spoken with MetLife …

Conn. Gov. Rell ‘Unhappy’ Over Possible Big Job Losses from MetLife Buy of Travelers Life

Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell said today she is “extremely unhappy” as she learns more about the possibility of significant job losses resulting from MetLife’s planned acquisition of Travelers Life & Annuity. “My first priority as Governor is to protect …

Conn. Gov. Meets with MetLife over Travelers Jobs

Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell met today with Robert Benmosche, chairman and chief executive officer of MetLife Inc., to discuss the company’s recent acquisition of Travelers Life & Annuity and its potential effect on Connecticut. “I’m very pleased with the …

OFFICIALS PRESS METLIFE ON JOBS :

Gov. M. Jodi Rell and Connecticut’s U.S. senators are pressing MetLife for information about how its proposed acquisition of Travelers Life & Annuity will affect its work force in Connecticut. Rell wrote to MetLife chief executive Robert Benmosche, asking to …

MetLife to Acquire Travelers Life for $11.5 Billion; Firms Also Plan Distribution Partnership

MetLife, Inc. and Citigroup Inc. today announced an agreement for the sale of Citigroup’s Travelers Life & Annuity, and substantially all of Citigroup’s international insurance businesses, to MetLife for $11.5 billion, subject to closing adjustments. Combining Travelers Life & Annuity …