August 31, 2008

Too few renters sign up for protection - Miami Herald

NEW YORK The population of renters across the country is growing, edged up in part by a slumping housing market. Yet as graduates and others enter the work force and set up their first apartments, renters insurance probably isn’t a burning issue. It Read more

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August 28, 2008

A.M. Best Affirms U.S. Subsidiaries of QBE, Including the Newly - Forbes

A.M. Best Co. has removed from under review with positive implications and affirmed the financial strength ratings (FSR) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of North Pointe Insurance Company (NPIC) (Southfield, MI), North Pointe Casualty Insurance Read more

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August 26, 2008

Chicago is Hybrid Car Country, Study says - Forbes

Economically and environmentally savvy drivers have set off a wave of hybrid car sales in Chicago and statewide. A recent study from hybridcars.com ranks Chicago as fifth on the list of top cities for hybrid sales. Illinois also occupies the fifth Read more

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August 24, 2008

Aon to pay $1.6B for British firm - Chicago Sun-Times

Aon Corp., the world’s biggest insurance broker, said Friday it has agreed to buy Britain’s Benfield Group Ltd. for almost $1.6 billion in cash. Chicago-based Aon said combining Benfield, a leading independent reinsurance intermediary, with its Read more

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August 21, 2008

Sanjaya of ‘American Idol’ reappears in Nationwide insurance - MetroMix

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) _ Former “American Idol” contestant Sanjaya (san-JY’-yah) has gone from “pitchy” to pitchman. Sanjaya Malakar is selling Nationwide Insurance in a new ad that’s part of the Columbus, Ohio-based company’s campaign, “Life Comes at Read more

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August 19, 2008

Nationwide Insurance Survey Finds Parents Fed up with “ Party - Businesswire.com

Survey Respondents Intolerant of Underage Binge Drinking and Say States ’ Efforts to Lower Drinking Age Will Make Huge Problem Worse COLUMBUS, Ohio–( BUSINESS WIRE )–Americans continue to overwhelmingly reject an ongoing push to lower the legal Read more