LAS VEGAS--Independent agencies and their insurance carriers that fail to embrace real-time data processing will start losing market share soon and could find themselves out of business over the long h

AIG Excess Casualty, a unit of AIG Commercial Insurance, introduced Real Estate AdvantageSM, a collection of coverage enhancements for claims asserting discrimination and for professional liability claims for services such as onsite spas or beauty

Liberty Mutual Agency Markets, a business unit of Liberty Mutual Group, has received The Industry Leadership for Straight Through Processing Award from ACORD for the third consecutive year. It was accepted earlier this week at the ACORD LOMA

ACORD presented the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies with a market leadership award to recognize the insurer's efforts to encourage vendors, agents and brokers to adopt ACORD standards and implement new technology to help increase the

The Main Street America Group is expanding to the Midwest and will acquire Michigan-based Great Lakes Casualty Insurance Co. from Newco Financial Holdings Inc. The transaction was approved by the boards of directors of both companies, is subject to

Aon Re Global, a unit of Aon Corporation, appointed Peter Phillips to managing director of Aon Capital Markets. He will be responsible for variable annuity hedging and consulting and related asset management services. He will also lead an Aon

AuditSentry, software that lets auto insurers review repair estimates for compliance with audit rules, has been released by Scene Genesis, Inc. AuditSentry is a Web-based tool that accepts data files

Guy Carpenter & Company LLC announced the establishment of a Global Client Development group to build new business, manage client relationships and develop viable client-centered solutions. The group will be led by David Priebe, who will assemble a