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Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC, announced its second acquisition of this year saying it has acquired The NIA Group, LLC. Financial terms of the deal were not released.

The Independent Agents & Brokers of America's Agents Council for Technology will be host a free Web seminar titled "Protecting Independent Agent Clients with Secure E-mail Using Transport Layer Security."

W. R. Berkley Corp. has named Kenneth J. Berger president of the environmental division of Berkley Specialty Underwriting Managers LLC.

Terry Fleming was named president of the New York-based Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) for 2010.

Auto insurance customers are typically more satisfied with their claims experience than homeowners insurance customers, a new J.D. Power and Associates study finds.

AIG is apparently retreating from spinning-off its Chartis property and casualty insurance group as a separate entity, while the Treasury's special master has allowed one company employee a raise.