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Just as there are different life insurance plans to meet your needs, there are different ways to save money on life insurance.Most importantly, shop around for life insurance quotes. There are hundreds of insurance companies offering a wide variety of plans and prices

Insurance Industry Expert Shawn Seasongood Joins Protiviti

NEW YORK, May 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Shawn Seasongood has joined the New York office of Protiviti Inc. (www.protiviti.com), a global consulting firm, as a managing director in the financial services industry practice

GoHealth Presents a Student Health Insurance Survival Guide

CHICAGO, IL–(Marketwire -05/10/12)- Of all the major decisions facing graduates this time of year, personal health insurance coverage needs to be at the top of the list. Between college group plans, staying on their parents’ health insurance plan and options for individual coverage — young adults have plenty to consider when it comes to health insurance

Online Insurance Marketplace Announces Tips for the Elderly on Buying Life … – San Francisco Chronicle (press release)

Online Insurance Marketplace (www.onlineinsurancemarketplace.com) announces a new section on their site – tips for the elderly on buying life insurance without medical exam.

Blue Cod Technologies Announces Managed Coastal Homeowners Solution for the Florida Insurance Market

MARLBOROUGH, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Blue Cod Technologies, Inc., the leading Managed Insurance Services Provider for the property and casualty (P&C) industry, today announced the availability of the Blue Cod Coastal Homeowner Solution compliant with the Florida Office of Insurance Regulators (OIR) and the Florida Department of Financial Services (DFS). The Blue Cod Coastal Homeowners Solution provides a cost- and time-effective alternative by enabling carriers to delegate back office operations to Blue Cod’s team of experienced insurance professionals. This allows client carriers to remain focused on strategic business initiatives with the confidence that their coastal homeowners processing function is precise, compliant, on-time and well-managed.

Texas Insurance Department has made disciplinary information harder to find

With governments everywhere moving much of the people’s business online for easy accessibility, the Texas Insurance Department has taken a big step in the opposite direction.Until September, the department, which promises to protect insurance customers, publicly released the names of insurance companies and agents who violated state rules.

Insurance Companies Standardize on DocuSign as Trusted eSignature Solution

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– – DOCUSIGN MOMENTUM – DocuSign, the global standard for electronic signature, announced today that the nation’s leading life and property & casualty insurance companies have standardized on DocuSign to enable straight through processing of insurance policies to enhance client satisfaction, increase speed to revenue, and reduce costs.

Auto-Owners Insurance Provides Personal/Executive Umbrella Quotes

COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Demotech, Inc. and Auto-Owners Insurance are pleased to announce that the insureds of insurers domiciled in Florida that have earned a Financial Stability Rating® (FSR) of A or better from Demotech are eligible for standalone Personal/Executive Umbrella policy quotations in most instances. Producers of carriers that are rated A or better by Demotech can access this personal umbrella insurance program by locating an Auto-Owners Agent at www.auto-owners.com, Find a Local Agency

Website to help doctors file health insurance complaints

The Maryland medical society and attorney general’s office launched a website Saturday aimed at helping doctors file complaints with the state when insurance companies refuse to cover patient care.”Essentially, our goal was to educate our patients and our physicians that there is an avenue for these complaints,” said Gene Ransom III, CEO of MedChi, the state medical society. “We thought, ‘Let’s make it easier.’”The site, called Insurance Watch, is hosted on the Internet by the medical society. Its primary purpose is to allow doctors to more easily “help patients when legitimate health insurance claims have been denied,” according to the attorney general’s office

Insurance options increasing

Traditional insurance companies are for the most part still avoiding coastal risks, but a few companies new to the Coast market are writing wind coverage for well-built homes near the waterfront, as are insurance carriers that are not licensed in Mississippi.“There are definitely more options now,” said Angelyn Treutel, an independent insurance agent who is vice president of the agency South Group Insurance Gulf Coast. “Many more companies have come into the area.”One of the newest is state-licensed PURE insurance, offering coverage for fortified, higher-priced homes. PURE insures homes valued at $750,000 or more that meet construction standards