business - "insurance"

SACRAMENTO, CA (MARKET WIRE) InsWeb Corp. (NASDAQ: INSW), a leading online insurance marketplace, today announced that it will report financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2008 on Thursday, July 24th, 2008, after the close of market. The company will host a corresponding conference call for analysts and investors at 2:00 p.m. PT (5:00 p.m. ET) during which management may discuss forward-looking information. Participating on the call will be Chairman and CEO Hussein Enan and CFO Kiran Rasaretnam.

Auto insurer Progressive Corp. reported Thursday a drop in second-quarter net income as it absorbed higher claims from natural catastrophes and wrote off $40.8 million in investments.Progressive's

Aegon has finalized the acquisition of Turkish life insurance and pension provider Ankara Emeklilik.

Tara Eastman has joined Crump insurance services Inc.'s Dallas office as associate broker on Matthew Sheehan's professional liability team.In this position Eastman will manage professional liabili

One of the many things that loan protection insurance can do is to help you maintain your credit status. It does this by providing you with an income each month so that you are able to pay your loan repayments if you lose your income. Cover would protect against a loss of income due to unemployment, accident or sickness and would stop you from getting into debt.

AXA Equitable Life insurance has announced that Chris Winans will join the company in a newly created position heading external affairs. Mr Winans will join the company on July 29, 2008, and become the senior vice president of external affairs, subject to board approval in September 2008.

Loan insurance is taken out for a fixed premium each month and would provide you with the income you insured against so that you could continue meeting your loan repayments. The amount you insure against would be what you payout each month for loan repayments, up to a certain amount defined by the provider. Policies cover against unemployment by such as redundancy or if you are unable to work after being involved in an accident or if you should become sick.

The Louisiana Supreme Court refused July 8 to reconsider its recent ruling that an insurance company isn't liable for water damage from the failure of levees in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath. The

The Independent insurance Agents of Virginia (the Big 'I') has created an employment services firm - Agent's Choice Staffing services, Inc. - which is designed to specifically serve the independent in

Congress began debating financial regulatory reform today, with the Bush Administration advocating a dual federal and state regulatory system for insurance companies similar to the banking system as p