...the principles and philosophy of Dr. King during the reception. Each Hero will participate in an Allstate volunteer event in their hometown alongside Allstate employees and local citizens on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Allstate is...

In this article: Allstate, Smith, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Atlanta, Chicago, and Washington, D.C.

( State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company ) AUSTIN , Texas (AP) aEUR" State Farm Lloyds has filed an appeal to an order to pay home insurance policyholders $310 million in refunds and interest for overcharges going back as far as...

In this article: State Farm, Texas, Overcharge, All rights reserved, and Houston Chronicle

...plans to appeal a state order to repay consumers $310 million in premiums and interest, prolonging a case that's already six years old. State Farm , the state's largest home insurer, filed a motion Wednesday for a rehearing with the Texas...

In this article: State Farm, Overcharge, Hurricane Ike, and Travis County

...of its emerging markets strategy. "We hope to be in a position to complete that, one way or another," he said. Under the deal, Axa would get Axa Asia Pacific's Asian operations while AMP would take over its New Zealand and Australian wealth...

In this article: AXA, Revenue, and New Zealand

...before the 2008 primary was ordered to pay a $100,000 penalty. Borman said the company believes its advocacy has been lawful. Blue Cross leaders believe the calls and mailers were primarily educational because they didn't focus on...

In this article: Blue Cross, North Carolina, Roy Cooper, Tax, Kay Hagan, Pricey Harrison, and Revenue

...to $142 billion. Axa is seeking more control of units in Asia to tap rising wealth in the region. Axa Asia Pacific is responsible for Axa 's life insurance and wealth management businesses in the region, and has operations in Hong Kong ,...

In this article: AXA, AMP, Asia, Australia, Sydney, Paris, New Zealand, and Indonesia

...behalf of ( Blue Cross ) do not appear to meet the third requirement," Assistant Attorney General David Kirkman told the company in a Nov. 9 letter. On the Net: Blue Cross Blue Shield of N.C. on health reform: http://www.nchealthreform.com

In this article: Blue Cross, North Carolina, Roy Cooper, Tax, Kay Hagan, Pricey Harrison, Revenue, and Associated Press Writer

LONDON ( MarketWatch ) -- Insurance group Aviva /quotes/comstock/23s!a:av. (UK:AV. 401.00, 0.00, 0.00%) said Tuesday that Goldman Sachs International and Morgan Stanley , as joint global coordinators for the IPO of Aviva 's Delta Lloyd unit,...

In this article: Delta Lloyd, Aviva, MarketWatch, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs International, and London

HONG KONG ( MarketWatch ) -- Manulife Asset Management Hong Kong Ltd. said Tuesday it has signed an agreement to buy Fortis Bank SA 's /quotes/comstock/11i!forsf (FORSF 4.32, -0.47, -9.89%) stake in a fund for 105 million euros ($157 million)...

In this article: Fortis, MarketWatch, China, and Hong Kong

Health insurer Humana Inc < HUM.N> is looking for acquisitions in complementary areas to adapt to changing healthcare need, its Chief Executive Mike McCallister told the Wall Street Journal in an interview. The company is targeting areas...

In this article: Humana Inc, U.S., and Bangalore

...be a dream come true for a condo market that remains lackluster, at best. Allowing more of a building to be FHA -backed, and allowing the FHA in the door earlier, is likely to speed up closings at a time when conventional financing is still...

In this article: Federal Housing Administration, Unemployment, Federal Housing Finance Agency, Barack Obama, and Illinois

...will start Dec. 17 as policies come up for renewal. It will affect 143,000 customers of Allstate Fire and Casualty Insurance. It's the Allstate unit's second increase this year. The insurer needs the rate boost because of rising...

In this article: Allstate, Harris County, and Texas

...not withdrawn or otherwise modified their joint proposal which remains open and valid in all respects," AXA said in a statement. Earlier this month, AXA Asia Pacific rejected a cash and share offer from its parent company AXA SA and AMP...

In this article: AXA, AMP, and New Zealand

Fortis is back making profits after a horrendous year Belgian insurance group Fortis has reported a profit for the third quarter of the year. It made net profits of 196m euros ($293m; GBP177m), with all divisions contributing, and said...

In this article: Fortis, Revenue, Credit crunch, ABN AMRO, Santander, Royal Bank of Scotland, Europe, and UK

...a partial nationalisation by the governments of Belgium , Luxembourg and the Netherlands. The Dutch state took control of the Netherlands operations. France 's BNP Paribas took control of Fortis Bank and a quarter of Fortis Insurance Belgium.

In this article: Fortis, Belgium, BNP Paribas, Europe, Netherlands, Asia, and Brussels

... Netherlands. The Dutch state took control of the Netherlands operations. France 's BNP Paribas took control of Fortis Bank and a quarter of Fortis Insurance Belgium. ($1=.6685 euros) (Reporting by Philip Blenkinsop ; Editing by Greg Mahlich )

In this article: Fortis, Belgium, BNP Paribas, Europe, Netherlands, and Asia

Allstate Corp. said Monday that an executive from rival Travelers Cos. , Joseph P. Lacher Jr. , has been named president of Allstate 's property and casualty offerings. Effective Nov. 30, Lacher will become president of Allstate Protection ,...

In this article: Allstate and Illinois

...on a string of Asian life insurance assets expected to become available over the next year. AXA SA is believed to be eyeing the Asian assets of ING Group and is positioning itself for a possible break-up of the US insurance giant AIG and the...

In this article: Asia, AXA, Winterthur Group, Pacific, Hong Kong, Fortis, ING Group, and AIG