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Hidden Car Insurance Discounts Revealed

Car insurance companies are aggressive in boosting about their discounted rates, but which ones offer the most? Bankrate.com put together a list of 17 discounts that car companies offer, such as a discount for having an anti-theft device for your car or being a member…        

Erie Insurance to build training center, add offices (Updated: 1 p.m.)

Erie Insurance Group this year will launch a large-scale development project in downtown Erie that will lead to the construction of a new 52,000-square-foot training center and the overhaul of two historic properties, including the former Pennsylvania National Guard Armory, at East Sixth and Parade streets.

Insurance exchanges largely a mystery

DES MOINES — State officials say they’re on track to open Iowa’s health care exchange in three months and start enrolling the first wave of Iowa’s estimated 300,000 uninsured residents in new health plans. But in the lead up to today’s deadline for companies to submit policy proposals to the state insurance commissioner, it was

Choppier profits seen on insurance accounting shake-up

By Dena Aubin NEW YORK (Reuters) – The biggest overhaul of insurance accounting in 30 years advanced a step on Thursday with the release of a proposal that some insurers fear could make their profits more volatile. In a move to align financial statements worldwide, the U.S. Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) aims to shine a light on what some call the “black box” of insurers’ finances …