http://www.programbusiness.com/Get a 360° view of the industry with ProgramBusiness.com’s daily and bi-weekly on-line publications.en-uswebmaster@programbusiness.com (Webmaster)webmaster@programbusiness.com (Webmaster)BB&T Corp. plans to pay $570 million in cash to acquire the life and property and casualty insurance businesses of New Jersey-based Crump Group Inc., continuing the regional bank`s recent expansion efforts.http://www.programbusiness.com/3.0/news/NewsFlashDetails.aspx?newsFlashId=10240$displayType=1http://www.programbusiness.com/3.0/news/NewsFlashDetails.aspx?newsFlashId=10240$displayType=1Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMTCalifornia, New York and Washington will require insurance companies to disclose how climate change may affect their businesses, effectively forcing most of the industry to address the issue, California`s insurance commissioner said on Wednesday.http://www.programbusiness.com/3.0/news/NewsFlashDetails.aspx?newsFlashId=10239$displayType=1http://www.programbusiness.com/3.0/news/NewsFlashDetails.aspx?newsFlashId=10239$displayType=1Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMTMore than 500 former and current female Wal-Mart Stores Inc. employees filed sex-discrimination claims with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, their attorneys said.http://www.programbusiness.com/3.0/news/NewsFlashDetails.aspx?newsFlashId=10238$displayType=1http://www.programbusiness.com/3.0/news/NewsFlashDetails.aspx?newsFlashId=10238$displayType=1Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMTHub International Limited announced that it has acquired the assets of Mahres & Mahres Insurance Agency (Mahres), a Las Cruces, New Mexico–based insurance brokerage firm.http://www.programbusiness.com/3.0/news/NewsFlashDetails.aspx?newsFlashId=10237$displayType=1http://www.programbusiness.com/3.0/news/NewsFlashDetails.aspx?newsFlashId=10237$displayType=1Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMTSelective Insurance Group, Inc. on Thursday reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2011.http://www.programbusiness.com/3.0/news/NewsFlashDetails.aspx?newsFlashId=10236$displayType=1http://www.programbusiness.com/3.0/news/NewsFlashDetails.aspx?newsFlashId=10236$displayType=1Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMTAon Corp.`s fourth-quarter profit rose 20% as the insurance brokerage and consulting firm again logged solid results in its human-resources business and benefited from restructuring.http://www.programbusiness.com/3.0/news/NewsFlashDetails.aspx?newsFlashId=10235$displayType=1http://www.programbusiness.com/3.0/news/NewsFlashDetails.aspx?newsFlashId=10235$displayType=1Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMTThe pace of growth in the U.S. services sector unexpectedly accelerated in January to its highest level in nearly a year, according to an industry report released on Friday.http://www.programbusiness.com/3.0/news/NewsFlashDetails.aspx?newsFlashId=10234$displayType=1http://www.programbusiness.com/3.0/news/NewsFlashDetails.aspx?newsFlashId=10234$displayType=1Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMTTrying to improve profits in its homeowners` insurance business, Allstate Corp. will launch a new product called House & Home that will deal with losses caused by poorly maintained roofing, its chief executive said Thursday.http://www.programbusiness.com/3.0/news/NewsFlashDetails.aspx?newsFlashId=10233$displayType=1http://www.programbusiness.com/3.0/news/NewsFlashDetails.aspx?newsFlashId=10233$displayType=1Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMTHannover Re said it achieved better rates on average in Jan. 1 renewals than the previous year, as property catastrophe treaties saw big gains following the record catastrophe losses of 2011 while casualty rates held steady.http://www.programbusiness.com/3.0/news/NewsFlashDetails.aspx?newsFlashId=10232$displayType=1http://www.programbusiness.com/3.0/news/NewsFlashDetails.aspx?newsFlashId=10232$displayType=1Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMTAllstate Corp. on Thursday said its fourth-quarter profit more than doubled, as the insurance company handled fewer claims related to major catastrophes because of milder weather in the last three months of the year.http://www.programbusiness.com/3.0/news/NewsFlashDetails.aspx?newsFlashId=10231$displayType=1http://www.programbusiness.com/3.0/news/NewsFlashDetails.aspx?newsFlashId=10231$displayType=1Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMT