Insurance

The Board of Directors of North Valley Bancorp has declared a cash dividend of $0.10 per common share. The dividend is payable on January 2, 2009, to holders of record at the close of business on December 12, 2008.

The National Minority Quality Forum today applauded the American Medical Association's recent decision to develop a Health Insurer Code of Conduct and called on physician and patient advocates to join the Forum in encouraging adoption and compliance by h

Yesterday, America's Health Insurance Plans implied that the health insurance industry had decided to support an "individual mandate," which requires everyone to buy health insurance or pay a fine, combined with "guaranteed issue," me

Northbridge Financial Comments on Equity Portfolio Investments

Eastern Insurance Holdings, Inc. announced today that Bruce Eckert, Chief Executive Officer, and Kevin Shook, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer, are scheduled to present at the 2008 FBR Capital Markets Fall Investor Conference. The two-day conference

Syncora Holdings Ltd. today announced the appointment of Mssrs. Duncan P. Hennes, Edward J. Muhl, Thomas S. Norsworthy, and Robert J. White to its Board of Directors in connection with the transfer on November 18, 2008 of 30,069,049 Syncora shares, previ

Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. , a Bermuda-based provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, today announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.25 per ordinary share and $0.484375 per share payable on its

Kaiser Permanente is the only health plan inCalifornia to earn excellent, four-star ratings in the 2009 Edition Healthcare Quality Report Card from the California Office of the Patient Advocate .