Travel insurance may or may not be beneficial for you when you take a vacation. There is alternatives coverage, which you may currently have without realizing it. If you do not have any coverage, and you decide to purchase travel insurance for your trip, there are many things that you must take into consideration to find the policy that best suits you and your needs.

This is a terrible time for home buyers and the mortgage industry. Interest rates are lower than they have been in years. Home prices are lower than they have been in years. People holding substandard ARM's must refinance now.

California drivers deserve great service. At least that's what the team at Hillstar Insurance Company believes. Hillstar debuts in California this week with their "Service Advantage Guarantee".

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. (Nasdaq: JKHY), a leading provider of integrated technology solutions and data processing services for financial institutions, today announced that its insurance agency outsourcing solution has been bought by the business line's management team and a private equity group. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

With the skyrocketing cost of everything from gas to food to healthcare, many seniors are struggling to make ends meet. Thousands have already turned to a relatively new option known as a life settlement. "A life settlement is more or less a recycling program for life insurance policies, and has helped thousands of seniors get the cash they need right now," says Norman Hood, an independent insurance adviser in Rushville, Illinois.

Scotiabank today announced the launch of a new insurance product offering disability protection to mortgage clients across Canada. The Bank is now the first major Canadian financial institution with mortgage product offerings at three levels of personal protection, including loss of life and health crisis.

Advanced Settlements, Inc., a national leader in the life settlement marketplace, announced the launching of the Life Settlement Policy Evaluator.

Solera National Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Solera National Bancorp, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SLRK), is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with James Muniz, Exclusive Agent for Allstate Insurance Company, whereby Allstate will establish a satellite agency office in each of Solera's existing and future branch locations.

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced two new advances in the insurance industry -- a solution for improving operational efficiency and a framework for process acceleration -- that are designed to help insurance providers lower costs and increase customer satisfaction by handling core functions, such as claims and policy processing, more efficiently.

Gary Hirschkron has been appointed President of AXA Partners, the life insurance business unit of AXA Distributors, LLC. based in Farmington, CT. The announcement was made today by Jamie Shepherdson, Executive Vice President of AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company and President of AXA Distributors, LLC., the company's proprietary life insurance and annuity wholesale distribution organization.

Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation (MGIC) now offers a fully integrated, MISMO based, MI Request & Response interface for ordering MGIC mortgage insurance (MI) to mortgage lenders that are using LoanQuest from MortgageFlex Systems, a provider of innovative software solutions for the mortgage industry.

Independent insurance agency Alfred Interwest Insurance has teamed up with Seattle-based PEMCO Insurance, a 59-year-old company known for its top-rated customer service.