Corporate Changes.Life/health insurers are changing their names to build brand. The trend of life/health insurers changing names to build corporate branding slowed by nearly half in 2000, with 24 companies changing names to reflect affiliations with larger, more well-known companies. This year's corporate changes study, based on filings and A.M. Best Co. data, also shows fewer mergers in the life/health industry in 2000--17 companies--while nine companies ceased operations and 10 redomesticated. All changes occurred in 2000, unless noted otherwise. Mergers and Retirements Ag Workers Life Insurance Co., Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas, 18th-largest city in the United States[1], and voted one of "America’s Most Livable Communities. , was dissolved. Alexander Hamilton Life Insurance Company of America, South field, Mich., was merged into Jefferson Pilot Financial Insurance Co. Allied Life Insurance Co., Des Moines, Iowa “Des Moines” redirects here. For other uses, see Des Moines (disambiguation). Des Moines (pronounced /dɪˈmɔɪn/ in English, , was merged into Reassure America Life Insurance Co. Allnation Life Insurance Co., Madison, Wis., was merged into NGL NGL - A dialect of IGL. American Life Insurance Co. Anthem Life Insurance Company of California, Los Angeles, was merged into Anthem Life Insurance Co. Brazos Security Life Insurance Co., Weatherford, Texas, was voluntarily dissolved, effective in February. Certified Life Insurance Co., Chicago, was merged into Bankers Life & Casualty Co. Christian Mutual Life Insurance Co., Concord, N.H., was merged into Investors Consolidated Life Insurance Co. First Interstate Insurance Co., Phoenix, was dissolved. Freedom Life Insurance Company of America, Jackson, Miss., was redomesticated from Mississippi to Texas. Guarantee Life Insurance Co., Omaha, Neb., was merged into Jefferson Pilot Financial Insurance Co. Health & Life Insurance Company of America, Chicago, was merged into Pioneer Life Insurance Co. Investors National Life Insurance Company of South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. , Columbia, S.C., was liquidated. National Fidelity Life Insurance Co., St. Louis, was merged into Bankers National Life Insurance Co. National Security Life & Accident Insurance Co., Austin, Texas, was merged into Citizens Insurance Company of America. Northwest Washington Medical Bureau, Bellingham, Wash., was merged with Regence BlueShield, effective January 2001. PCA (tool, programming) PCA - A dynamic analyser from DEC giving information on run-time performance and code use. Life Insurance Company of Texas, Austin, Texas, was merged into Humana Insurance Co. PMA PMA (papillary-marginal-attached), n a system of epidemiologic scoring of periodontal disease devised by Schour and Massler in which the symbols denote the areas involved in gingival inflammation. PMA Progressive muscular atrophy Life Insurance Co., Blue Bell, Pa., was liquidated. Providential prov·i·den·tial adj. 1. Of or resulting from divine providence. 2. Happening as if through divine intervention; opportune. See Synonyms at happy. Life Insurance Co., Little Rock, Ark., was merged into Conseco Variable Insurance Co. Prudential Healthcare & Life Insurance Company of America, Livingston, NJ., was dissolved. Prudential Uniformed Services Administrators Inc., Oklahoma City, was dissolved. Rocky Mountain Life Insurance Co., Denver, was merged into Anthem Life Insurance Co. Royal Life Insurance Company of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Albany, N.Y., was merged into North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. Company for Life & Health Insurance of New York, effective in July. Security Life & Trust Insurance Co., Dallas, was merged into Southwestern Life Insurance Co. Southwest Physicians Life Insurance Co., Dallas, was voluntarily dissolved, effective in November. State National Life Insurance Co., Fort Worth, Texas, was dissolved, effective in May. United Security Life Insurance Co., Jackson, Miss., was merged into Citizens Insurance Company of America, effective in September. Name Changes AFBA AFBA Armed Forces Benefit Association AfBA Affiliated Business Arrangements AFBA Allied First Bancorp, Inc. AfBA African Biographical Archive AFBA Appalachian Fiddle & Bluegrass Association (Pennsylvania) Life Insurance Co., Baton Rouge, La., changed its name to Five Star Life Insurance Co. American Physicians Life Insurance Co., Austin, Texas, changed its name to Emphesys Insurance Co. Axa Re Life Insurance Co., Wilmington, Del., changed its name to Axa Corporate Solutions Life Reinsurance The contract made between an insurance company and a third party to protect the insurance company from losses. The contract provides for the third party to pay for the loss sustained by the insurance company when the company makes a payment on the original contract. Co. Bradford National Life Insurance Co., Austin, Texas, changed its name to Ullico Life Insurance Co., effective in November. Capitol Bankers Life Insurance Co., Bloomfield Hills, Mich., changed its name to Annuity & Life Reassurance America Inc. and redomesticated from Michigan to Connecticut, effective in December. Finger Lakes Long Term Care Insurance Co., Rochester, N.Y., changed its name to MedAmerica Insurance Company of NewYork. Florida Employers Life Insurance Corp., Sarasota, Fla., changed its name to Employers Life Insurance Co. and redomesticated from Florida to South Carolina, effective in December. GenAm Benefits Insurance Co., St. Louis, changed its name to HCSC HCSC Higher Command and Staff Course (educational Course run at the Joint Services Command & Staff College, Shrivenham, UK) HCSC Here Comes Santa Claus Insurance Services Co. Harbourton Reassurance Inc., Wilmington, Del., changed its name to Scottish Re (U.S.) Inc. Healthsource Insurance Group Inc., Concord, N.H., changed its name to Cigna Insurance Group Inc. Healthsource Insurance Services Inc., Charleston, S.C., changed its name to Cigna Insurance Services Co. Liberty Standard Life Insurance Company of Texas, Cleveland, Texas, changed its name to North America Life Insurance Company of Texas. Lincoln Mutual Life Insurance Co., Lincoln, Neb., changed its name to Lincoln Direct Life Insurance Co. Medical Security Life Insurance Co., Raleigh, N.C., changed its name to Triumphe Life Insurance Co. New York Savings Bank savings bank, financial institution that, until recently, performed only the following functions: receiving savings deposits of individuals, investing them, and providing a modest return to its depositors in the form of interest. Life Insurance Co., New York, changed its name to SBLI SBLI Savings Bank Life Insurance SBLI Stressed But Loving It (UK youth musical theatre society) USA Mutual Life Insurance Co. North West Life Assurance Company of Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia, changed its name to Industrial-Alliance Pacific Life Insurance Co. Ohio Life Insurance Co., Columbus, Ohio, changed its name to Chase Life & Annuity Co. PartnerRe Life Insurance Company of the U.S., Dallas, changed its name to Scor Life U.S. Re Insurance Co., effective in October. Reassurance Company of Hannover, Orlando, Fla., changed its name to Hannover Life Reassurance Company of America. Republic Service Life Insurance Co., North Richland Hills, Texas North Richland Hills is a city in Tarrant County, Texas, United States. The population was 55,635 at the 2000 census. In 2006, North Richland Hills was selected as the one of the "Top 100 Best Places to live in America" according to Money magazine. , changed its name to American Century Life Insurance Company of Texas. Rush Prudential Insurance Co., Chicago, changed its name to Unicare Health Insurance Company of the Midwest. Sun Life of Canada Reinsurance Co. (U.S.), Lansing, Mich., changed its name to Clarica Life Reinsurance Co. Toyota Motor Life Insurance Co., Bettendorf, Iowa, changed its name to Nutmeg Life Insurance Co. Wisconsin National Life Insurance Co., Oshkosh, Wis., changed its name to HumanaDental Insurance Co. Redomestications Ameribest Life Insurance Co., Springfield, Ill., was redomesticated from Illinois to Georgia. Delta Life & Annuity Co., Des Moines, Iowa, was redomesticated from Iowa to Kansas in 2001. Jefferson Pilot Financial Insurance Co., Concord, N.H., was redomesticated from New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). to Nebraska. Mid-South Insurance Co., Fayetteville, N.C., was redomesticated from North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. to Nebraska. National Foundation Life Insurance Co., Wilmington, Del., was redomesticated from Delaware to Texas. Provident American Life & Accident Insurance Co., Philadelphia, was redomesticated from Pennsylvania to Ohio. Provident American Life & Health Insurance Co., Norristown, Pa., was redomesticated from Pennsylvania to Ohio. |
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