Insurance

Holmes Murphy & Associates Inc.’s Dallas office has acquired the large-market accounts of Northwestern Benefits Inc. The service teams from Northwestern Benefits also joined the organization. The accounts were moved to Holmes Murphy on July …

As part of an effort to pull back the curtain on how creditors go about making their lending decisions, consumers are soon going to find out exactly why they got rejected for a credit card …

Companies in the Standard & Poor’s 500 index are poised to boost net income by 19 percent in 2011, including a 13 percent gain in the second quarter, according to analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg. …

Dunkin’ Brands Group Inc., the Canton, Mass.-based operator of Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin-Robbins ice cream stores, expects to offer 22.25 million common shares at $16 to $18 each in its initial public offering. An offering …

The best currency forecasters say the dollar’s 13 percent slide in the past year is coming to an end as Europe’s deepening debt crisis discourages bets against the world’s reserve currency, Bloomberg reported. Led by …

EMC Insurance Group Inc. said its second-quarter earnings results will be released before the market opens on Aug. 9. An earnings call for securities analysts, stockholders and other interested parties will be held at 10 …

Art’s Way Manufacturing Co. Inc. said it expects to release its second-quarter financial results on July 13. Following that announcement, the Armstrong-based agricultural machinery manufacturer plans to host a conference call to review the financial …

Nearly all U.S. life insurance product lines showed strong growth in the first quarter of 2011, according to figures tracked by LIMRA, a worldwide association of life insurance and financial services companies.

New individual life …

West Des Moines-based insurance and annuity company FBL Financial Group Inc. reported that its employee retirement benefit plan had total assets available for benefits of $161 million at the end of 2010, an increase of …