MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Adaptive Planning, the leading provider of collaborative business performance management (BPM) solutions, today announced that Unitrin Direct has selected its on-demand software to optimize their budgeting, forecasting, and reporting processes. A leading direct auto insurance provider, Unitrin Direct is using Adaptive Planning to streamline its financial planning, resulting in lower operating costs, enhanced collaboration, and improved decision making.

Offering auto insurance to customers in 25 states, Unitrin Direct is a rapidly-growing group of companies that sells directly to consumers through the Web and its call center. As its business continued to expand, Unitrin Direct found that it needed a comprehensive budgeting, forecasting, and reporting solution that could be quickly and easily deployed.

Geico cutting some auto insurance rates

LOS ANGELES -- Geico General Insurance Co. will cut auto insurance rates for some of its California policyholders by an average of 10.8 percent to comply with state rules requiring rates to be primarily determined by driving records, state insurance officials said Tuesday.The rate reductions by the Washington, D.C.-based insurer amount to $65.8 million, the California Department of Insurance said.

Driving Danger: The Nation's Most Deadly Cars

But it's not for the reasons you might think. In this case, says Russ Rader, communications director for the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), an organization that represents the interests of the insurance industry, the 350Z is part of a group of vehicles that tends to be driven by younger, less experienced or riskier drivers, and stands out for having high death rates, through no particular fault of the car.

This illustrates a key point: Simply looking at the historical death rates for one particular model might not give much insight into the relative danger, or safety, of driving that vehicle. Furthermore, the most recent available federal data, interpreted by make and model by the IIHS, covers 2001 to 2004 model years in calendar years 2002 to 2005.

Life Insurance Companies - Where To Start

As you moved past your twenties, and into the rest of your life, you probably started realizing that you were not invincible. Although few want to admit it, there will come a time when you die. When you have a family, you need to ensure they will be taken care of financially when this occurs. Life insurance companies can help you make arrangements while you are alive for what happens after your life.