International insurance brokerage and risk management services firm c has completed the acquisition of Garza Long Group (GLG), which is based in Weslaco, Texas, for an undisclosed amount. Financial details of the transaction were not ...
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North American Risk Services (NARS) has signed a strategic partnership Weston Insurance Company, a Florida-based domestic property insurance company specializing in wind-only coverage for commercial and personal residential/non-residential ...
New social media privacy laws that have been enacted in several states around the country, or those in the works, present something of a mixed bag for businesses. While the laws generally limit companies from asking job seekers and ...
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Image courtesy of Australian Customs and Border Protection Service. The import supply chain will feel the sting of the Federal Budget, writes director of advocacy body Freight & Trade Alliance (FTA) Paul Zalai. The government will ...
In keeping with the austerity push that has been a hallmark of the broking sector since the global financial crisis erupted, Wilson HTM's staff last month vacated their digs - and harbour views - at Sydney's Governor Phillip Tower. In ...
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Independent consultancy group Jelf has agreed to acquire The Insurance Partnership Services, which is a regional independent insurance broker based in Yorkshire. The acquisition will boost Jelf's presence in the North and expands the ...
Xchanging's insurance software business, Xuber has introduced a new data analysis tool to provide commercial insurers with deep insight into their business, eventually addressing increasing industry demand for more powerful and ...
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First Capital-AWIS and Hudson Insurance Group have jointly launched new insurance services professional liability primary and excess facility for brokers and policyholders. Underwritten by Hudson and administered exclusively by First ...
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More than 20 percent of data brokers checked by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission allegedly violated a U.S. privacy law when sharing personal data with agency workers posing as companies wanting to purchase information. This week, the FTC ...
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Aviva, a UK multinational insurance company, has introduced its new online portal known as Marketplace, in a bid to enbale brokers to access over 40 products catering risks in niche and specialist markets. Aviva interim intermediary and ...
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The sharemarket closed lower but recovered some ground after the Reserve Bank cut the cash rate to a record low. At the close today, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 12.5 points, or 0.24 per cent, at 5143.7 points. The broader ...
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Cigna has started offering critical illness coverage as part of its individual and family plans portfolio, effective from 01 May 2013. Marketed and administered through Cigna Supplemental Benefits division in Austin, Texas, US, the ...
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US ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) network, Surgery Center Network (SCN) has signed an agreement with Gallagher Healthcare to provide members with a property, casualty and medical malpractice rate estimator, discounted insurance rates and ...
The Australian Securities & Investments Commission's plan to discourage high-frequency traders from using "dark pools" has been criticised by industry superannuation funds. Industry Super Network head of regulatory policy Zak May told a ...
Exigen Insurance Solutions, a provider of core systems and business transformation to insurers, had launched Exigen Suite for Group Benefits, a single core systems solution for group and worksite insurance. The new solution has been ...