Microsoft on Wednesday backpedaled from a long-standing refusal to pay bug bounties when it announced a temporary program for the beta of Internet Explorer 11 (IE11). The Internet Explorer 11 Preview Bug Bounty will start June 26, the day ...
Microsoft will pay security researchers for finding and reporting vulnerabilities in the preview version of its Internet Explorer 11 (IE 11) browser, for finding novel techniques to bypass exploit mitigations present in Windows 8.1 or later ...
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US-based health care benefits company Aetna is planning to stop issuing health care products to individual consumers in California at the end of 2013. The health insurer, which notified California's insurance regulator about its impending ...
Tower Group International (TWGP) has inked a deal to purchase American Safety Reinsurance (ASRe), the Bermuda-based reinsurance firm, from Fairfax Financial, at a total consideration of nearly $59m. After completion of the transaction, ...
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Realtors who practice commercial real estate have reported an increase in annual gross income for the third year in a row, signaling the market is on the road to recovery. According to the National Association of Realtors 2013 Commercial ...
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Regulators have decided against imposing restrictions that would have further curbed computer-driven and off-market share trading, claiming recent regulatory changes are already having the desired effect. In a significant win for the ...
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New York-based Utica National Insurance Group (Ultica) has deployed MajescoMastek's STG billing system on a private cloud to improve its customer experience. Replacing its 30 year old traditional billing system, STG billing solution will ...
Global insurance and reinsurance provider XL Group has established a new Global Programs Center of Excellence to ensure its global programs and services continue to address the changing requirements of customers and brokers worldwide. The ...
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By now, it’s become a tired old tech industry bromide: CIOs need to be business-savvy. But while that sentiment remains true, technology trends, generational shifts in the workforce and changing demands from end users are forcing ...
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By now, it's become a tired old tech industry bromide: CIOs need to be business-savvy. But while that sentiment remains true, technology trends, generational shifts in the workforce and changing demands from end users are forcing CIOs to ...
Tags: CIOs, Computer Products, role changes
US specialty underwriter, Victor O. Schinnerer & Company has introduced a new, stand-alone workers compensation program for small to midsize companies. Scheduled to be offered through an "A-rated insurance carrier" for companies with ...
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Liberty Mutual Insurance’s Group Benefits business unit has launched new tools to support compliance efforts of producers and employers in relation to the Americans with Disability Act (ADA). a guide and a manual has been published ...
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Myanmar's Directorate of Investment and Company Administration (DICA) has granted a regulatory approval to The ACE Group for establishment of a representative office in the country. Scheduled to be opened in Yangon, the new office will ...
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XL Group has launched Motor Truck Cargo coverage solutions, a customizable coverage designed for mid-to-large size trucking operations in North America. XL Group Inland Marine vice president Alexander McGinley said that the Motor Truck ...
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The local sharemarket fell in cautious trade yesterday before US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony to US congress and the release overnight of the minutes of this month's Fed board meeting. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed ...
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