The Securities and Exchange Commission in the US has charged five physicians with insider trading in the securities of Medical Professional Liability Insurer. The federal watchdog accused the five medicos and said that one of the prime ...
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IDG News Service-The Russian legislature's lower house on Wednesday adopted a bill that,according to tech companies in the country,could lead to Internet censorship. The bill,which includes amendments to several current laws,still needs ...
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US insurance brokerage firm Arthur J Gallagher & Co has acquired Triad in a deal with undisclosed terms of the transaction. The insurer has launched an acquisition spree for the past few months in order to emerge as the largest player in ...
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Technology firm CSC has said that its global insurance software suite Integral is available on Microsoft's Windows Server with a SQL Server database. CSC said that the addition of the Microsoft technology to Integral's portable Java-based ...
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Switzerland-4HM has announced it is providing its SAM64 SDI to MADI and AES audio interfaces for use in five satellite news gathering trucks owned by the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation(SRG SSR)based in Bern.The five trucks are being ...
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Mobile operators should use their network coverage to take on over-the-top rivals,according to network systems supplier Opencloud. Mobile operators often complain about the threat to their revenues from over the top services such as Skype ...
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Retailers without a mature multichannel offering could soon start haemorrhaging cash, as customers expect a unified shopping experience in the next two years, according to research. Some 60% of respondents said they expect converged ...
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Catalina Holdings (Bermuda) has agreed to acquire HSBC Holdings' two legacy businesses, HSBC Reinsurance and HSBC Insurance (Ireland). The two businesses ceased to write new business and were placed into run-off in June 2010 and June 2009 ...
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Hiscox USA has expanded its professional liability and general liability policies to allied health professionals, in 21 states, including Texas and Florida, US. With the new offering, the self-employed professionals in the health, beauty ...
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The business arm of the Royal Institute of British Architects, Riba Enterprises, has rolled out an infrastructure as a service (IaaS) platform, which it estimates will save £100,000 over three years. The deal with managed services ...
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Global spending on IT products and services will rise 3 percent in 2012 to$3.6 trillion,according to figures released Monday by research firm Gartner.The forecast is up from the 2.5 percent growth projection Gartner issued earlier this ...
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Underwriter brokerage Ascension Insurance will deploy the ProspX platform across its 20 offices located in the US, enabling the firm to manage its property and casualty insurance and employee benefits businesses. According to the solution ...
Huatai Property Insurance of China has selected FICO's insurance fraud protection solution to reduce losses from auto insurance claims fraud. FICO said that its predictive analytic models will help uncover fraud early in the process, ...
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Symetra Life Insurance has added a latest lapse protection benefit to its cash value universal life (UL) insurance product, Symetra Classic UL, which provides both growth potential and guaranteed protection. According to the underwriter, ...
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The number of connected devices is set to double over the next eight years to 50 billion globally,which could generate$4.5trn(2.9trn pound )to the world economy. But more spectrum will be crucial in achieving a more networked ...
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