Hiscox, a Bermuda-incorporated insurance provider has hired Dr Michael Palmer as head of Analytics and research for its Bermuda operation. Palmer will report to Damien Smith, Hiscox Bermuda's underwriting director, and will spearhead the ...
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Nordstrom announced plans to start serving customers with its first full-line stores in Canada beginning Fall of 2014. The company is partnering with Cadillac Fairview, one of North America's largest investors, owners and managers of ...
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The NASCAR racer heavily based on the 2013 Holden Commodore has been unveiled in Las Vegas.Chevrolet took the wraps off its 2013 contender,which closely resembles the Chevrolet SS sedan,a re-badged version of next year's locally made VF ...
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Virginia-based insurance broker, The Hilb Group (THG) has completed the purchase of MDM Covenant Insurance (MDM), a Brentwood-based insurance brokerage firm. Founded by Chris Meadows in 2008, MDM serves quick serve restaurant (QSR) ...
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Indian printed cartons manufacturer Twenty First Century Printers (TCPL) Packaging has signed an agreement with AR Packaging Group. The technical collaboration agreement aims to make a strategic partnership and co-operation to the ...
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Two years after opening its first store in Shanghai, Chinese contemporary craftsmanship brand Shangxia opened its second global boutique in Beijing. Designed by renowned Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, the Beijing store pays homage to the ...
Privilege Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange (PURE) has expanded its customized property and casualty insurance (P&C) coverage to owners of well-built, high-value homes in Minnesota, US. According to the company, the policy will enable the ...
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Casualty insurer Intact Financial has registered net operating income of $180m for the second quarter of 2012, with an increase of 89% from an operating income of $95m during the same period last year. On a per share basis, net operating ...
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Starr Companies, a global insurance and financial services company, has appointed Nigel Childs as chief financial officer for its foreign operations. Childs, who will directly report to Starr Companies chief international officer Ed ...
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New York-based private equity firm Southport Lane, through its subsidiary Lonestar Holdco, has inked a definitive agreement with Dallas National Insurance to acquire 100% of Dallas National Insurance Company. The deal's terms and ...
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Medica has unveiled EasyCell assistant cell image analyzer, designed for automating and simplifying cell differential process by locating and preclassifying white blood cells. The launch was based on the completion of clinical ...
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Musstir, the hospitality and property development company of MB Group in Oman and its 50% JV partner, Omran announced last week that further to a tender process Carillion Alawi has been named main contractor for the prestigious Al Baleed ...
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MDxHealth and PLUS Diagnostics have reached an agreement to co-promote MDxHealth's ConfirmMDx for prostate cancer in the US. ConfirmMDx is a laboratory-developed test (LDT), which assists urologists with identifying men who may safely ...
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Ecclesiastical Insurance has selected IPK's edgeConnect user experience platform (UXP) to help expand the use of its policy administration system to any and all authorized users, creating an ideal user environment for policy transactions. ...
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GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has announced an agreement with Aspen Global to divest majority of Classic Brands, including 25 non-promoted and genericised products in Australia for approximately £172m in cash. The divested brands include ...
Tags: Valtrex, Lamictal, Timentin, Amoxil, branded and generic pharmaceuticals