The US business group of Sun Life Financial has established a dedicated Small Business Center, offering brokers and their clients' access to life, disability, and dental products for employee groups with 2-24 people. The firm said that ...
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Sun Life Financial has introduced a flexible set of voluntary group disability insurance options, including Voluntary Short Term Disability (VSTD) and Voluntary Long Term Disability (VLTD) for workers. According to life insurer, the ...
Standard Insurance, a subsidiary of StanCorp Financial Group, has launched online educational modules for its group disability and life insurance customers, to simplify their understanding of available insurance policies. The newly ...
US insurance brokerage and risk management services firm Arthur J Gallagher & Co has acquired Nebraska based independent employee benefits consulting firm Brendis & Brendis, for an undisclosed sum. The acquired enterprise also offers ...
American Specialty Health Insurance Company (ASH Insurance) has added Daniel Yunker to its Board of Directors, whose appointment will come into effect immediately. Yunker, currently senior vice president and chief financial officer of ...
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Employee benefits agency Digital Insurance has acquired US based DSG Benefits Group. Established in 2004, DSG is licensed in over 30 states and will now operate under the banner of Digital Benefit Advisors (DBA), a division of Digital ...
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US underwriter MetLife has reported operating earnings of $1.4bn, or $1.32 per share for the third quarter of 2012, up by 47% from $965m, or $0.91 per share during the same period a year ago. For the quarter period ended on 30 June 2012, ...
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Insurance broker Willis Group Holdings has hired Nils Arne Fagerli as CEO of Willis Norway effective immediately. Based in Oslo, Fagerli will report to Adam Garrard, Willis International CEO of Europe. Garrard said, "With a wealth of ...
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ACE USA has launched the Privacy and Network Security Liability Endorsement to help expand privacy protection coverage for both Healthcare Facilities and Managed Care Organization policies. Complementing the ACE Medical Risk's existing ...
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US insurance brokerage and risk management services firm Arthur J Gallagher & Co has acquired Minnesota's Unison, an employee benefits insurance broker in an undisclosed deal. Following the closing of transaction, William Ziebell, north ...
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GreenWood International Insurance Services (GWI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Pan-American Insurance, has named Joseph Sullivan as its chief executive officer. Sullivan will succeed Daniel Boisvert, who has stepped down after floating a ...
Burnham Benefits Insurance Services, employee benefits brokerages in Southern California, US, has selected Scott Aston as its newest vice president, with a strategy to expand its existing brokerage business. In his new role, Aston will ...
Principal Financial has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of Chile's AFP Cuprum for $1.51bn, in an effort to widen its presence in emerging markets. The deal involves sale of 63% ownership in Cuprum held by Empresas Penta and ...
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The Federal Government has announced the appointment an automotive industry advocate whose primary task is to increase the number of Australian-made cars in local fleets. Former president of Ford Indonesia and past Ford Australia employee ...
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Given the accelerated transformation of the lighting market to semiconductor based products, Osram is pushing forward the entered path of its corporate reorganization. The company had already initiated a comprehensive corporate program in ...
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