Furniture importers that have held off increasing prices in recent years may be forced to raise them in 2013 because of various factors, especially rising labor costs in Asia. Governments in Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam - all major ...
CloudInsure has signed an agreement with privately owned, independent (re)insurance broker Lockton, to provide risk management solutions for clients exposed to hazards associated with Cloud technologies. Under the terms of the agreement, ...
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Aetna has introduced a new programme to offer individual health insurance plans to Costco members in California, US. Aimed to meet Costco member's needs, the Costco Personal Health Insurance program involves five plans such as broad major ...
Everest Insurance Company of Canada (EvCan) has appointed David Crozier as its new chief executive officer, effective from 21 January 2013. In his new role, Crozier will be responsible for expanding the company's specialty commercial ...
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Commercial lines writer W R Berkley has established a new underwriting firm, Berkley Southeast Insurance Group, to offer commercial insurance services and expertise in six southeastern states in the US. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, the new ...
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London based underwriter Aviva has selected Khor Seng as the new CEO of Aviva Asia, effective from 8 March 2013, to expand its businesses in the region. Seng, who joins the British insurer from AIA, will be based in Singapore and report ...
Esurance, the direct-to-consumer personal car insurance company, has introduced car underwriting service for customers in Rhode Island,US. The insurance will enable the drivers to take advantage of affordable rates, great discounts, and ...
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Cars with factory installed safety and security telematics are expected to increase to 15.7% in 2013 across the globe, according to the report by the ABI Research. The report revealed that growing knowledge regarding the importance of ...
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AML Underwriting (AML) has introduced a new policy to meet the insurance needs of restaurants and other similar establishments. Offered through all AML brokers, the new restaurant policy will provide a number of automatic sections and ...
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Workers' compensation insurance solutions provider Patriot National Insurance has appointed John Rearer as president of its underwriting unit. In his new role, Rearer will oversee Patriot National's Managing General Agency, Program ...
Xchanging's insurance software business Xuber has launched a fully-integrated claims management service, to meet the needs of commercial insurer and reinsurer across the globe. Dubbed as Xuber Claims, the platform can be deployed ...
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Global insurance broker Aon is planning to shut down its subsidiary in Zimbabwe, which provides insurance broking and employee benefit services in the country. An undisclosed source from Aon Zimbabwe was quoted by ZimEye as saying, "Aon ...
University Bank is to acquire 100% of a second independent insurance agency, Ann Arbor Insurance Centre, for $1.13m. Over the next few months, Shawn Shepherd and Edie Jackson will move to the Ann Arbor Insurance Centre headquarters and ...
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Brotherhood Mutual Insurance has selected Guidewire BillingCenter as its new billing management system, to help increase flexibility and operational efficiencies while enhancing customer service. The new system will replace Brotherhood ...
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UK-based underwriting subsidiaries of Catlin Group Limited (CGL) have rolled out a new terrorism insurance product UK Asymmetric, which includes unique crisis response services as well as coverage for chemical, biological, radiological and ...