The MGIS Companies (MGIS) has appointed Kurt Meyer as its new vice president of operations, group benefits. In his new role, Meyer will be responsible for benefits operations which include underwriting, account management and ...
General insurance provider AXA UK has appointed Ian Brimecome as chairman of the board with immediate effect, who has been serving as a non-executive director of the company in the UK for six years. With more than 30 years of expertise of ...
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BlackBerry's eagerly-awaited quarter four results for fiscal year 2013 have arrived and they spell rather bleak news for the company, but not without a moderately silver lining. The company achieved a revenue of $2.7bn, with a profit of ...
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Global asset manager Principal Global Investors is selling a minority stake in Post Advisory Group to Nippon Life Insurance, in a move that can broaden Post’s distribution in Japan. Based in Santa Monica, California, Post is a ...
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The Phoenix Companies has selected Jahia’s Extended Content Management (xCM) to develop an advanced intranet portal for its independent advisors, agents, and brokers. The xCM will manage the firm's multiple web sites and enables ...
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Ontario's industrial, commercial and institutional construction industry is feeling positive about its prospects in the coming year, announced the Ontario Construction Secretariat (OCS) at its 13th annual State of the Industry and Outlook ...
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South Korea’s Tongyang Life Insurance is planning to bid for ING Groep life insurance business in the country, which has been valued at approximately $2.1bn. Persons familiar with the matter were quoted by media sources as saying ...
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SMILES have replaced the frowns on stockbroking dealing desks, as the rallying sharemarket and low interest rates drive investors back to equities. "There's no doubt we're busier than any other time post the GFC for secondary market ...
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Western & Southern Financial Group (Western & Southern) has implemented CallidusCloud's Commissions to automate incentive compensation process for its wholesalers. The selection follows a comprehensive evaluation process, during which the ...
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American Financial Group has reported net earnings attributable to shareholders of $50m, or $0.54 per share for the fourth quarter of 2012, against $109m, or $1.09 per share during the same period earlier year. The P&C specialty insurance ...
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Ontario’s economy and the energy sector will be the focus of the Ontario Construction Secretariat’s (OCS) 13th Annual State of the Industry & Outlook Conference at the Hilton Toronto Hotel in March 2013. EBMag will be there! ...
ING US has named Dave Swanson as senior vice president and head of employee benefits product and pricing team, in a bid to develop its business by offering latest product design and disciplined pricing. Based in the company's Minneapolis ...
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US-based employee benefits-only agency Digital Insurance has purchased Tennessee’s Capital Benefits Group, for an undisclosed sum. The acquired entity operates as a division of Digital Insurance, under the Digital Benefit Advisors ...
Principal Financial Group (PFG) has completed acquisition of Chile’s AFP Cuprum, following Empresas Penta and Inversiones Banpenta Limitada sold their 63% ownership in Cuprum. Initially, PFG acquired 90.4% ownership stake in Cuprum ...
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Lincoln Financial Group has selected Fiserv's new retirement income technology, Retirement Illustrator, to support its advisors and increase participant experience in retirement plan services business. Fiserv has worked closely with ...