Prudential Financial, a life insurance provider, has reported net earnings of $1.04bn for the third quarter of 2013, compared with a loss of $584m for the same period in 2012. The net earnings were driven by retirement services and ...
Towers Watson, a US-based risk and financial management firm, has completed the sale of its reinsurance brokerage business to Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) in an all-cash deal of $250m. The Towers Watson brokerage operations will be merged ...
Guidewire Software, Inc. (GWRE), a provider of Property/Casualty (P/C) insurance software products, announced that AIG Japan is in the process of implementing Guidewire PolicyCenter as its new underwriting and policy administration solution ...
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XL Group, an insurance and re-insurance company, has upgraded its Up+Running equipment breakdown coverage to boost protection against food processing and cold storage risks. Designed specifically for cold storage facilities, meat, dairy, ...
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For many industries, innovation helps to drive down product prices. Over the past few decades, entry-level computers have decreased in price from thousands of dollars to only a few hundred. 1980 saw the debut of IBM's personal computer, ...
Google Glass and other smartglass technology will force CIOs to take a fresh look at their bring-your-own-device (BYOD) schemes as wearable computing begins to make headway into the workplace as early as 2017. That's according to ...
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As a founding member of The Automotive Glass Professionals, National Windscreens is delighted to announce that the organisation has been re-branded as Automotive Glass Europe to reflect its growing membership and the reach of its service ...
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The domestic float glass industry, which is battling a slowdown in demand, has sought anti-dumping duty on glass imports from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The Directorate-General of Anti-Dumping and Allied ...
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Confie Seguros, a rapidly growing national provider of personal lines insurance, announced the acquisition of two additional insurance brokerages: DeFranco Insurance Agency, Inc. of Niagara Falls, NY and Insurance Group of American, Inc. ...
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UK-based insurer Beazley has launched a new product, called Deal Protect, to cover losses from inaccuracies in representations (reps) or warranties made in share or asset sale and purchase agreements. The new coverage, which is ...
Guy Carpenter & Company, a provider of risk and reinsurance intermediary services, has released version 7.2 of its risk and capital management decision-making tool, MetaRisk. The enhanced tool, which features several new catastrophe ...
UK-based insurance services provider Howden Broking Group has acquired Tel Aviv-based insurance broker Bar-Ziv Ravid Insurance Group for an undisclosed amount to expand its operations in Israel. Founded in 1976, Bar-Ziv Ravid Insurance ...
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Specialist insurer Markel UK has rolled out a new liability product designed to fulfill the specific demands of the rapidly growing UK biomedical and life sciences sector. The sector, which is expected to see strong growth, with ...
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Vice president of China Life Insurance (Group) Company revealed that first insurer-controlled fund company China Life AMP Asset Management will start operation from November 6. China Life AMP Asset Management is sponsored and established ...
The Co-operative Bank is to invest another £500m in upgrading its IT systems over the next three years as the Co-operative Group cedes control of its troubled bank to US hedge funds. The news was revealed as the Bank unveiled a ...
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