Sagicor Life Insurance has completed acquisition of Washington-based PEMCO Life Insurance including addition of the latter’s 7,500 policyholders to its existing 60,000 holders, further boosting an aim to improve the communities in ...
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San Diego-based property and casualty insurance program manager, Arrowhead General Insurance has promoted Joseph Shomphe as its new chief technology officer and Adam Nordost as the chief information officer, effective from 01 July 2012. ...
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2013,brighter,more efficient streetlights will begin to go up in Fayetteville neighborhoods. As part of a pilot study by the Public Works Commission,the city-owned utility plans to convert about 300 conventional streetlights to LED ...
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Patriot National Insurance has named Bob Peters as its chief operating officer to manage the operational support of Guarantee Insurance. Peters will report to Charles Schuver, president of Guarantee Insurance and will be based at Patriot ...
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Magna E-Car Systems has opened a new plant in Grand Blanc Township, Michigan, US, that will make components for hybrid and electric vehicles (EVs). The new 66,000sq ft plant has 95 employees who will make electric motors, inverters and ...
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Bioplastics maker NatureWorks announced that Sulzer, a Swiss industrial engineering and manufacturing firm, has shipped its proprietary production equipment to NatureWorks’ Blair, Nebraska facility that will enable the company to ...
RayBiotech-developed antibody-based biomarker screening assays have been used to identify a critical pathway involved in chemotherapeutic resistance acquired by melanoma cancer cells. RayBiotech president and chief operating officer ...
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Evotec and Haplogen have signed a drug discovery partnership targeting viral infectious diseases. The drugs resulting from the partnership are expected to target a human protein that is vital for the spread of pathogenic viral ...
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US food company General Mills has completed the acquisition of Brazilian food firm Yoki Alimentos in a BRL1.75m($857m)deal,a move which will strengthen the company's presence in Latin America. Yoki produces more than 600 products ...
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Car Charging Group (CCGI), a provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging services, has opened a new office in San Jose, California, US, to expand its operations in the region. The new California office will be led by the company's chief ...
RLI, a property and casualty insurance firm headquartered in Peoria, Illinois, US, has named two directors to its board, bringing the total number of directors to 11. The insurer said that its president & chief operating officer Michael ...
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US-based Ecology Coatings, a producer of solvent-free coatings and Whitlam Label will team up to develop a sustainable labels program that aims to provide a new, sustainable labels solution to replace conventional plastic laminate films ...
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German-based Evotec has partnered with Probiodrug to advance the development operations of drugs targeting major age related diseases such as Alzheimer's disease(AD). Evotec will support the pre-clinical and clinical development of ...
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The Board of Directors of Brown & Brown have promoted Linda Downs as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the company and Charles Lydecker as president of Retail Division. Downs was most recently CPCU, AIA, regional president and Lydecker was ...
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The ACE Group has appointed Andrew McBride as the new executive vice president for Claims, for its international businesses, with immediate effect. McBride, who will be based in New York, will report to ACE Limited vice chairman and chief ...
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