Crum & Forster, an insurance group and a part of Fairfax Financial Holdings, has named Ahmed (Abe) Yaknour as the company’s chief technology officer. Yaknour will manage the architecture of the company's infrastructure, as well as ...
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US-based enterprise content management (ECM) software developer Hyland Software has introduced the new OnBase Insurance Field Adjuster App for specific use on Windows 8 platform. Developed in close cooperation with Microsoft, the new ...
Insurance broker Lockton San Francisco has selected Terry Brandt as the company’s executive vice president and director of the Lockton Alliance for Ministry Protection (LAMP) practice. The insurer said that Brandt will manage LAMP, ...
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Mead Johnson Nutrition has broken ground on a $325m facility in Singapore, which will cater to the increasing demand for pediatric nutrition products in Asia. The new facility will feature manufacturing plant, a research and development ...
The Humboldt University in Berlin was founded in 1810, inspired by the ideas of Wilhelm von Humboldt. The institution soon became a meeting place for famous scientists from all over Europe and developed into Germany's biggest and most ...
Casualty & General Insurance Company (Europe), a liability cover specialist has opened a new representative office in London as part of its plans to further expand business particularly its casualty account in the UK. According to the ...
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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued notice of allowance for Avanir Pharmaceuticals' patent application covering Nuedexta. The patent application entitled, Pharmaceutical Compositions Comprising ...
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Western Financial has bought BC Yacht Insurance Brokers (BC Yacht), Sidney's only specialized marine insurance brokerage for an undisclosed sum. With the acquisition of Sidney headquartered BC Yacht, Western Financial has acquired two ...
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Alterra Capital Holdings has named Nicholas Conca as the new chief claims officer for insurance, to ensure consistent level of claims service to its insurance policyholders worldwide. With over 20 years of experience in the insurance ...
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Environment Minister Corrado Clini said Tuesday that the government was ready to take on prosecutors in order to keep the troubled ILVA steel plant in the southern city of Taranto open. ILVA said Monday's court order for the seizure of ...
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In an attempt to expand its non-food businesses, Morrisons, the fourth largest supermarket chain in the UK, is soon going to launch its maiden garment line called Nutmeg. The famous grocery retailer’s new apparel range will ...
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SCA Hygiene Products and Sappi applied at the German Federal German Cartel Office for approval for the formation of a joint company on 5 November. The companies thereby implemented the announcement made by SCA in September that by the turn ...
Allied World Assurance Company Holdings (AWH) has launched a new Construction Casualty division to offer commercial general liability and commercial automobile as well as railroad protectives and owners and contractors protective. The new ...
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Vienna Insurance Group has completed the merger of non-life insurers InterRisk and PZM to expand its market presence in Poland. InterRisk and PZM achieved premiums of over EUR80m in the first quarter of 2012 and the two companies will ...
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American International Group has agreed to pay over $300m to settle dispute with states over death benefits payments which remained unclaimed. California State Controller's office spokesman Jacob Roper said that the underwriter will ...
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