A subsidiary of US insurance and reinsurance provider Brown & Brown has purchased certain assets of Johnson & Strachan, Inc (JSI), for an undisclosed sum. Established in 1973 and having $2.7m in annual revenues, JSI offers a number of ...
US-based global insurance brokerage and risk management services firm Arthur J Gallagher & Co has acquired Coyle Insurance Agency in Peoria, Illinois, US for an undisclosed sum. On completion of the transaction, the agency owner Peter ...
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Investment bank Investec sees social media as part of the insider threat to information security, but has implemented policies and technologies to make it work. “Staff members are probably one of the biggest threats,” David ...
Security researchers have discovered a new cyber espionage campaign targeting several large companies, including two in the energy sector. The campaign, dubbed Mirage, targeted an oil company in the Philippines, an energy firm in Canada, ...
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The European Commission (EC) has launched a public consultation on cyber security that will run until 12 October 2012. The EC is seeking the views of governments, businesses and citizens about their experiences and possible EU responses ...
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On 7 December 2012, The Monarch Cement Company elected Steve Sloan to serve on the board effective immediately to fill the unexpired term of independent director Richard N Nixon, whose resignation was effective 31 October 2012. Sloan, ...
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In a Q&A with press at the RSA European conference today,RSA executive chairman Art Coviello revealed how criminals and nation states are working together to launch cyber attacks. Further reading RSA:No successful attacks on customers ...
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The Air Pollution Prevention and Control Division of the U.S. EPA’s National Risk Management Research Laboratory conducted a study to identify wood furniture manufacturing facilities that had converted to low-VOC/HAP wood furniture ...
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Here's help in deciding how much rent you can afford for land. We've all heard the stories about land rents gone wild:$400/acre.$500.Even$550. Corn and soybean growers have been bidding those rents up,hoping to spread their fixed costs ...
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US insurance brokerage and risk management services firm Arthur J Gallagher & Co has purchased Idaho based consulting and brokerage firm Western Benefit Solutions (WBS). Terms and conditions of the transaction have not been disclosed by ...
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Fairfax Financial Holdings has completed sale of its stake in Florida-based insurance firm Cunningham Lindsey for proceeds of nearly $270m. The acquisition follows an agreement signed between Luxembourg-based CVC Capital Partners and ...
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Brady plc the leading supplier of trading and risk management solutions for metals recycling energy and soft commodities announced that Onesteel Recycling Asia has selected Brady to manage its physical trading and risk requirements for its ...
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Massachusetts Interlocal Insurance Association(MIIA)has deployed DAVID Corporation's NavRisk suite as the new claims and policy administration system for its Property&Casualty and Workers'Compensation Group. The comprehensive ...
The government is facing a cyber-skills deficit owed partly to the way it pays its staff,according to former US cyber intelligence officer for the US Army and the Defence Intelligence Agency(DIA),Bob Ayers. Further reading One year ...
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Over the past few years much has been said about the amazing economic and industrial growth achieved by China.Let's be honest,China's growth has been absolutely remarkable and is the envy of the world.In 2010 China became the world's ...
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