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Shell and Showa Shell Sekiyu Supporting Relief Efforts in Japan
Dec 10, 2016Shell’s Country Chairman for Japan, Chris Gunner, said “Our hearts are heavy as we reflect on the thousands of lives lost and the enormous damage due to the earthquakes and the tsunami. Shell has been part of the Japanese ...
Tags: Shell, Natural Gas
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Hongyan River Nuclear Plant Likely Being The First to Be Approved
Nov 10, 2014The government is likely to give the green light to some nuclear projects this year, with the Hongyan River nuclear plant likely being the first to get approval, according to officials. Several other new nuclear projects are also in the ...
Tags: Green Light, Nuclear Plants, Lighting
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DARPA Responded by Launching Its Biggest and Most Ambitious Robot R&D Program Yet
Jan 3, 2014"Where are the robots?" That was what many people were asking when events at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant spiraled out of control in March 2011. With deadly levels of radiation collecting inside the damaged reactors, attempting to ...
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Mike Devereux Is Appearing at The Productivity Commission Into The Car Industry
Dec 11, 2013Holden chairman and managing director Mike Devereux is appearing at the Federal Government's Productivity Commission into the car industry this morning, with an announcement on the car maker's local manufacturing future expected. ...
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Aspen Has Established Silverton Re to Offer Additional Collateralized Capacity
Dec 4, 2013Aspen Reinsurance's capital markets division has established a new special purpose insurer called Silverton Re to offer additional collateralized capacity to support Aspen Re's global reinsurance business. Bermuda domiciled Silverton Re ...
Tags: Aspen Reinsurance, new special purpose insurer, Silverton Re
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Aon Benfield Announces The Appointment of Kelly Smith as President of Its U.S. Business
Nov 29, 2013Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon plc (NYSE: AON), announces the appointment of Kelly Smith as President of its U.S. business, effective today. Kelly will report to Bryon Ehrhart, Chief Executive ...
Tags: Kelly Smith, Aon Benfield, President
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Global Export Protection Is Unveiled by ACE in Continental Europe
Nov 29, 2013ACE Group, a global multiline property and casualty insurer, has rolled out its new and improved risk management plan for companies in Continental Europe, to support the evolving casualty needs of middle-market businesses. Dubbed as ACE ...
Tags: ACE, Export Protection, Continental Europe
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Antibiotics Are Growing Impotent
Nov 26, 2013After 85 years, antibiotics are growing impotent. So what will medicine, agriculture and everyday life look like if we lose these drugs entirely? A few years ago, I started looking online to fill in chapters of my family history that no ...
Tags: imagining, post-antibiotics, future
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Reckless Overuse of Synthetic Fertilizers Is Creating an Ecological Catastrophe
Nov 11, 2013Reckless overuse of synthetic fertilizers is creating an ecological catastrophe, warns a recent feature in Grist magazine. In traditional farming, the nitrogen available in the soil imposes a strict limit on how much food can be grown. ...
Tags: Nitrogen, synthetic fertilizers, overuse, catastrophe
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Risk and Capital Management Decision-Making Tool Is Enhanced by Guy Carpenter
Nov 7, 2013Guy 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 ...
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SDBIC's Content Protection Coverage Is Now Available in Florida,Massachusetts and Louisian
Oct 17, 2013SDBIC’s content protection coverage is now available in the states of Florida, Massachusetts and Louisiana. This easily obtained product insures all property stored in a safe deposit box for the coverage amounts selected, without ...
Tags: Insurance, safe deposit box
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Brit Group Is All Set to Expand Its Distribution Network in Bermuda with New Branch Office
Sep 10, 2013Brit Group Specialty, an Amsterdam-based global specialty insurance and reinsurance firm, is all set to expand its distribution network in Bermuda with the opening of new branch office. The new office, which is subject to regulatory ...
Tags: Brit Group, Distribution Network
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Endurance Specialty Is to Expand Its Asia Pacific Reinsurance Business
Sep 10, 2013Endurance Specialty Holdings, a Bermuda-based provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, is to expand its Asia Pacific reinsurance business with the addition of its Singapore-based Global Catastrophe Reinsurance (GCR) ...
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Beazley Has Unveiled a New Emergency Evacuation Insurance Coverage Known as Beazley Flight
Sep 5, 2013UK-based medical insurance firm Beazley has unveiled a new emergency evacuation insurance coverage, known as Beazley Flight, for its employees. Beazley Flight is a new kind of insurance-based solution that provides clients specialist ...
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Energy Subsidy Reform Is Brewing Between The Chinese Government Reform
Aug 27, 2013In response to current climate changes, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) is heading measures to promote green energy low carbon production development in government branches such as the Ministry of Industry and ...
Tags: Energy Subsidy Reform, Lighting
