Monthly Archives: <span>December 2000</span>

Computer Sciences Purchases Mynd

Computer Sciences Corp. has acquired insurance software manufacturer Mynd Corp. for $584 million. Earlier this year, Mynd laid off roughly...

Principal Settles Class Action

Des Moines, Iowa-based Principal Life Insurance Co. has settled for $374.2 million a class action lawsuit alleging its agents engaged...

Nebraska Insurers to Merge

In hopes that a larger policyholder base and larger economic foundation will facilitate expansion, Lincoln Mutual Holding Co. and WFR...

Lawsuits Loom For Mobile Phones

The controversy over whether mobile telephones cause brain damage, particularly tumors, may be about to enter the legal arena. Media...

AXA, BBVA Realign Spanish Shareholdings

France’s AXA and the Spanish financial group Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria have realigned their cross shareholdings in several joint ventures....