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Ministers Meet in Paris to Keep Trade Talks Alive
Jun 5 2008 // Ministers from major trading nations will try to keep struggling world talks alive today, June 5, with supporters saying a deal could help offset the global food crisis and soften the economic slowdown. Ministers from the...
Liberty Mutual to Partner with Dabur to Form Indian Insurance Company
Jun 3 2008 // The Liberty Mutual Group announced that it and its partner Dabur GI Invest Corp plan to form a non-life insurance company in India to provide personal and commercial insurance products through a range of distribution...
Willis Keen on China Growth
May 5 2008 // Willis Group Holdings Ltd, the world’s third-largest insurance broker, expects to maintain its annual revenue growth in the China market at at least 20 percent for the next five years and will increase its stake...
U.S. Business Lobbyists Launch WTO Offensive
Apr 4 2008 // Business lobbyists from the United States will descend on the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Geneva next week to push for favorable terms in a new trade deal, a source familiar with the visits said on Friday. The visits...
U.N. Climate Talks to Test U.S. Shifts
Mar 28 2008 // Up to 190 nations will start work on a new U.N. climate treaty in Bangkok on Monday, in a test of how far the world has progressed after years of deadlock highlighted by a U.S. outburst about a duck in 2005. “If it...
Swiss Re Supports Indian Quake Safety
Mar 7 2008 // Swiss Re has participated in a workshop in New Delhi – “Integrating Earthquake Risk Mitigation into Hospital Facilities Planning” – organized by US-based NGO GeoHazards International and the Delhi...
India’s Insurance Industry Faces Talent Shortage
Feb 8 2008 // It may come as a bit of a shock, but India, the country that’s become synonymous with out-sourcing, is facing a talent shortage. According to the Darwin Rhodes Group, India’s only specialist insurance...
Best Affirms Indian Insurer’s ‘A-‘ Ratings; Outlook Now Stable
Feb 4 2008 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a-” of The New India Assurance Company Limited, and has revised its outlook on the...
Ratings Recap: General (India), SCA, Successor Hurricane, Wing Lung, Dao Heng, Sovereign Assurance
Dec 31 2007 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a-” of General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC) and has revised its outlook on both ratings...
Research & Markets Releases ‘Snapdata’ Reports on India, Netherlands
Dec 7 2007 // Dublin-based Research and Markets announced the addition of “Snapshots India Non-Life Insurance 2007” and “Snapshots Netherlands Non-Life Insurance 2007” to their offering. The report on the Indian...
IPCC Delegates Hammer Out Climate Change Report in Thailand
May 4 2007 // International delegates struggled into the night Thursday to agree on ways of cutting destructive greenhouse gas emissions-or face economic and environmental catastrophe caused by global warming. China has emerged as a key...
Lloyd’s Chairman Praises Indian Initiative to Open Markets
Jan 19 2007 // Gordon Brown, The UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer (Finance Minister) and odds-on favorite to succeed Tony Blair as Prime Minister, has apparently come away with some success during his working visit to...
AXA, India’s Bharti to Form P/C Group
Jan 10 2007 // Following the successful launch of their joint venture life insurance operations, France’s AXA Group and India’s Bharti Enterprises have signed a preliminary agreement to establish a joint Indian P/C...
Best Lowers India’s GIC Ratings
Dec 19 2006 // A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the financial strength rating to “A-” (Excellent) from “A” (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating to “a-” from “a” of General Insurance...
Best Lowers New India Ratings
Dec 19 2006 // A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the financial strength rating to “A”- (Excellent) from “A” (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating to “a-” from “a” of The New India Assurance...
Swiss Re Buys 26% Stake in Indian Health Care Provider
Dec 12 2006 // Swiss Re has signed an agreement with TTK Group and India Value Funds Advisors (IVF) to purchase a 26 percent stake in TTK Healthcare Services Pvt Ltd (TTKHCS), one of India’s leading health insurance third party...
Improving efficiency and valuation through automation and outsourcing
Nov 20 2006 // Revenue growth, the quality of a book of business, the caliber of producers, strategic drivers and the overall level of client service — these are the typical considerations that affect an agency’s...
Improving efficiency and valuation through automation and outsourcing
Nov 19 2006 // Revenue growth, the quality of a book of business, the caliber of producers, strategic drivers and the overall level of client service — these are the typical considerations that affect an agency’s...
India’s 3i Infotech Launches Internet Broker Platform
Sep 26 2006 // India’s 3i Infotech, a provider of IT solutions, announced the launch of Premia Insurance Broking eXchange (IBX), which it described as “a subscription based Internet solution for the Indian insurance...
SCOR Scores Success with Asian Treaty Renewals
Apr 18 2006 // French reinsurer SCOR Group reported premium gains in its Asia-Pacific zone following treaty renewals at the beginning of April. Written premiums In Japan exceeded 7 billion yen ($59.3 million) up 6 percent compared to...
