Latest Russia Headlines
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Despite firefighting prowess, the Russians aren’t coming
Aug 6 2007 // While the Southeast’s largest wildfire in over a century was still smoldering in Georgia after burning 903 square miles, a fresh conflagration reared its ugly head in California and an American pilot from Virginia...
Despite firefighting prowess, the Russians aren’t coming
Aug 6 2007 // While the Southeast’s largest wildfire in over a century was still smoldering in Georgia after burning 903 square miles, a fresh conflagration reared its ugly head in California and an American pilot from Virginia...
Fires Rage Out of Control in Greece
Jul 27 2007 // Massive fires raged out of control across Greece on Thursday, after killing three people overnight in the south, burning through villages and forests and stretching firefighting services to the limit. Greek Prime Minister...
Despite firefighting prowess, the Russians aren’t coming
Jul 23 2007 // While the Southeast’s largest wildfire in over a century was still smoldering in Georgia after burning 903 square miles, a fresh conflagration reared its ugly head in California, and an American pilot from Virginia...
Despite firefighting prowess, the Russians aren’t coming
Jul 23 2007 // While the Southeast’s largest wildfire in more than a century was still smoldering in Georgia after burning 903 square miles, a fresh conflagration reared its ugly head in California, and an American pilot from...
S&P Report Analyzes Bancassurance in Europe, U.S., Russia
Jul 6 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has issued a new report -“Bancassurance Approaches Employed In Europe, The U.S., And Russia: Similarities And Differences-” that analyzes the sector in those...
R&M Releases ‘Snapshots: Russia Voluntary Insurance 2007’
Jun 26 2007 // Dublin-based Research and Markets has added a new study -“Snapshots Russia Voluntary Insurance 2007” – to their offering, as part of the firm’s “Snapdatas Financial Services industry...
Ratings: Kamp Re, Allianz (Russia)
Jun 20 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said that its ‘CC’ senior secured debt rating on KAMP RE 2005 Ltd.’s $190 million floating-rate principal-at-risk notes are remaining on CreditWatch with...
R&SA Inks New Eastern Europe Deal
Jun 7 2007 // The UK’s Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group has signed an agreement to acquire 50 percent of GD II – Global Direct Insurance Investments B.V. (GDI), a joint venture with Direct Insurance Financial...
S&P Upgrades Russia’s Ingosstrakh to ‘BBB-‘; Outlook Stable
Jun 7 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has raised its long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on Russian insurer Ingosstrakh Insurance Co. to “BBB-” from “BB+,”...
S&P Raises Neftepolis Outlook to Positive; Affirms ‘B+’ Ratings
Jun 7 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has revised its outlook on Russia-based insurer Neftepolis Insurance Co. LLC to positive from stable, “as a result,” said the announcement, “of closer...
Russia’s RESO to Launch IPO
May 29 2007 // RESO-GARANTIA, one of Russia’s largest insurers, announced plans to launch an initial public offering of its ordinary shares. The shares have been listed and admitted to trading on the quotation lists “V”...
Allianz Acquires Russian P/C Insurer
May 22 2007 // Germany’s Allianz further expanded its presence in the Russian insurance market with the announcement that it has “finalized the acquisition of the P/C insurer Progress-Garant.” Allianz purchased all of...
The Courage to Compete
May 21 2007 // In 1968 when the Maurice “Hank” Greenberg took over what was to become American International Group (AIG), it was an insurance agency selling other insurers’ policies around the globe. Within years, AIG...
Business Moves
May 7 2007 // Aviva The U.K.-based Aviva Group announced plans to expand in Russia. One year ago, the company launched Aviva Russia, and it is now poised to enter the direct sales market with its Moscow-based direct sales force. The...
Aviva Targets Russian Expansion
Apr 20 2007 // The UK-based Aviva Group has announced expansion plans for the Russian market, aimed at achieving “a top five position within five years.” A year ago it launched Aviva Russia, which the bulletin indicated,...
Business Moves
Mar 12 2007 // MarketScout, Chicago MarketScout Corp., a Dallas, Texas-based eInsurance Exchange specializing in the distribution of property and casualty insurance products, opened a Chicago location to facilitate its growth in the...
Stolen painting found in Spielberg’s home
Mar 12 2007 // Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Art Crime Team (ACT) have located an original Norman Rockwell painting, “Russian Schoolroom,” stolen during a burglary in Clayton, Mo., in 1973. It was...
FBI Finds Stolen Norman Rockwell Painting in Spielberg’s Home
Mar 6 2007 // Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Art Crime Team (ACT) have located an original Norman Rockwell painting, Russian Schoolroom, stolen during a late night burglary in Clayton, Missouri in 1973. It was...
Allianz and Sistema Sign Purchase Agreement for Russia’s ROSNO
Feb 21 2007 // Spain’s Sistema and Germany’s Allianz have signed a share purchase agreement, whereby Allianz becomes the major shareholder of one of Russia largest insurers ROSNO Group. In a bulletin on its web site...
