August 3, 2009
At first glance, Kathryn Soderberg seems an unlikely expert on marketing insurance to Hispanic customers, but the tall, fair-skinned Caucasian is a frequent radio talk show guest and leading Hispanic market-training sessions for large insurance companies. Soderberg, president of Soderberg …
July 30, 2009
Willis Group Holdings Limited (NYSE: WSH) reported the company’s total second quarter revenues were up by 19 percent, an increase due primarily to the HRH acquisition. Total reported revenues for the quarter ended June 30, 2009 were $784 million compared …
July 20, 2009
At first glance, Kathryn Soderberg would seem an unlikely candidate for an insurance agent whose expertise in marketing to Hispanic customers lands her gigs on radio talk shows and leading Hispanic market training sessions for large insurance companies. Soderberg, president …
July 14, 2009
The global economic downturn is far from over, and few countries have dismantled the dangerous protectionist barriers they imposed in response to it, World Trade Organization Director-General Pascal Lamy said on Monday. In remarks to the WTO’s 153 members, Lamy …
June 30, 2009
Three men who worked at a DuPont Co. nylon plant in Argentina are suing the chemical manufacturer, claiming that it failed to protect them from asbestos that has left them seriously ill. The plaintiffs claim that DuPont has known of …
June 3, 2009
American International Group, Inc. (AIG) announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell 100 percent of its shares in its consumer finance operations in Argentina, consisting of Compania Financiera Argentina S.A. (CFA), Cobranzas y Servicios S.A. and AIG …
January 26, 2009
American International Group Inc is selling its consumer finance businesses in Latin America, including a unit in Colombia it bought just last year, as the insurer sheds assets to pay back the U.S. government, according to sources familiar with the …
November 19, 2008
Mapfre Re announced that it has been authorised to establish a local reinsurer in Brazil, through its new subsidiary MAPFRE RE DO BRASIL Companhia de Reasseguros. The bulletin noted that Bosco Francoy, “together with a group of talented managers,” will …
September 26, 2008
U.S. congressional leaders will try again on Friday to save a $700 billion Wall Street rescue plan after talks broke down in acrimony against the backdrop of the nation’s biggest-ever bank failure. As negotiations over the White House’s unprecedented bailout …
August 14, 2008
A world trade deal that dramatically opens livestock markets in the European Union, Canada and Japan is within grasp, if talks that collapsed last month in Geneva can be revived. U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab hinted at the scope of …