Argentina News

Language Leads Enterprising Agent Into Successful Niche

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 …

HRH Acquisition Helps Boost Willis’ Revenues by 19% in Q2

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 …

Love of Language Leads Enterprising Agent into Successful Niche Market

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 …

WTO Chief Sees Trade War Risks from ‘Protectionist’ Economic Barriers

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 …

Former Argentina Plant Workers Sue DuPont

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 …

AIG to Sell Argentina Consumer Finance Operations

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 …

AIG to Sell Latin American Consumer Finance Units

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 …

Mapfre Re Receives Brazil License

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 …

Lawmakers to Tackle Wall Street Bailout Plan Again Today

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 …

‘Dramatic’ WTO Farm Deal Close If Talks ‘Can Be Revived’

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 …