May 18-24, 2008, marks National Insurance Women’s Week, a celebration recognizing the contributions women are making in all areas of the insurance industry. The National Association of Insurance Women began NAIW Week as National Insurance Women’s Day on May 10, …
Bermuda’s XL Capital Ltd. is holding its third annual employee volunteer day — known as the “Global Day of Giving” — today Wednesday, May 21. The day is dedicated to supporting the communities in which XL companies operate. XL said …
Mediators in the core agriculture and industrial goods negotiations at the World Trade Organization (WTO) issued new proposals on Monday, clearing the way for a meeting of ministers to clinch an outline trade deal. The revised proposals, or texts, trigger …
European Union Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson said on Monday he saw the makings of an international trade agreement in new proposals drafted by the World Trade Organization. The WTO is expected to issue negotiating texts early this week in readiness …
NAIW International took root in 1938, when Elsie B. Mayer and C. Bertha Rachofsky joined nine other Denver insurance women to form an organization for insurance education purposes, according to NAIW International. The two most challenging aspects facing Insurance Women …
Boston-based AIR Worldwide’s analysis of Nargis, the deadly tropical cyclone, which struck Myanmar’s (Burma’s) densely populated Irrawaddy River Delta region (See IJ web site – https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2008/05/09/89875.htm), notes that powerful storms in the area have been increasing over the years. “The …
Growing concerns about food security could spur renewed efforts to liberalize global trade, according to Australia’s trade minister. If the global community wants to help solve the food crisis, it must liberalize markets so that people can trade available surpluses …
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 sharply in its local venture, …
The world can reach a significant new climate change pact by the end of 2009 if current talks keep up their momentum, the head of the United Nations climate panel said on Sunday. The United Nations began negotiations on a …
The European Union must be firm in World Trade Organization trade talks despite the global rise in food prices, a German official was quoted as saying on Sunday. “Due to the food crisis, we could face new demands,” Bernd Pfaffenbach, …
