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Actimize, a NICE Systems Company, Signs Deal With Netherlands Financial Markets Regulator for its Flagship Market Abuse Solution

November 3rd, 2008

Actimize, a leading provider of transactional risk management software for the financial services industry and a NICE Systems company, today announced that the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) has selected the Actimize Market Abuse Solution to improve its surveillance and supervision of the Dutch market and detect various forms of Market Abuse such [...]

CIG Shares Five Fire Safety Tips on Anniversary of San Diego Fires

November 1st, 2008

West coast regional insurer CIG shares five fire safety tips after the one-year anniversary of the San Diego fires, which caused the largest evacuation in California’s history and destroyed at least 1,500 homes. Fortunately, each one of CIG’s homeowner clients that were affected by the 2007 San Diego fires have rebuilt or are in the [...]

Social Support System Key to Overall Well-Being

October 31st, 2008

The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index™ today reported that data from more than 282,000 surveys confirm that people with an effective social support system are fairing better in overall well-being despite the Index’s national downward trend. The average Well-Being score for individuals who report having an effective social support system is 7.33 versus 6.13 for those who [...]

One of the First Grand Hotels Meets One of the Country’s First Cities

October 30th, 2008

Waldorf=Astoria Hotels™, one of the luxury brands of Hilton Hotels Corporation, along with Mariner Commercial Properties, Inc. of Ardmore, Pa., Brook J. Lenfest and Dallas-based Gatehouse Capital Corporation announced today the development of the Waldorf=Astoria® Hotel and Residences Philadelphia to be managed by an affiliate of Hilton Hotels Corporation.
Source: The Waldorf=Astoria Collection
· The Waldorf=Astoria Hotel [...]

Research and Markets: Catching Up: A Strategic Focus Report on Online Direct Sales in U.S. Personal Lines Insurance

October 26th, 2008

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Catching Up: Online Direct Sales in U.S. Personal Lines Insurance (Strategic Focus)” report to their offering.
The need to improve operations and meet customer needs is being met by two counterforces: a powerful agent force and a cumbersome regulatory system. In the long run, the driving forces [...]