Robert L. Clarke, who served as U.S. Comptroller of the Currency from 1985 to 1992, has been elected to the Mutual of Omaha Board of Directors, Chairman and CEO Dan Neary announced.
Clarke is a Senior Partner and founder of the global financial services practice at the law firm of Bracewell & Giuliani in Houston, where [...]
Olympus Managed Health Care Inc. a leading provider of health care claims administration and cost containment services, announced the appointment of Robert Lavers as Senior Consultant. In this newly created role, Mr. Lavers will have overall responsibility for the firm’s business development and expansion initiatives throughout Asia.
“We are very pleased to have Bob join our [...]
A proposed national insurance regulatory office would give the federal government a window into the insurance business and allow it to identify and respond to emerging issues more readily than state insurance departments.
Moreover, a national insurance regulatory office would give Congress the leverage is presently lacks to force action to address new problems.
Promontory Financial Group, [...]
ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of the ACE Group of Companies, announced the appointment of Robert G. Purdy to the position of Senior Vice President, Workers Compensation, as part of the ACE Casualty Risk Division. Based in Philadelphia, Mr. Purdy will be responsible for leading the underwriting, marketing, and operations strategies for ACE [...]
The US economist Robert Shiller is to be awarded the Deutsche Bank Prize in Financial Economics for his contributions to the field of financial economics. “Through his innovative work exploring the dynamics of asset prices, Robert Shiller has become a pioneer in the field of financial economics. His findings on the volatility of share prices, [...]
MetLife reported third quarter 2008 income from continuing operations1 of $1,031 million, or $1.42 per diluted common share, compared with $909 million, or $1.19 per diluted common share, for the third quarter of 2007.
1 All references in this press release (other than in any of the tables and in the Non-GAAP and Other Financial Disclosures [...]
Arcadian Health Plan, Inc., announced today the debut of their Medicare Advantage health plans for select counties in California, Missouri, New Hampshire and Virginia, as well as continued expansion into existing markets including Maine and Texas. Its sister organizations and corresponding affiliates also continue expansion in Georgia, Louisiana, New York, Oklahoma, and North Carolina. Providing [...]
BWise, a global leader for governance, risk and compliance (GRC) software solutions and Tauw Group, engineers and consultants specializing in the improvement and management of the natural environment, built-up environment and infrastructure, announced today their partnership to bring joint services to the market. By joining forces, Tauw Group and BWise can help organizations realize better [...]
Litigation and insurance coverage claims involving alleged personal injuries and property damage from drywall imported from China is the focus of a half-day seminar set for July 28, 2009 at the Mission Bay Conference Center at the University of California San Francisco. The event will also be webcast.
The conference producer, HB Litigation Conferences LLC, has [...]
The Fremont Chinese School, a non-profit Chinese language and culture weekend school supporting the Fremont community since 1972, has won a $10,000 grant from Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) as part of MassMutual’s national Community Service Award (CSA) program. The Fremont Chinese School is one of only ten organizations nationally to win the award. [...]
