Wm. Scott Page, president and CEO of The Lifeline Program, will host a workshop on “Successful Life Settlement Portfolio Aggregation” at the 6th Insurance Linked Securities Summit (www.ilsbermuda.com) being held July 15-17, 2009 at the Fairmont Southampton resort in Bermuda. Sponsored by the International Quality and Productivity Center (IQPC), the summit draws top professionals in [...]

Synovis Life Technologies, Inc. has entered into a definitive purchase agreement through a wholly owned subsidiary to acquire substantially all the assets of Pegasus Biologics, Inc., a privately held medical device company based in Irvine, Calif., focused on the development of advanced biological solutions for soft tissue repair. The purchase price is $12.1 million in [...]

LGPI, the pension institution for local governments in Finland, has signed an agreement with Ortec Finance to license its Asset Liability solution for pension plans Ortec Finance PALM. The ALM solution enables LGPI to formulate ALM strategies based on Ortec Finance state of the art scenario generation, asset and liability methodologies. The selection of was [...]

Denver-based NetQuote announced today that it has selected Fairfax, Va.-based Latisys, a leading provider of data center, managed hosting and managed services, for the colocation of NetQuote’s business-critical Web infrastructure. NetQuote, a leading online insurance marketplace, provides pertinent insurance-related content, services and tools to consumers of insurance services to more than 25 million users spanning [...]

NERA Economic Consulting, a leading global provider of economic advice and analysis in business, legal, and regulatory matters, today released Snapshot of Recent Trends in Asbestos Litigation, a report analyzing trends in asbestos filings and settlements, in light of legislative and judicial tort reform over the past several years.
The report, co-authored by NERA Senior Vice [...]

Swedish data giant PAR has launched a plug-in called ‘One-by-One’ to enable users of Microsoft Dynamics CRM to link directly with its pan-European EuroContactPool business-to-business database.
PAR has worked with Cybernetics – a Microsoft partner and specialist in Dynamics CRM – to develop the One-by-One plug-in. It enables users to quickly verify and enhance their customer [...]

Runners are used to racing against time. Though the CIGNA Falmouth Road Race may be six months away, time is running out for the chance to win an all-expense-paid trip for two (valued up to $5,0001) to the world-renowned race. The deadline for essay submissions is Friday, March 6, 2009 at 5 p.m. EST.
Last December, [...]

Market research conducted on behalf of ConnextionsHealth has demonstrated that health insurance plans can significantly improve revenue generation by establishing initiatives that specifically address member disenrollment. A host of economic factors are currently driving unprecedented membership losses at most health insurance plans.
Results of a proprietary study conducted by a leading management consulting firm show that [...]

The Children’s Mutual leading provider and home of the Child Trust Fund, and Bounty, the UK’s favourite parenting club have joined forces.
Bounty has selected The Children’s Mutual to provide its members with information on the Child Trust Fund (CTF) and the opportunity to open their children’s accounts with the company.
With a combined heritage of over [...]

-FINEOS Corporation, a global provider of innovative enterprise software solutions for insurance, bancassurance, and government, today announced a partnership agreement with National Electronic Attachment (NEA), a provider of market leading solutions for electronic claims attachments. The agreement will enable FINEOS to deliver a more complete solution to the payer community and also allow it to [...]