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Converium's said it has agreed to sell its North American operations to the Berkshire Hathaway Group for $95 million in cash. In addition, Berkshire Hathaway will assume $200 million of senior debt fr
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The insurance industry is rapidly embracing Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), as well as related Web services and standards, according to new TowerGroup research conducted in partnership with ACORD
Lloyd's of London may have had an outstanding year financially, but it suffered a huge loss this week with the announcement that Julian James, director of worldwide markets, will be leaving to join Lo
With the latest James Bond movie racking up big bucks at the box office, NU Editor In Chief Sam Friedman speculated in today's blog entry what kind of an auto risk agent 007 would pose given his dange