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Tech Alliances: Nexaweb, Aflac
By Staff WriterAflac Japan is using services from a unit of Nexaweb Technologies Inc. to make several different computer systems available through a single Web interface.Nexaweb, Burlington, ...
May 09, 2007
Data Software House Teams With Risk Modeling FirmTeradata and DFA Capital Management Inc. have agreed to join to sell risk management solutions to insurers and annuity manufacturers.The alliance will combine database systems ...
May 09, 2007
Conseco To Coinsure EIA And FA BusinessA Midwestern insurer says it will be having another company coinsure old blocks of annuities.Conseco Inc., Carmel, Ind., says 3 insurance company subsidiaries will coinsure ...
May 09, 2007
Mutual Of Omaha To Start Community Bank NetworkOmaha Financial Holdings Inc. has agreed to acquire Peak National Bank.Omaha Financial, a unit of Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company, Omaha, Neb., wants to open ...
May 08, 2007
Arm Of British Pru To Serve More BanksINVEST Financial Corp. has acquired the bank contracts of PFIC Securities Corp.INVEST, Tampa, Fla., is a broker-dealer that helps banks sell securities. The company is ...
May 08, 2007
Dental Insurer Adds DistributorsRenaissance Life & Health Insurance Company of America has signed general agencies in Florida and North Carolina.Renaissance Life, Okemos, Mich., a unit of Renaissance Health ...
May 06, 2007
Helping Clients Survive DivorceThe author Peter Philipps came up with a most appropriate "riddle," as he calls it. "What can be divided exactly in half and still yield two unequal parts?" The answer: marital property!
May 06, 2007
Valuation Manual Under DevelopmentAs part of the effort to update the Standard Valuation Law in anticipation of moving to a principles-based reserving system, regulators and actuaries are currently ...