Hints and tips:
...The disclosure came days after rating agency Fitch stripped the US of its prized triple A rating....
...“The insurance category is one of the busiest and most competitive in sports marketing,” said Sebastian Smith, an executive vice-president at sports marketing agency Octagon....
...US court told PwC cut corners in Colonial audit Control+C, Control+V....
...The Omaha-based group has focused on selling cover to consumers — such as through the motor underwriter Geico — and reinsurance, or insurance for insurers....
...Mr Buffett has already made a name for himself in the US as an entertainer by appearing in a video advertisement, widely viewed on the internet, for Geico, the insurance company owned by Berkshire....
...Visa Inc is bringing cashless banking to Rwanda as it begins, a little belatedly, to target Africa’s largely unbanked emerging markets....
...Instead, they were developed by advertising agency VCCP to promote Comparethemarket.com, an insurance price comparison website....
...And here’s the I-don’t-care-about-watching-Ghana v Uruguay version (emphasis FT Alphaville’s): The Miller-Moore provision, which was included in the House bill last year, never made it into the Senate version...
...In the months after [Greenberg] left, AIG amped up its bets on the housing market by writing what where, in effect, insurance policies on derivative securities backed by subprime mortgages....
...The True Blood campaign involved no fewer than 12 different agencies, media buyers and in-house creative teams....
...The writer is chairman and chief executive officer of C.V. Starr....
...The chief executive of the insurance giant, which had started as a Shanghai-based underwriting agency before being kicked out by the communist regime, had a simple message to convey....
...Toni Hagan, Wichita, Kansas Stefan-Michael Stalmann: I am afraid I am not close enough to the various savings plan structures in the US and their restrictions....
...Home Depot, the home improvement retailer that sponsors the US national football team, is also backing Univision’s match coverage, along with McNeil’s Tylenol and Allstate Insurance....
...Regulatory filings show Geico, an insurance firm owned by Mr Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, has purchased shares in both Home Depot and Kingfisher, the UK retailer that includes B&Q, the DIY chain....
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