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...In Stoke-on-Trent, the boxy, red-brick All Saints Church seems at first an unlikely location for the city’s foremost cultural event....
...“The fact of the matter is [that] this is far broader than just insurance brokerage,” Williams said, although he adds that insurance is likely to remain the company’s largest business line....
...She was previously co-chair of Quinn Emanuel’s insurance and reinsurance litigation group....
...There has been a huge corporate borrowing binge over the past decade, which has left many companies vulnerable even to a garden-variety recession....
...They have also helped persuade investors that parent company Kering, which depends on Gucci for 80 per cent of its profits, may have another hit up its sleeve....
...Its iptiQ unit helps other companies to develop insurance products....
...“In the past two years it’s carved out a unique niche; its signature V has made the brand recognisable, much like Adidas’ three stripes or Nike’s swoosh....
...It draws executives from the nearby asset managers and insurance companies, as well as an artistic crowd. Just recently, Drouant reopened following a revamp by interior designers Fabrizio Casiraghi....
...The company is expected to outline changes to software that controls a system designed to automatically prevent a mid-flight stall....
...The tie-up between the number two and three brokerage companies in the insurance industry would be a game changer but competition authorities (and rivals) are likely to have something to say about it....
...He also oversees the corporate secretary and compliance teams at the health insurance company, and works to keep pace with changing regulations and to find new ways to use data while protecting privacy....
...V: How could I justify that to Swiss investors? You know what they’re like — moaning and groping blindly for yield. You saw what happened to Zurich Insurance. Horrible!...
...However, the Zénith is the company’s signature piece and has featured in every Baccarat catalogue since it was designed....
...Foremost among these is machine learning, which involves training machines to identify patterns and make predictions by crunching vast amounts of data....
...The insurance industry does offer some products that can cover the risk of catastrophic loss. Foremost among these is an Immediate Needs Annuity (INA)....
...Sarah Gabriel, an asset recovery lawyer at Peters & Peters in London, has drawn up a list that includes trademarks, stuffed animals, Wimbledon season tickets and insurance policies....
...’s Roberts Radio company was struggling....
...Mr Terry said bank-owned asset management companies will consequently be put at a “material disadvantage” to their independent and insurance-owned rivals....
...In the future, all sorts of things may be done with our DNA: cloning, genetically targeted drugs and weapons, pre-screening by insurance companies, and so on....
...The Annotated and Illustrated Double Helix , by James Watson, Simon & Schuster, RRP£19.99, 368 pages Watson’s 1968 memoir of his discovery of the DNA double helix with Francis Crick has become a classic...
...This is also consistent with Stock and Watson’s recent work for Brookings. Crises will happen anyway....
...The growing move to buy-out via an insurance company in the UK is part of that trend. In the end, paying pensions is what matters....
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