Globalization

• Mobile Phones Bring Insurance to Kenyan Farmers March 12, 2010 News Kenyan farmers can now insure some of the costs of growing crops against bad weather by using mobile phone technology that links solar-powered weather stations to an insurance company.
• Schwab Says Advisers Steering Cash Back Into Market March 03, 2010 A year and a half after the depths of the financial crisis, independent financial advisers are slowly shifting client assets out of cash and back into the market, brokerage giant Charles Schwab Corp said this week.
• Independents Still Luring Wirehouse Clients- Schwab March 02, 2010 Independent wealth management shops continue to lure clients away from the big national brokerages, according to a survey by online brokerage giant Charles Schwab Corp.
• Philadelphia Insurance Companies Announces Co-Presidents March 01, 2010 News Philadelphia Insurance Companies announces Co-Presidents. Christopher Maguire will serve as Co-President & Chief Operating Officer; Sean Sweeney takes on role of Co-President & Chief Marketing Officer.


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• Progressive Implements SSP S4i for Foray into Australian Auto Insurance Market
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• SunGard, LIMRA Form Strategic Partnership News
• China Market Opportunities Obscured by Language Barrier Industry Opinion
• Emerging Markets in Dire Need of Insurance Expertise Industry Opinion
• Immaturity of Emerging Markets Deters Efficiency Industry Opinion
• Developing Markets Require Unique Insurance Products Industry Opinion
• Insurers View Growth Pronouncements with Bemused Realism Editors Opinion
• Q&A: Peggy Scott, Liberty Mutual Agency Markets
• Leaders Cove Launches Insurance Technology Practice News
• Carriers Target Ease of Use, STP to Win Agents' Hearts and Minds
• Sunshine State Extends BPO Relationship With CSC
• Genworth Taps iPipeline iGO e-App for Drop Ticket News
• Harleysville Life Insurance Launches Online Group Benefits Platform
• The Hartford Names Brian Laubacker VP, Life Insurance Sales, Western U.S. News
• Grange Life Selects iPipeline Illustration Suite
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• Unum Selects All-in-One IP Communications Software Suite from Interactive Intelligence
• Chubb Expands Online Inland Marine Capabilities News
• Marketing Software Solutions Debuts FLEX for U.S. Financial Services News
• AgencyPort Provides Tech for Aon Benfield's FAConnect Facultative Broking Platform News
• Aon Benfield's FAConnect Online Factultative Broking Platform Goes Live News
• New York Life Microsite Plays to Changing Consumer Attitudes News
• John Hancock Launches LTC Multi-Life Microsite News
• Jackson National Life CIO Mark Clark Emphasizes Simplicity and Service

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