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• IBM Bolsters Data Analytics with Purchase of Vivisimo

  By Staff Writer  |  April 26, 2012

  IBM announces an agreement to acquire Vivisimo, a provider of federated discovery and navigation software that helps organizations access and analyze big data across the enterprise. Vivisimo is a privately held company based in Pittsburgh.

• Brown & Brown Q1 Net Jumps 7%

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 19, 2012

  Brown & Brown says first quarter net income rose 7 percent over last year as the firm reported increases in commissions and fees and benefited from a one-time court settlement

• Marsh Acquires Cosmos Services; Hub Acquires Signature Insurance

  By Mark E. Ruquet  |  April 12, 2012

  Marsh, a wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Cos., says it has acquired Cosmos Services (America) Inc., the U.S. insurance-brokerage subsidiary of global trading firm Itochu Corp.

• Marsh Acquires Cosmos Services; Hub Acquires Signature Insurance

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 3, 2012

  Two major insurance brokers, Marsh and Hub announced they have made acquisitions this week with Marsh acquiring Cosmos Services and Hub acquiring Signature Insurance.

• Verisk Exec Describes New Crime Analytics Division

  By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  March 30, 2012

  Verisk Analytics’ new Verisk Crime Analytics division will help the company assist both law enforcement and crime victims in the private industry, a Verisk executive says.

• Verisk Analytics Forms Crime Analytics Division

  By Staff Writer  |  March 28, 2012

  Verisk Analytics, Inc., a leading source of information about risk, announces the formation of Verisk Crime Analytics. The division reflects the company's recent growth in crime analytics as well as the market potential in this area.

• Carrier Competition Benefits Large Employers EPLI Coverage

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  March 7, 2012

  Larger companies benefited from carrier competition on their employment practices liability risk receiving more rate decreases than small and midsize businesses, says a report from Marsh.

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  9 Favorite Apps for Independent Agents

  By Laura Mazzuca Toops, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  January 25, 2012

  From Dropbox to Foursquare, apps are playing a bigger role in the day-to-day operations of insurance agents. Learn which are the most popular and why.

• Leonard Re-elected Chair of ACORD Board; New Members Added

  By Staff Writer  |  January 17, 2012

  The MEMIC Group's president and CEO John Leonard has been re-elected by the ACORD Board of Directors (www.acord.org) as the 2012 chair. Lawrence Blakeman of MetLife was also re-elected as the board's vice-chair. The announcements were made by ACORD's President and CEO Gregory A. Maciag.

• With Rise of Social Web, Almost Every Company Must Now Consider Itself a Media Player

  By James Murdock  |  January 13, 2012

  One of the fundamental business changes wrought by the Web and the explosion of digital commerce and social networking is that essentially every large company is now a major creator of content.