Pitney Bowes Inc. announced it has entered into a merger agreement to acquire MapInfo Corporation for approximately $408 million in cash, net of expected cash on MapInfo's balance sheet at the time

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It's time once again for independent agencies that do an outstanding job selling insurance and providing risk management services to prepare their entries for the National Underwriter "Commercial

Should the combined ratio hold up at this initial level once all results are tallied, it would mean almost no deterioration in underwriting results occurred during the fourth quarter. It would also

In his first public address to a U.S. audience, Lloyd's Chief Executive Officer Richard Ward guaranteed a transformation in the world's oldest insurance market by year's end--promising greater

Lloyd's of London will benefit from having someone with no previous insurance experience--and no sacred cows to protect--lead a technological revolution at the paper-intensive market, says NU Editor In