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A special 1- hour edition of ClearPath– Your Roadmap to Health& Wealth, will highlight Millennials and what they are doing to prepare for their eventual retirement security, and respond to the significant changes in health care policy: Sunday, January 18 at 7 p.m. EST on WYPR, Baltimore’s NPR news station. In addition to regular program hosts Greg Tucker, Catherine…

Alliant Insurance Services, the nation’ s largest specialty insurance brokerage firm, has announced that Nancy Arky has joined the company’ s Tribal First group as Casualty Underwriting Manager. Prior to joining Alliant, she was Senior Vice President of Underwriting for a Denver- based insurance provider where she led a team of underwriters, oversaw the…

A.M. Best has revised the outlook to negative from stable and affirmed the financial strength rating of B++ and the issuer credit rating of“ bbb” of Conifer Insurance Company. Concurrently, A.M. Best has affirmed the FSR of B+ and the ICR of“ bbb-” of Conifer’ s affiliate, White Pine Insurance Company. Despite this fact, A.M. Best remains concerned about the considerable…

Minsur’s main asset is the San Rafael underground tin mine in Peru, the largest underground tin mine in the world with an average Sn grade of 2.48% in 2014- the highest in the industry according to ITRI. San Rafael exhibited a cash cost of USD8, 119/ MT Sn compared to an average tin price of USD22, 567/ MT for the nine months ended September 2014. For the LTM ending Sept. 30,…

WASHINGTON— The victims vary: Fast-food colossus McDonald’s. Medical device maker Cooper Cos. “It’s clearly a drag on corporate profits,” says David Kelly, chief market strategist at J.P.

Further, key pet insurers such as Allianz Group, Anicom Holdings, Pethealth Inc. and Veterinary Pet Insurance are profiled in the report. Geographical Coverage- North America- The United States- The United Kingdom- Japan. Company Coverage- Allianz Group- Anicom Holdings- Pethealth Inc.- Veterinary Pet Insurance.

Kroll Bond Rating Agency, Inc. is pleased to announce the assignment of preliminary ratings to the Hyatt Hotel Portfolio Trust 2015- HYT transaction. Hyatt Hotel Portfolio Trust 2015- HYT is a CMBS single borrower transaction that is collateralized by a $340.0 million floating rate loan that was originated by JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association and…

A.M. Best has assigned the financial strength rating of A+ and an issuer credit rating of“ aa-” to Zurich Insurance plc, a key operating subsidiary of Zurich Insurance Group Ltd, the ultimate parent of the Zurich group of companies. The outlook assigned to both ratings is stable. Therefore, A.M. Best believes that ZIP is highly likely to receive capital support if…

All financing commitments have been obtained for the Liquefaction Project, including a portion of the proceeds from $1 billion of convertible notes issued by Cheniere Energy, Inc. in November 2014 and the recently announced approximately $11.5 billion of debt commitments received from several financial institutions in December 2014.

Jan. 16– A higher share of New Hampshire residents are on Social Security disability than in most other states, and the Granite State and Massachusetts top the country in the percentage of disability checks that go to mentally ill people, according to the Social Security Administration. The data for December 2013, the latest available through the Social…

In an effort to support its local community, AmeriLife, the nation’s premier annuity, life and health insurance marketing organization, has partnered with the Clearwater Free Clinic as a Dali sponsor for the organization’s 2015 Martinis& Matisse fundraising event to be hosted on January 24, 2015. About AmeriLife AmeriLife is the nation’s premier insurance…

–Brident Dental& Orthodontics announced the opening of its newest affiliated office in Dallas, Texas at 3335 West Wheatland Rd. which will offer a full-range of dental and orthodontic services. “On behalf of the entire Brident Dental team, we are thrilled to expand our services in Dallas and look forward to making high quality, affordable care more accessible to…

Alix Purcell As the leader of a successful financial advisory team your greatest asset is your human capital. And if…

Seccuris Inc., the leader in Enterprise Security Architecture and Information Assurance Integration, announced that its United States headquarters in Dallas, Tex. has moved into a new larger office located within the Dallas Communications Complex. Canada, Seccuris has been helping organizations with innovative security consulting and managed services…

“It would be great to find productive uses for them,” Kisco development officer Mitchell Brown said of the 1920 s-era headquarters buildings that once housed the Sedgefield-based insurer. Kisco bought the vacant complex in 2008 for about $9.9 million with plans to build a retirement community that would have included 224 independent-living units and 72 high…

IDC Financial Insights reveals that global insurers will increase IT spending to almost US $101 billion in 2015, a year-on-year increase of 4.4% compared to 2014, with rigorous investments in technologies to boost efficiencies and innovation. Li-May Chew, CFA, associate research director, and global lead for IDC Financial Insights’ Worldwide Insurance…

–Fidelity& Guaranty Life announced today that Lee Launer, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and a member of its Board of Directors, has elected to retire effective as of April 30, 2015 in order to pursue outside interests. Mr. Littlefield, who joined FGL as President in 2014, was formerly the President& Chief Executive Officer of Aviva USA Corporation,…

Intercontinental Exchange, the leading global network of exchanges and clearing houses, today announced that ICE Futures Europe reached a daily volume record of 199,692 contracts in Three Month Euro Swiss Franc futures on January 15, 2015. Intercontinental Exchange is the leading network of regulated exchanges and clearing houses for financial and…

Jan. 16– Imagine Steve Wojtowicz’s start to the year: Does the city of Detroit retiree hand over $89,000 in a lump sum in the city’s historic bankruptcy? Or does he watch $600 a month get deducted from his pension check to cover money owed back to the city from an annuity savings plan? Wojtowicz is one of about 6,000 city of Detroit retirees who face the dilemma.