China urged the United States on Friday morning to take concrete steps for the healthy development of bilateral ties, following US President Barack Obama’s meeting with the Dalai Lama despite Chinese protests against the event. In Beijing, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu said in a statement that the US-arranged meeting disregarded China’s repeated, solemn representations [...]
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China to improve audit to government-funded project
BEIJING: China Saturday issued a regulation on the implementation of the Audit Law, which required close audit to government-funded projects, to make sure financial funds were properly used. The regulation, issued by the State Council, or China’s Cabinet, asked auditing offices to conduct follow-up audit to organizations or projects, which were funded or partly funded [...]
Upcoming National CPE Expo offers industry experts in Marketing, Social Media and Business Development for accounting professionals
Tough economy and fast changing market, industry accounting face significant changes in how it promotes products and services. To meet this challenge, the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy, Inc. (NASBA) is marketing sessions featuring presentations and special breakfast on social media and business development of its National CPE Expo on 21-23 September 2009 [...]
Olympus Managed Health Care Appoints Steve Stoute, Insurance Industry Executive to Board of Advisors
Olympus Managed Health Care Inc., a leading provider of healthcare claims administration services and cost containment, today announced that Steve Stoute, a framework veteran insurance industry, has been appointed to Board of Directors of the company advisers. The board establishes and manages the strategic direction of the company. Stoute brings nearly 50 years of experience [...]
AssuranceAmerica Announces Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer
AssuranceAmerica Corporation announced that John M. Mongelli has joined AssuranceAmerica Corporation as its Senior Vice President of Finance. John will also assume the role of Chief Financial Officer on August 16, following the filing of the company’s June 30, 2009 Quarterly Report. John was formerly the Vice President and Corporate Treasurer of ChoicePoint, Inc.. According [...]
Ward Group identifies 2009 Ward’s 50 Top Insurance Companies
The list of top 50 insurance companies Ward’s performance was released by Ward Group, an operational consulting firm and leading provider of benchmarking and best practices services to the insurance industry. Annually, Ward Group evaluates the financial performance of over 3,100 property and casualty insurance companies and over 800 life insurance companies health domiciled in [...]
Thomas C. Ramey and Wilhelm Zeller Appointment of Independent Directors of AXIS Capital Board
Axis Capital Holdings Limited announced that the Society Board of Directors has appointed Thomas C. Ramey and Wilhelm Zeller to its board as independent directors. Both will serve as directors of Class II. Michael Butt, Chairman of AXIS Capital, said: “We are delighted to welcome Thomas C. Ramey and Wilhelm Zeller Axis Capital Board of [...]
Farmers Insurance said “Coverages Right Fit” for consumers in New Ad Campaign Featuring Renown Actor / director Edward James Olmos
Farmers Insurance Group announced it has launched its latest Hispanic ad campaign called “force field” which includes television, radio and rich media – all produced by the U.S. Hispanic agency Accentmarketing. Force Field ‘is a visual representation of finding the right person when it comes to providing personalized insurance coverage that you need for each [...]
Health Net of the Northeast Awarded Excellent “NCQA accreditation”
Health Net of Northeast, Inc., a subsidiary of Health Net, Inc. has announced that the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) has awarded an accreditation status of “Excellent” for service and clinical quality of Health Net line of commercial Northeast HMO products and cashing in Connecticut, New Jersey and New York. The accreditation is effective [...]
National Brokerage Consortium (NBC) Approves AgencyWorks
After a thorough review of the agency multiple platforms management AgencyWorks receives formal approval from National Brokerage Consortium (NBC) as the platform of choice for all members of the NBC. According to NBC Secretary Pete Cane, “Worldwide, the insurance companies are looking for efficiency with national marketing (NMOS), they treat. If one takes a NMO [...]
Jenkins Insurance Group Welcomes Scott W. Reynolds
ENKINS Insurance Group, an affiliated agency Leavitt Group is pleased to announce the hiring of Scott W. Reynolds as vice chairman. Scott Jenkins lead new practice energy with a focus on renewable energy industry. Reynolds has been in the insurance industry for 28 years with extensive experience in the field of energy. He was previously [...]
United America Indemnitration Poy Group Goes Live With Administlicy Duck Creek Technologies Solution
Duck Creek Technologies, Inc. a leading provider of software solutions and services for the insurance industry, announced today that United America Indemnity Group, Inc. ( “USA”) has implemented the policy Duck Creek solution Board for a number of ISO’s Commercial Lines products. The PA-based carrier began operations in six months with a personalized product Vacant [...]
