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Federal Court Approves MBF, BUPA Merger: Health insurer MBF Australia Ltd and BUPA Australia Health Pty Ltd have received the green light from the Federal Court of Australia to combine their businesses.On Monday, MBF policyholders voted in favour of the $2.4 billion friendly takeover by BUPA Australia, the domestic arm of the British owned BUPA...; Tags: AAP, Australian Associated Press Pty Ltd., Merger, Policyholder, Mergers & Acquisitions, Insurance, Benefits, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Human Resources, Enterprise Software, Software; News items 2008-05-14
Grant Kenny Buys Private Aviation Firm: Olympian and former ironman Grant Kenny has acquired Western Australia's largest privately owned aviation company, Slingair Heliwork WA, in a multi-million transaction.The Kununurra-headquartered company comprises two divisions, Slingair fixed-wing aircraft and Heliwork WA helicopters.It provides scenic air tours and safaris, and operates charter services, such as mining exploration and...; Tags: AAP, East Coast, Acquisition, Australian Associated Press Pty Ltd., Aircraft, Business, Aerospace & Defense, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Manufacturing, Investment, Finance, Business Operations; News items 2008-05-06
Debt Cancellation Product Poised for Takeoff: Credit insurance may be soon replaced by debt cancellation agreements on a variety of consumer loans. A debt cancellation agreement is a loan product instead of an insurance product, and eliminates the need for the insurance company. Banks are also letting customers suspend their loans upon disability, involuntary unemployment or...; Tags: Financial Planning, insurance, consumer loan, credit insurance, bank, agreement; White papers
Guaranteed Investment Funds: Transamerica Life Canada today unveiled 20 innovative guaranteed investment solutions that offer Canadians the opportunity to grow and preserve their capital. imaxxGIF is a range of optimized guaranteed investment funds GIFs, asset allocation GIFs, and guaranteed investment portfolios GIPs to suit the financial planning needs of every investor. Transamerica has...; Tags: Financial accounting, Asset management, Investment, Transamerica Corp., financial planning, asset allocation, financial, asset, market capitalization, advisor, income; White papers
Asset Allocation and Mutual Funds: Asset allocation is the current rage of the mutual fund industry. In its simplest terms, asset allocation refers to the process of adjusting the relative proportion of different asset classes in an investment portfolio. Precisely because it is so popular, the merits of asset allocation tend to be accepted uncritically....; Tags: Asset management, Mutual funds, Investment, asset allocation, asset class, asset, volatility, mutual fund, allocation; White papers

Corporate Governance Guidelines-NATIONAL-OILWELL INC.: This is a Corporate Governanace guidelines of National-oilwell, inc. By adopting these Guidelines, the Board of Directors of the Company has committed to promote: Transparency in reporting the company's financial condition and results of operations, compliance with not only the literal requirements but also the Company's perception of the intended...; Tags: corporate governance, compliance, financial; White papers
Experienced Entrepreneurs Rely On SCORE Advice To Strengthen Their Start-Up: Frank Batsche and Frank Geers already had a wealth of business experience when they teamed up to form Harris Hawk LLC, a company that helps other firms with their promotional and fulfillment programs. Batsche, Harris Hawk's president, had already established and operated successful insurance and real estate investment firms. Despite...; Tags: Financial services, budgeting, real estate, insurance, finance, knowledge; Case studies
Other Laws Assisting Creditors And Bankruptcy: The bankruptcy system facilitates orderly resolution of debts. It signals a fresh ‘start’ for the debtor. At the same time, it has a number of cons too. These include encouragement of poor financial decisions and provision of room for system abuse. The paper examines these issues and discusses some approaches...; Tags: Litigation, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, bankruptcy, creditor, financial; Presentations
SWOT Analysis: The external environment of a firm consists of the moves and the strategies adopted by its rival firms. It is imperative for the firm to conduct external analysis and ascertain opportunities and threats prevalent in its external environment. Having done this, the firm can devise suitable strategies to exploit the...; Tags: SWOT analysis, environment, analysis, strategy, tool; Presentations
Don't Let Airline Troubles Ground Your Business: 6 Tips: News from the airline industry has been anything but uplifting with bankruptcies, labor disputes, consolidations and liquidations populating the headlines. Small businesses are becoming increasingly dependent on commercial airlines. For some businesses, almost all of travel is done by plane. Your business doesn't have to stop when an airline folds....; Tags: Microsoft Corp., online meeting, bankruptcy, small business, credit card; White papers
A Place To Go For An Expansion Loan: SBA 504 Program: The U.S. Small Business Administration's 504 Loan Program can be used only for purchasing heavy equipment and other assets, expanding or improving an existing facility, or purchasing real estate and building a new facility. These parameters make the 504 program a better deal for existing businesses than startups. The typical...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., borrower, real estate, asset; White papers
4 Ways To Protect Your Network Data: You have auto and homeowner's insurance. But what about your computer data? The precautions needed to protect against disaster are like an insurance policy. You may not necessary ever need it but when you do, you're sure glad that you have it. You'll sleep easier knowing your data is safe....; Tags: Financial Planning, Microsoft Corp., insurance, network, computer; White papers
Performance Attribution and Style Analysis: From Mutual Funds to Hedge Funds: Sharpe (1992) proposed an asset class factor model for performance attribution and style analysis of mutual fund managers. The elegance of Sharpe's (1992) intuition was demonstrated empirically by showing that only a limited number of major asset classes were required to successfully replicate the performance of an extensive universe of...; Tags: Mutual funds, Retirement plans, Asset management, Investment, Duke University, asset class, mutual fund, asset, performance, analysis, hedge fund; White papers
The Lowdown on Life Insurance Medical Exams: You will probably be asked to have a medical examination when you apply for life insurance, depending on your age and the amount of insurance you're buying. This can include a basic physical exam, urine specimen, blood work, EKG, and X-ray. For high amounts of life insurance, such as $2,500,000...; Tags: Financial Planning, Yahoo! Inc., life insurance, insurance, health care; White papers
The New Beat of Equity Derivatives: This paper outlines an article on equity derivatives which are capturing the spotlight with an attractive combination of risk-mitigation and yield-enhancement features. The problem insurers face, however, is that they must put aside higher reserves against equity investment. This basic variation on the principal-protected structure involves an issuer who needs...; Tags: Investment, Financial services, equity, insurance company, insurance, equity investment, bank; White papers
Architecture for an Emergency Lane on the NII: Crisis Information Management: The national information infrastructure NII with its new information technologies, properly applied, has the ability to greatly improve disaster preparation and response, thereby reducing the cost of these operations. Within this paper suggestion have been made to build a command and control, computing, communications, and intelligence (C4I) system for civilian...; Tags: Strategy, National Academy of Sciences, crisis management, information management, information technology, network; White papers
How Much Reinsurance Do You Really Need? A Case Study: This paper, guides the reader through the steps of restructuring an existing traditional reinsurance program using quantitative models of the risks. This is done by means of a case study in which concrete insurance lines are analyzed in a sample portfolio. The use of a model helps in understanding the...; Tags: reinsurance, risk-based capital, insurance; Case studies
Weldon Technologies, Inc.: Delivering Configurable Warning Lights With SolidWorks: Weldon Technologies, Inc., a leading manufacturer of illuminating devices and electrical control systems for specialty vehicles, recognized the need to streamline its design process to solidify its technical leadership position in the specialty lighting market. Specifically, the company needed to deploy parametric optical design and assembly configurations to introduce a...; Tags: SolidWorks Corp., modeling, 3D, leadership; Case studies
The Fair Value Approach in International Insurance Accounting: A proposed new standard for insurance accounting for assets and liabilities would, in case it is adopted, radically change insurance accounting reporting practices.The increased complexity of insurance-related products and the lack of transparency in the financial reporting of insurance are drawing the attention of regulators. Insurance regulators and accounting bodies...; Tags: Financial Planning, Operational accounting, insurance, accounting, financial reporting, asset, financial, industry; White papers
Asset Verification Using ADC's Network and Inventory Audit Services.: This case study briefs about Asset management. A major U.S. interexchange carrier needs to verify the accuracy of its asset-management database. Using ADC's Network and Inventory Audit service, the carrier had an accurate representation of it's asset-management database to its actual physical inventory, from which it could determine whether to...; Tags: ADC Telecommunications Inc., asset, carrier, asset management, audit, database, network; Case studies