Last word: Spare a thought for Obama
I don’t know if you have been following the US healthcare debate with interest but in case you haven’t this is a very brief summary of Preisdent Obama’s speech to Congress in September. His aim was... [more]
NEWS IN BRIEF
Japan's Meiji Yasuda Life... is to merge two of its group asset management firms from October 1 2010. MDAM Asset Management and Yasuda Asset Management will be combined into Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co, headed by current... [more]
Lloyd's & London market insurance news
LEVENE CALLS INDIA
Lloyd's chairman Lord Levene has called India one of the most protectionist countries in the insurance industry in Asia, and said that it is "the one place I would complain about", reports the Financial Times . Speaking in... [more]
Risk management insurance news
Appointments: Gravitas names Gusick head of systems integration
Gravitas Technology, the alternative investment systems provider, has appointed managing director Robert Gusick to a newly created position leading the firm's Software Development and Systems Integration groups. Gusick joined Gravitas in 2009 and previously headed the company's Software... [more]
Redundancies at recession-hit Bupa
Bupa may make more than 100 members of staff redundant as part of a restructuring of its UK business, a spokesman confirmed this morning. A 90 day collective consultation process is underway in a bid to minimise job losses. Financial... [more]
