Last Spring, CNA announced commercial real estate and property owners as a part of its targeted Middle Market focus class initiative. Today, the global insurer reinforces commercial real estate as a core industry appetite with the announcement of new coverage and service enhancements, further positioning CNA as a premier carrier for these businesses. “We’ve seen strong new business growth with this business since we launched it earlier this...
The PMI Group, Inc. announced today that it will host an Investor Conference on Thursday, December 4, 2008 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. EST at the Hilton New York in New York City. The purpose of the Investor Conference is for PMI executives to communicate the Company’s strategy and operational highlights to its shareholders. If you are unable to attend the conference, a live webcast of PMI’s presentation will be available at its website...
North American design firm Stantec announced it has offered to acquire Jacques Whitford, an environmental consulting services firm with more than 1,700 employees and 40 offices principally in Canada. The company’s trailing twelve month gross revenue is approximately C$230.0 million and net revenue is about C$170.0 million. The transaction, expected to be completed in January 2009, is subject to satisfactory due diligence, regulatory approvals,...
Property insurance information provider MSB and contents valuation provider Enservio deliver good news to the property insurance industry. Today the companies announce an alliance for delivering contents valuations for property claims through electronic integration between MSB’s IntegriClaim® property claim estimating solution and Enservio’s contents claims management process. Property insurers leveraging IntegriClaim’s Administrator...
Merrill Corporation, a leading global provider of technology-enabled services for the legal, financial, health care, real estate and other corporate markets, announced that its electronic data discovery (EDD) solution, including consulting, forensics investigation, data acquisition, processing and Merrill’s Lextranet® case management and review tool, earned a top-tier position in the Am Law 13th Annual Technology Survey of Am Law 200 firms. “We’re...
Regions Financial Corporation (NYSE:RF) announced that it has reached out to over 103,000 residential first mortgage and home equity customers in the first year of its program to help customers avoid hardship. As a result, Regions has taken steps including renegotiating the terms of mortgages, keeping families in their homes and allowing the company to maintain a foreclosure rate of less than one percent for residential first mortgages. “We have...
The following statement was issued by Scott Syphax, president and CEO of the Nehemiah Corporation of America, in response to Congressional Testimony from Sheila Bair, Chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) this week. Ms. Bair stressed the overwhelming strain foreclosures are putting on families and communities across the country. “As families and communities struggle under the overwhelming weight of foreclosures, it is imperative...
Oakwood Worldwide, the leading, global temporary housing provider, helps take the hassle out of locating temporary housing for displaced homeowners affected by the fires throughout California. Oakwood Worldwide is helping families find furnished apartments and homes with immediate occupancy, giving them a home-away-from-home feel along with expert assistance in working through the payment and reservation details with their insurance companies. “Doing...
Deep Down, Inc. announced unaudited results for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2008, on Form 10-Q filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2008 increased $6.8 million to $11.7 million, a 140% increase over the same three-month period in 2007. The increase in revenue included $8.5 million from the acquisitions of Mako and Flotation, while our historical service lines...
With a new administration, Washington, DC is in the midst of a housing transition and Marriott ExecuStay is ready with nearly 500 corporate apartments throughout the Washington, DC metropolitan area. A leader in corporate housing, Marriott ExecuStay has already begun assisting members of the transition teams with their temporary housing needs. Washington, DC is the largest corporate housing market in the country and with the administration change...