In 1995, there were 18 companies that had at least 2% market share of reinsurance capacity. However, in 2004 only seven of these companies still provide capacity; the others have been sold, exited the market entirely or simply ceased writing new business. In several instances, these decisions were made by...
The client is one of the nation's largest diversified financial services organizations providing community, corporate and wholesale banking; wealth and asset management. The challenge was to reduce the deal cycle time of commercial loans while maintaining appropriate levels of compliance and risk management. The company offered the client a deal...
In a stylized model of biopharmaceutical contract manufacturing, this paper shows how the potential for renegotiation influences the optimal structure of supply contracts, investments in innovation and capacity, the way scarce capacity is allocated, and firms' resulting profits. Two buyers contract for capacity with a common manufacturer. Then the buyers...
In this paper we consider a make-to-stock production system whose permanent production capacity can be increased temporarily by making use of some contingent resources, while this capacity acquisition has a constant lead time associated with it. We present a model where the capacity management problem is handled in an integrated...
After years of nightmarish increases, the price of Directors and Officers (D&O) insurance softened in the third quarter of 2004 and continued to drift down through the fourth quarter. Premiums stabilized this year and may head up again in 2006. But in the meantime, CFOs have an opportunity to field...
Terrorism risks are now a common exclusion on property and liability insurance policies. Specific terrorism insurance, with respect both to physical damage and/or extortion, is available in the marketplace. Capacity is limited and pricing high although dropping; extortion coverage is quite cheap. The article briefs on various topics: Terrorism Insurance,...
Although they focus on the big picture, high level supply chain models cannot gloss over the capacity of production nodes to meet production allocations. Capacity is not simply a reflection of equipment production rates. Short runs drive down utilization by increasing total time lost to changeovers. Multistage plants require coordination...
Two of the largest airlines in the US lost a combined $2.5bn (1.25bn) in the second quarter, as rising jet fuel prices and restructuring costs hobbled their operations. American Airlines and Delta said they would ground additional planes and cut even more flights in their attempt to...
NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT-16 July 2008-Nokia Siemens Networks to supply its radio access solution to Telefonica O2 GermanyC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Finnish telecomms infrastructure company Nokia Siemens Networks, owned by the Finnish telecomms solutions provider Nokia (NYSE:NOK) and the German electrical engineering and electronics company Siemens, said on...
Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) today announced newenhancements to its innovative Internet Protocol over densewavelength-division multiplexing IPoDWDM technology, which helps enableservice providers deliver a wide array of services to their businesses andconsumers. Cisco pioneered the technology on its Cisco® Carrier RoutingSystem (CRS-1), the core platform for the Cisco IP Next-Generation Network(IP...
NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT-15 July 2008-Componenta Corporation to build aluminium production plant in TurkeyC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Finnish component supplier Componenta Corporation (OMX Helsinki: CTH1V) said on Tuesday (15 July) that it will double its production capacity of aluminium components to 25,000 ton/year by building a green field...
NSR today released its newest market surveyand forecast report: "China Satellite Markets: Assessment of CommercialSatellite Transponder Demand in China, Hong Kong and Macau." This studyoffers the most in-depth and detailed assessment of commercial C- andKu-band transponder demand in China available to the industry and drillsdown into the details of the...
WINDSOR, Conn. -- Barnes Aerospace, a business unit of Barnes Group Inc. (NYSE: B) and a global jet engine component overhaul and repair service company, has doubled the size of its MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) business in Singapore. This expansion substantially increases the Company's footprint in the Asian aftermarket...
BROOMFIELD, Colo. -- Plasmon (LSE:PLM), the trusted source in archiving systems, today announced that Health Management Associates, Inc. (NYSE: HMA), a premier operator of acute care hospitals, selected Plasmon as its archival storage provider and has plans to implement Plasmon solutions across many of its 57 hospitals. HMA...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MIPS Technologies, Inc. , a leading provider of industry-standard architectures, processors and analog IP for digital consumer, home networking, wireless, communications and business applications, today announced the appointment of John Derrick as chief operating officer, effective immediately, reporting to John Bourgoin, CEO....
NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT-14 July 2008-Nokia Siemens Networks wins EUR72m contract in TaiwanC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Finnish telecomms infrastructure company Nokia Siemens Networks, owned by the Finnish telecomms solutions provider Nokia (NYSE:NOK) and the German electrical engineering and electronics company Siemens, said on Monday (14 July) that the...
Some days you just don't know where to start. Looking back over the last few weeks, I couldn't decide which bit of bad news about the airline business to focus on. So instead, let's look first at some good news for those who fly. Here's one bit: Your flights...
To Close El Progreso, Honduras Plant, Restructure Choloma, Honduras, and Mexican Locations to Adjust Capacity to Demand PITTSBURGH -- Alcoa (NYSE:AA) today announced that its Alcoa Electrical and Electronic Systems AEES business has initiated a restructuring of its Honduran and Mexican operations serving the North American auto market...
TOKYO AFP — Japan's Nissan Motor Co. and its Chinese partner Dongfeng Motor Corp. plan to build a new engine factory in central China, a newspaper reported on Saturday. The two firms will jointly invest more than 24 billion yen (224 million dollars) in construction of the new...
TELECOMWORLDWIRE-11 July 2008-ACS opens new call centre facility in JamaicaC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Affiliated Computer Services Inc ACS (NYSE: ACS), a provider of business process outsourcing and information technology solutions, announced on Thursday (10 July) that the company has opened a new call centre facility in Jamaica....
