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London, 20 July 2015: Arthur J. Gallagher  (NYSE: AJG) has extended its investment in Latin America by taking a 65% stake in independent Colombian energy and construction specialist ARM Re Ltda. (ARM). Specific terms and pricing of the transaction were not disclosed. Established...

GREENWICH, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–W. R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE:WRB) today announced the formation of Berkley International Seguros Colombia S.A. to provide a full range of commercial insurance products, including construction all risk, surety, general liability,...

Barranquilla based Technoglass (NASDAQ: TGLS) has filed with the SEC a form S-4 proposing to exchange outstanding warrants for ordinary shares. Under the offer, each warrant holder will be able to receive one share in exchange for every 2.6 outstanding warrants. Upon approval,...

Colombians view transactions made through ATMs as more vulnerable to cyberattack than other options like phone banking, credit cards, mobile device payments, and online payments made by computers, according to the results of the Unisys Security Insights survey. When asked to...

A recent study by Baker & McKenzie looking at cross border M&A activity indicates that such deals should continue to increase over the next three years. According to the study, after a long and stuttering recovery from the 2008 global financial crisis, transactional...

South American retailer Cencosud has selected Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS) to offer IT help desk services to internal users in Colombia, Chile, Perú, Brasil, and Argentina. The five year deal represents the first time that Cencosud has signed such a deal with a technology...

Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. (TSX: PRE) (BVC: PREC) today announced that, at the request of ALFA, S.A.B. de C.V and Harbour Energy Ltd. it has terminated the arrangement agreement for a takeover of Pacific Rubiales that was agreed to on May 20, 2015. The purchase price of $6.50...

Surgery sounded like it was going cost Edward Janssen an arm and a leg. Even though he had medical insurance, his deductible created out-of-pocket expenses that would force the 58-year-old construction worker from Kansas to go to great pains to come up with the $80,000 to pay for...

There’s no doubt that shadow IT, the term used to describe the systems and solutions for Information Technology that are installed and used in organizations without the explicit authorization of the company, poses a real and urgent risk to banks. But shadow IT can also be a boon...

Global consulting and research firm Everest Group recently released its Global In-house Center (GIC) Landscape Annual Report 2015, in which it reported that the global services market reached US$150 billion in 2014 and GIC model contributed to 25 percent (US$35-40 billion) of...