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ACE Limited announced the leadership team it intends to appoint for the Latin America region of the new Chubb Group’s Overseas General Insurance division, which includes Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, México, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Central America and the...

Yesterday, Dallas, Texas based Christus Health announced the signing of an agreement with Cali based Grupo Empresarial Coomeva Cooperativa Medica (Coomeva) in Colombia that will lead to definitive agreements in early 2016. Discussions began two years ago between Christus Health,...

The availability of wireless networks will be key for future development of Machine to Machine (M2M) connections in Latin America – and everywhere else. According to research done on behalf of 4G Americas by Machina Research, in 2014 there were 14.6 million M2M IoT (Internet of...

Global law firm Baker & McKenzie has launched the Cross Border M&A Index, a study in conjunction with Merger Market, which forecasts a 10% growth in cross border M&A transactions driven primarily by the US, EU, and Asian markets. Still, of the $375 billion (USD)...

This week, Corferias, Bogotá’s flagship convention facility, is host to TecnoMultimedia InfoComm Colombia; Colombia’s combined electronics and multimedia trade show. The event combines academic courses from InfoComm International along with the CEDIA (Custom Electronic Design...

According to ANATO, the Colombian Association of Travel Agencies and Tourism, the US continues to be the top international travel destination for Colombians, a position it has held for almost a decade. The most popular travel packages are trips to Orlando and New York Cit...

In the last 12 months, just 20 percent of cell phone users in Colombia have changed their provider, followed by 19 percent in Brazil and Mexico, 17 percent in Chile and Peru, and just nine percent in Argentina. Across Latin American countries, only 20 percent or less of cell...

Medellín based Grupo SURA´s insurance and risk management subsidiary, Suramericana S.A., has announced that it has reached a definite agreement to acquire RSA Insurance Group PLC´s operations in Latin America, for a total of £403 million British pounds, representing COP 1.91...

Washington DC based Blackboard today announced the acquisition of Bogota based Moodle solutions provider Nivel Siete. By merging, the two companies expect to be able to offer more services and solutions to organizations that leverage Moodle, and support a greater number of...

The international division of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (NYSE: AJG) has announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire a controlling stake in the Colombian retail insurance broker Guianza S.A. Corredores de Seguros (Guianza), subject to regulatory approval. The...