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Bermuda Concludes Cooperation Agreement with Swiss Regulators The Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) has exchanged Letters of Cooperation with the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA). The Letters "formally establish the basis for consultation, ... March 18, 2010 6:16 AM XL Estimates Chile Quake, Xynthia Losses at $160 to $230 Million XL Capital Ltd's preliminary net loss estimates for the earthquake in Chile and European Windstorm Xynthia indicated they will total between $160 and $230 million. Preliminary loss estimates ... March 18, 2010 6:13 AM SCOR's Preliminary Quake, Storm Loss Estimates Around $130 Million French reinsurer SCOR Group announced that based on preliminary estimates, it expects its related costs from the earthquake in Chile and Windstorm Xynthia to be approximately €95 million ... March 18, 2010 6:09 AM California DOI Launches Twitter Account The California Department of Insurance has launched an official Twitter account, @CDInews. "I am always looking for new ways to reach out to and engage more consumers, and I am glad that we can ... March 17, 2010 11:43 PM California's Crescenta Valley Insurance Self-Brands With Social Media "While young people continue to march toward almost universal adoption of social applications, the most rapid growth occurred among consumers 35 and older. This means the time to build social ... March 17, 2010 11:29 PM Texas' Preferred Personal Insurance Agency Writes More With Social Media Gartner research shows mobile consumers spent $4.2 billion in 2009 at mobile applications stores, and that figure is expected to jump to $30 billion by 2013, said George Redenbaugh, assistant ... March 17, 2010 11:27 PM New York's Bryan Insurance Gets Personal With Social Media There's no better time for insurance agents and brokers to delve into social networking technologies than now, according to those who study marketing and technology trends. More than four in five ... March 17, 2010 11:25 PM Barlocker Insurance Services Adds Booth to Staff Barlocker Insurance Services of Carlsbad, Calif., has added Michele Booth as an account executive. She brings with her 10 years of experience from Marsh Risk & Insurance in San Diego. March 17, 2010 11:05 PM SullivanCurtisMonroe Names Yorke Account Executive SullivanCurtisMonroe has added Christa Yorke as an account executive in its Irvine , Calif., office. Yorke joins SCM from Federated Mutual Insurance in Orange County, Calif., where she was a ... March 17, 2010 10:29 PM Demotech Actuaries Offer Guidance on Florida Insurers' Financial Ratings The actuarial services firm, Demotech, which rates most of Florida's newer and smaller domestic property insurers, has published a position paper outlining its approach to its carrier Financial ... March 17, 2010 4:16 PM

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PayPal to tie up with Chinese partner (AFP) AFP - China's top provider of electronic payment services will tie up with online payment platform PayPal, the two companies said, in a move that will let Chinese customers buy from overseas merchants. March 18, 2010 5:34 AM Apple's Ban on Screen Protectors Makes (Some) Sense (PC World) PC World - Apple is reportedly removing iPhone, iPod, and MacBook screen protectors from its online and retail stores, just a couple of weeks before the iPad hits the stand. March 17, 2010 11:30 PM Twitter Hit by Site Outage (PC World) PC World - Users of popular micro-blogging service Twitter have been unable to access the site since just after 3am GMT Wednesday (11pm EDT/8pm PDT Tuesday). March 17, 2010 10:50 PM FTC Member Rips into Google's Privacy Efforts (PC World) PC World - Several major U.S. Internet companies, including Google and Facebook, need to "step up" and better protect consumer privacy or face tougher penalties from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, a commissioner said Wednesday. March 17, 2010 10:50 PM Child Porn, Drugs Lead Internet Content Complaints in Japan (PC World) PC World - Complaints to a Japanese Internet watchdog regarding illegal content almost doubled in 2009, led by a surge in reports related to child pornography and illegal drugs. March 17, 2010 10:10 PM Report: Google TV Is Coming to Your Living Room (PC World) PC World - Google is working with Intel, Sony, and other partners to develop Google TV, a service aimed at putting the Internet search giant's Web offerings in people's living rooms, the New York Times reported Wednesday. March 17, 2010 10:00 PM Google working with Intel, Sony on TV project: report (Reuters) Reuters - Google Inc is working with Intel Corp and Sony Corp to develop a new class of Internet-enabled televisions and set top boxes, according to a media report. March 17, 2010 8:52 PM New password-stealing virus targets Facebook (Reuters) Reuters - Hackers have flooded the Internet with virus-tainted spam that targets Facebook's estimated 400 million users in an effort to steal banking passwords and gather other sensitive information. March 17, 2010 8:08 PM Google, Intel, Sony team up on Google TV: NY Times (AFP) AFP - Google and Intel have teamed up with Sony to develop a platform called Google TV to bring the Internet to a new generation of televisions and set-top boxes, The New York Times said. March 17, 2010 7:47 PM Viacom-YouTube secrets to be exposed in lawsuit (AP) AP - A legal tussle pitting media conglomerate Viacom Inc. against online video leader YouTube is about to get dirtier as a federal judge prepares to release documents that will expose their secrets and other confidential information. March 17, 2010 7:08 PM