M&As

• Pegasystems Will Acquire Chordiant Software March 16, 2010 Under the terms of the agreement, Pegasystems will make a cash tender offer of $5.00 per share for all outstanding shares of Chordiant common stock for a total purchase price of up to approximately $161.5 million.
• Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society Renews Contract with Sapiens March 12, 2010 News Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society renews contract with Sapiens; $7 million, five-year deal involves support services for closed books.
• Top Prudential Investors Warm to Giant AIA Deal March 11, 2010 News Major shareholders in Britain's Prudential are warming to the insurer's $35.5 billion bid for AIG's Asian business following meetings with chief executive Tidjane Thiam, investor sources said.
• UK's Prudential Aims to Shore Up Bumper Cash Call March 08, 2010 News Insurer Prudential took steps to underpin its record-breaking rights issue by bringing forward plans for an Asian listing, while launching a round of meetings aimed at winning over skeptical investors in Britain.


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• AIG Posts $8.9 Billion Loss, But Chartis Unit Improves
• Fed Officials Take Aim at Reform Plans News
• XL Insurance Appoints Seraina Maag Chief Executive for North America Property & Casualty News
• Virtual Roundtable: Profiting in Emerging Markets Industry Opinion
• China Market Opportunities Obscured by Language Barrier Industry Opinion
• Emerging Markets in Dire Need of Insurance Expertise Industry Opinion
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• Developing Markets Require Unique Insurance Products Industry Opinion
• Insurers View Growth Pronouncements with Bemused Realism Editors Opinion
• Allianz Life's Dulka Runs Infrastructure to Meet the Pace of Change
• iPipeline Launches e-Policy News
• Lawson Announces Acquisition of Healthvision Solutions
• IBM to Acquire Lombardi News
• IT Investment to the Rescue
• Charles Cornelio Named President of Defined Contribution at Lincoln Financial Group
• AEGON UK Names Mark Laidlaw Chief Risk Officer and Bill Robertson to Finance Director News
• Meeting Regulatory and Compliance Requirements Top 2010 Priority in Insurance: DTCC Study News
• Banner Life Selects iPipeline's iGO e-App Drop Ticket for Life Business News
• Novarica: More Insurance Software M&A in 2010
• Unirisx and IDP Form Strategic Alliance To Create Unirisx Integrated Solution
• Sword Group Acquires AgencyPort News
• Independence Blue Cross Appoints Lauren O'Brien VP, Chief Accounting Officer News
• AXA Equitable Launches Free iPhone Apps Designed to Help Women Track Financial Goals
• Virtusa Acquires InSource News
• Mitchell Acquires Scene Genesis News
• Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Selects Medversant's OneSource Provider Data Credentialing Solution News

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