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For the first time in its 300-year history, Lloyd's of London will allow brokers that are based outs

Employers Reinsurance Corp., owned by General Electric Capital, will market and underwrite property/

'At night, bandits could attack a ship 500 yards away and we would know nothing about it.'

It's boom time in Western Europe's container port industry, as box handlers both north and south enj

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The Mediterranean ports of Europe are continuing to attract U.S. shippers with improved labor practi

The National Council on Compensation Insurance Inc. has released an enhanced version of its software

Citing concerns voiced by the victims' relatives, Lloyd's of London has scrapped plans to search the

China says it has completed the feasibility study for a new rail line around the Yangtze River delta

Rates to ship cargoes aboard very-large crude carriers in the Persian Gulf have surged to a 10-year

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The ING Group has brought together the existing reinsurance operations in the United States, Netherl

Opponents of legislation to end antitrust immunity for ocean carriers have been quiet lately. But th

China Ocean Shipping Co., Taiwan's Yang Ming Line and Japan's ''K'' Line have begun their new Asia-U

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Circle International has won a multi-year contract from Xerox Corp. to handle customs clearance for

The first members of a private- and public-sector council established earlier this year to advise th

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Insurance Services Office Inc.FRANK J. COYNE, president, will become ISO's chief executive o

The following tradeleads appear exclusively in print in The Journal of Commerce. The tradeleads are

The north European waterfront has become an unlikely magnet for top global investors seeking a slice

MAY 24, 2000U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

Lufthansa Cargo and Varig Cargo will be integrating their freighter services between Brazil and Germ

Kitty Hawk Inc., the beleaguered overnight air cargo carrier, plans to increase its general freight

The nation's largest organization of importers and exporters has elected a veteran logistics executi

Of the insurance companies striving to do business in China, none has been more vocal and visible th

State Bank of India, the largest commercial bank in India, plans to move into the life insurance bus

Zurich U.S. Marine has established a new Web presence to provide comprehensive marine insurance news

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A new worker safety and health program will help develop ergonomic standards acceptable to the small

using joc chemical pricesMonday: Botanicals-Spices, Balsams-Gums, Waxes, Naval Stores.<

With traffic booming, Hong Kong International Airport is banking on China's admission to the World T

The words railroad and venture capital rarely are used in the same sentence, but four major railroad

MAY 23, 2000U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

A new law, signed by Gov. Parris Glendening last week, lifts restrictions on rate and form filing fo

Rhine Re Group plans to buy Imperial Fire and Marine Re-Insurance Co. for an undisclosed amount.

With the European Union reaching an agreement with China on opening its insurance market further, th

APL Ltd. is creating a new Italian company to facilitate expansion in the Mediterranean.The

Spot price inflation rate smoothed, annualized *2000 High: 92.0