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AM Best affirms credit ratings of Wilton Re Ltd and its subsidiaries

OLDWICK, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A+ (Superior) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICR) of “aa-” of the life/health subsidiaries of Wilton Re Ltd (Nova Scotia, Canada), collectively known as Wilton Re. AM Best

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AM Best downgrades credit ratings of Globe Life Inc. and its subsidiaries

OLDWICK, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AM Best has downgraded the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) to A (Excellent) from A+ (Superior) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICR) to “a+” from “aa-” of the key life/health subsidiaries of Globe Life Inc. (formerly Torchmark Corporation) (Globe

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AM Best: India non-life market facing challenges (AM BestTV)

OLDWICK, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–In this episode of AMBestTV, Myles Gould, director, analytics, and Yuan Tian, senior financial analyst, both of AM Best, said that competition, poor pricing discipline and investments challenge the India non-life market. Click on http://www.ambest.com/v.asp?v=india620 to view the entire program.

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AM Best removes from under review with developing implications and affirms credit ratings of National Lloyds Insurance Company and American Summit Insurance Company

OLDWICK, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AM Best has removed from under review with developing implications and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings of “a” of National Lloyds Insurance Company (NLIC) and American Summit Insurance Company (ASIC), collectively

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IEEE-ISTO Printer Working Group (PWG) announces updated Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) extensions to support additive manufacturing/3D Printing and a specification for Safe G-Code that avoids 3D printing commands with safety or security concerns

PISCATAWAY, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The IEEE-ISTO Printer Working Group (PWG) has released IPP 3D Printing Extensions v1.1 (PWG 5100.21-2019) and PWG Safe G-Code Subset for 3D Printing v1.0 Best Practices (PWG 5199.7-2019). These documents build on previously defined extensions to the Internet Printing Protocol

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Humanigen expands partnership with Catalent biologics to manufacture investigational COVID-19 therapeutic candidate lenzilumab

Humanigen’s investigational monoclonal antibody, lenzilumab, was developed using Catalent’s proprietary GPEx® cell line development technology Expanded partnership established product supply for lenzilumab, an investigational Phase 3 product for COVID-19 Catalent’s OneBio® integrated biologics suite expected to accelerate development, manufacturing and supply of

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Topcon acquires Henson perimeter business

Company Adds Leading Perimetry Screening Devices to Its Global Product Portfolio NEWBURY, United Kingdom–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#SeeingEyeHealthDifferently–Topcon Healthcare, a leading provider of medical devices and software solutions for the global eye care community, announced today that it has acquired the Henson line of perimetry