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Main Street Takes over Westfield's Personal Lines Business in Delaware Westfield Insurance will transfer its personal lines business in Delaware to The Main Street America Group's NGM Insurance Co., Main Street said. Westfield, which is headquartered in Westfield ... January 07, 2009 7:10 AM Aon Completes Sale of Auto Insurance Specialists to Mercury General Chicago-based insurance broker Aon Corp. has completed the sale of AIS Management, LLC, which is the parent company of Auto Insurance Specialists, LLC, to Mercury General Corp. Aon said it ... January 07, 2009 7:04 AM Huebel Named Catlin Canada Chief Underwriter Catlin Canada Inc., the Canadian operating unit of the Bermuda-based Catlin Group Limited, announced that David Huebel joined the company on January 5, 2009, as Chief Underwriting Officer. He ... January 07, 2009 5:30 AM Garrard to Head Willis Europe; Donovan Named for Australasia Willis Group Holdings announced that Adam Garrard has been appointed CEO of Willis Continental Europe and Bill Donovan has been named to succeed him as CEO for Willis Australasia. The appointments ... January 07, 2009 5:27 AM AIR Worldwide Analyzes Recent Earthquakes in Indonesia According to catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide, a series of strong earthquakes shook the West Papua province of Indonesia this past weekend. The U.S. Geological Survey reported that the ... January 07, 2009 5:23 AM Lloyd's Receives Guernsey General Insurance License Lloyd's announced that it has obtained a license to write direct general insurance business in Guernsey. "Before now Lloyd's has been viewed as a 'Recognized Insurer', which has meant ... January 07, 2009 5:19 AM Australian Wife Charged with Murder for Setting Husband on Fire An Australian woman in Adelaide has been charged with murder after allegedly setting her husband's genitals on fire because she thought he was having an affair. Prosecutors told the Adelaide ... January 07, 2009 5:17 AM Johnstone Joins The Gowrie Group of Cos. Jim Johnstone has joined Westbrook, Conn.-based The Gowrie Group of Cos. as a producer in the Boat/Yacht department. Jim brings deep marine and sailing industry expertise that will enable ... January 06, 2009 8:36 PM Manslaughter Charges Filed in NYC Crane Collapse A contractor was charged with manslaughter Monday for allegedly using worn, fraying safety straps that broke apart and caused a crane to crash down on a Manhattan neighborhood, killing seven ... January 06, 2009 8:34 PM Insurance Charitable Foundation in West Names McDonough Chairman The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation has named Adam McDonough chairman of its Western Division. Adam McDonough is president and CEO of Lockton Insurance Brokers based in San Francisco. ... January 06, 2009 12:56 PM

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Apple disappoints: No Jobs or big news at Macworld (Reuters) Reuters - Apple Inc said on Tuesday it was dropping copy protection from songs sold on the Internet and debuted its slimmest 17-inch laptop yet, but with no dramatic products or master pitchman Steve Jobs, the company's final Macworld performance disappointed Wall Street. January 07, 2009 7:27 AM RI judge hears arguments in music downloading case (AP) AP - A Rhode Island couple whose son is accused of illegally sharing songs online should not be forced to surrender their home computer for inspection because it would violate their right to privacy, their lawyer argued at a federal court hearing Tuesday. January 07, 2009 6:56 AM Digital boom helps British music sales hit record (AFP) AFP - British music sales are booming as young fans increasingly buy songs online rather than illegally downloading them, the country's industry body said Wednesday. January 07, 2009 5:05 AM Internet portals targeted by Chinese crackdown apologise (AFP) AFP - Google and other major Internet sites apologised on Wednesday after the Chinese government accused them of failing to police links on their web pages that could lead to pornographic material. January 07, 2009 4:54 AM Billions at stake as China issues 3G licences (AFP) AFP - China issued long-awaited third-generation mobile phone licences Wednesday, a move that will pour billions of dollars into new networks as consumers buy video- and Internet-enabled handsets. January 07, 2009 3:00 AM Apple cuts copy protection and prices on iTunes (AP) AP - Apple Inc. is cutting the price of some songs in its market-leading iTunes online store to as little as 69 cents and plans to make every track available without copy protection. January 07, 2009 1:36 AM China blogger population exceeds 50 mln: report (AFP) AFP - China now has more than 50 million bloggers as increasing numbers of people seek an outlet for their views, state press reported. January 06, 2009 11:56 PM Chinese net companies apologize for lewd content (Reuters) Reuters - Three Chinese Internet operators have apologized for failing to purge "vulgar" content following a government pledge this week to expose and shut down offending websites. January 06, 2009 11:21 PM Apple to sell copy protection-free songs (Reuters) Reuters - Apple Inc has reached a deal with major record labels to sell digital songs without the copy protection software that had prevented fans from sharing music bought from its iTunes store, the maker of the iPod and iPhone said on Tuesday. January 06, 2009 9:08 PM CheckFree Warns 5 Million Customers After Hack (PC World) PC World - CheckFree and some of the banks that use its electronic bill payment service are notifying more than 5 million customers after criminals took control of several of the company's Internet domains and redirected customer traffic to a malicious Web site hosted in the Ukraine. January 06, 2009 7:40 PM