ABD Insurance and Financial Services Announces Major Advancement in Enhanced Services to Life Sciences Clients and Their Investors.REDWOOD CITY Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. , Calif. -- Leading Technology & Life Sciences Broker Answers Growing Demand for Online Tools to Accommodate and Streamline Specialized spe·cial·ize v. spe·cial·ized, spe·cial·iz·ing, spe·cial·iz·es v.intr. 1. To pursue a special activity, occupation, or field of study. 2. Placement of Foreign Clinical Trials Coverage ABD ABD n. A candidate for a doctorate who has completed all the requirements for the degree, such as courses and examinations, with the exception of the dissertation. [a(ll) b(ut) d(issertation).] Insurance and Financial Services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , a recognized pioneer in delivering comprehensive online Insurance, Risk Management and Employee Benefits support tools through its award-winning CyberSure.com technology platform, announces another advancement in service and support for its Life Sciences clients. ABD's recently launched Life Sciences Unit, under the leadership of Client Services Manager, Wade Geisler and Life Science Services Manager, Cristina Varner, has created an online tool that will assist clients in rapidly determining coverage requirements and expediting the placement of clinical trials coverage anywhere in the world. The process of researching and placing foreign clinical trial coverage is widely considered to be a time consuming, labor-intensive chore. ABD's new life science service advancements -- implemented via CyberSure.com -- are designed to help clients: --Readily access critical country-specific requirements --Complete the required country-specific application --Attach applicable Protocols and Informed Consent Forms required for a quote --Upload the documents to the ABD Life Sciences Unit in order to obtain the desired insurance quotation for Foreign Clinical Trial Insurance "According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the major carriers currently underwriting Underwriting 1. The process by which investment bankers raise investment capital from investors on behalf of corporations and governments that are issuing securities (both equity and debt). 2. The process of issuing insurance policies. Life Science business in the U.S., ABD is the first Broker to design and implement such an innovative and value-added, on-line proposition," stated Brian M. Hetherington, Managing Director of ABD's Technology Services Practice. "We're very excited to be delivering this leading-edge answer to our Life Science clients." ABD clients are pleased, as well. A medical device company who previewed the new offering commented, "The new website is incredibly helpful and convenient to use. It will mitigate much of the back and forth as we can directly fill out the insurance quote application on line and look at requirements country-by-country as we go through the process." A leading provider of global insurance, risk management and employee benefits solutions, ABD serves more than 1,000 life sciences and technology clients. The company recently released CyberSure version 7.0, featuring a new look and feel, improved navigation, enhanced search functionality and value-added content. ABD Insurance and Financial Services, www.cybersure.com ABD provides insurance brokerage, employee benefits consulting and risk management solutions to clients across the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and around the world. Now the 14th largest U.S. retail broker and the nation's number one broker of D&O Liability insurance (Tillinghast Towers Perrin Towers Perrin is a global professional services firm. It was established 1 March 1934 as Towers, Perrin, Forster & Crosby. The umbrella name of Towers Perrin was adopted in 1987. Survey), ABD has 17 major offices in strategic regional business centers across the western United States Noun 1. western United States - the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River West Santa Fe Trail - a trail that extends from Missouri to New Mexico; an important route for settlers moving west in the 19th century and annual revenues of approximately $165 million. ABD is a subsidiary of Greater Bay Bancorp (Nasdaq:GBBK), a financial services holding company. |
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