Informa Group acquires Evandale Publishing.In its third major acquisition this year, the international Informa Group, based in London, recently purchased Evandale Publishing from founder Chris Morrison. Evandale, also based in London, publishes seven newsletters, two directories, and a subscription-based web service in the international 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. industries. It also publishes specialized information for European retailers. Evandale titles include The Re Report (founded in 1980, 24x, $1,620/year, providing reinsurance The contract made between an insurance company and a third party to protect the insurance company from losses. The contract provides for the third party to pay for the loss sustained by the insurance company when the company makes a payment on the original contract. news), Insurance Fax Daily (1992, $3,220/year), Insurance Direct Interactive (1994, 24x, $1,250/year), Virtual Finance International (1996, 24x, $975/year), Retail Finance Direct (1995, 24x, $1,010/year), European Retail (1989, 24x, $1,350/year), Global Retail 24 (1999, daily, $2,540/year), Evandale Insurance Online, and Evandale's Directory of World Underwriters. NL/NL was unable to reach Morrison either by telephone or e-mail, reportedly because the sale has afforded him time for an extended vacation. He will remain in the newsletter business. The Evandale titles and staff will become part of the Informa Professional division of the Informa Group, under the guidance of Insurance publishing director Fiona Gibson. Informa was created in 1998 with the merger of IBC IBC International Building Code IBC Iraq Body Count IBC Institutional Biosafety Committee IBC Inflammatory Breast Cancer IBC International Business Company IBC Independence Blue Cross IBC Insurance Bureau of Canada IBC International Broadcasting Convention Group plc and LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol Group plc, both listed on the London Stock Exchange London Stock Exchange London marketplace for securities. It was formed in 1773 by a group of stockbrokers who had been doing business informally in local coffeehouses. . LLP was the publishing division of the Lloyds insurance market until 1985 when it was subject to a management buy-out. Informa, which posted revenues of [pound]297 million in 2000 (up 30 percent from [pound]228 million in 1999), produces more than 1,500 publishing products going to more than 80,000 subscribers, as well as 3,500 conferences attended by more than 150,000 delegates, in 188 countries from a base of more than 50 offices in 18 countries in the U.K., North and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , the Middle East, Asia, and Australia. Its primary areas of focus are Telecoms & Media, Maritime & Transport, Finance & Insurance, Commodities & Energy, Law & Tax, and Biomedical bi·o·med·i·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to biomedicine. 2. Of, relating to, or involving biological, medical, and physical sciences. & Pharmaceutical. Informa chairman is Peter Rigby, and chief executive is David Gilbertson. |
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