New company acquires National Underwriter Co.Highline Media (New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of ), a new company formed by Spire Capital Partners and headed by financial publishing veteran Andrew Goodenough, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire The National Underwriter underwriter n. a company or person which/who underwrites an insurance policy, issue of corporate securities, business, or project. (See: underwrite) UNDERWRITER, insurances. One who signs a policy of insurance, by which he becomes an insurer. Company (NUCO NUCO National Underwriter Company (Erlanger, Kentucky publisher) NUCO NATO Uniform Code for Operations ; Erlanger, KY). No terms were given. Highline Media was represented in the deal by Eugene Simonoff & Associates (New York). Established in 1897, NUCO is a publisher and information services See Information Systems. company that focuses on the insurance industry. The company publishes two weekly newsmagazines for the property/ casualty (National Underwriter P&C; mostly--controlled circulation of 48,800) and life/health (National Underwriter Life & Health; mostly-controlled circulation of 62,800) sectors of insurance carrying the National Underwriter brand. The company also publishes Claims, a monthly magazine for 10,000 claims executives, Tech Decisions, a monthly for 18,500 IT insurance professionals, a regional monthly, Florida Underwriter, and an e-newsletter published 25 times a year, TechDecisions eNews. The company's Professional Publishing Group produces subscription-based information products, including its Fire, Casualty and Surety bulletins covering developments in insurance policy application and legal interpretation, and its TaxFacts annuals. NUCO also produces the annual "ACE/SCLA" claims conference and the "TechDoc" technology event. Highline said it plans to use NUCO as a base from which to build a "multi-market, multi-product b2b publishing and related media company," including magazines, newsletters, conferences, trade shows, web sites and books. The company intends to acquire and launch publishing assets in the 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. , insurance and ral estate fields. Goodenough was most recently president of Thomson's Financial Publishing and Conferences Group, the producer of such titles as American Banker American Banker is a daily newspaper covering the financial services industry. Founded in 1835 and based in New York, American Banker's 70 reporters and editors in six cities monitor developments and breaking news affecting banks. , US Banker, Bank Technology News and Credit Union Journal. |
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