Boston, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide announced that Insurance Australia Group (IAG), the largest general insurance company in Australia and New Zealand, has licensed AIR’s new Earthquake Model for New Zealand to help manage its catastrophe risk. AIR Worldwide is a Verisk (Nasdaq:VRSK) business. “This model has been developed to [...]
SEJONG, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s exports to Vietnam and New Zealand rose over the past year to a large extent on the back of the implementation of bilateral free trade pacts amid sluggish global demand, latest customs data showed Monday. Outbound shipments of South Korean-made goods to Vietnam jumped 15.2 percent on-year [...]
ST. PAUL, Minn., Apr. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — H.B. Fuller Company (NYSE:FUL) announced today that it has signed an agreement to purchase Advanced Adhesives, a provider of industrial adhesives in Australia and New Zealand. With fiscal 2015 net revenue of $17 million, this business will be included in H.B. Fuller’s Asia Pacific operating segment. Established [...]
SEJONG, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) - Free trade pacts between South Korea and three of its trading partners – China, Vietnam and New Zealand – went into effect Sunday, raising hopes they could boost trade and economic growth, the government said. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said all three free trade agreements (FTA) that were signed and ratified earlier in the year went [...]
WASHINGTON, DC, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – The New Zealand Government’s signing, today, of the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) has presented a massive opportunity. Sir William Gallagher, CEO and Chairman of the Gallagher Group, is overjoyed at the potential this agreement presents for his global security business. “As with all New [...]
HAMILTON, NEW ZEALAND, Jun. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Gallagher’s security business in Asia is thriving according to Vice President EMEA & Asia, Peter Francis, who this month added more staff to his continually growing team based in Asia. Globally recognised as a leader in the design and manufacture of innovative security solutions, Gallagher has been [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea formally signed a free trade agreement with New Zealand on Monday, the latest in a series of deals Seoul has inked to boost the country’s exports. South Korean President Park Geun-hye and New Zealand Prime Minister John Key observed the signing of a deal after their summit [...]
Seoul, Korea, Jul. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom (NYSE:SKM) today announced that it signed a MOU with Telecom New Zealand for cooperation in business and technology with regard to Internet of Things(IoT). The signing ceremony of the MOU took place in Oakland, New Zealand and was attended by Cho Seung-won, Senior Vice President and [...]
SEOUL, South Korea, Oct 05 (Korea Bizwire) – Hiking on a gigantic glacier hundreds of millions years old, frolicking with seals on the beach, and picnicking like a hobbit. All these sound so otherworldly, but in New Zealand you can do it all with ease and style. The spring has come in this land in [...]