total of its parts. AIG was founded by‚ American Cornelius Vander Starr in 1919 as a general insurance agency‚ American Asiatic Underwriters (AAU)‚ in Shanghai‚ China. Business developed quickly‚ and after two years‚ a Life Coverage Operation was shaped. By the late 1920s‚ AAU had branches all through China and Southeast Asia‚ including the Philippines‚ Indonesia‚ and Malaysia. In 1926‚ Mr. Starr opened his first office in the United States‚ American International Underwriters Corporation (AIU). In 1939
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UNIT - 3 Electronic Payment System Contents • What is E-payment? • Types of E-payment Systems • Digital Token-based Electronic Payment Systems • Smart Cards & Electronic Payment Systems • Credit Card-based Electronic Payment Systems • Risk & Electronic Payment Systems • Designing Electronic Payment System What is E-payment ? • E-payment systems is the mechanism of transferring money over the Internet and technology used in this transfer is called as EFT. • EFT defined as “ any transfer of fund initiated
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Case Study #3: Contract for the International Sale of Goods A chip off the new block Semicontronics is an Australian manufacturing company that has been in the business of semi manufactured electronics for over a decade. Semicontronics has a solid reputation for meeting customer demands for quality products on time and on budget. The majority of Semicontronics customers are international‚ mid-market manufacturing companies that produce generic electronics such as cell phones‚ digital media
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Electronic voting systems Can they hack it‚ or can they be hacked? The incredible advances of technology and computing in our society over the last few decades has touched every aspect of our lives‚ from schools to businesses‚ from controlling traffic lights on the streets to keeping our airplanes from going bump in the night. Technology has managed to make the little tasks of life easier‚ while making the big picture so much more complex than ever before. We have sought to develop technology
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hospital. Now patients are able to skip those steps because of electronic medical records. But what exactly are manual medical records and electronic records? According to Merriam-Webster‚ medical records are a record of a patient ’s medical information (as medical history‚ care or treatments received‚ test results‚ diagnoses‚ and medications taken). Electronic medical records are digital medical records that either originates from an electronic format or is converted from paper or hard copy to an online
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[pic] LEADERSHIP AT AIG: DOES STYLE MATTER? Case Overview This case deals with executive leadership styles. In particular‚ this case deals with American International Group‚ the world’s insurance company‚ and its CEO Maurice “Hank” Greenberg. Greenberg‚ an autocratic leader‚ was recently deposed by his board of directors after problems emerged regarding possible earning manipulation. It describes his leadership style‚ reasons his two sons (former employees) left the company‚ and Martin
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1919‚ when American Cornelius Vander Starr established a general insurance agency‚ American Asiatic Underwriters‚ in Shanghai‚ China. Since then‚ an enterprising spirit‚ ingenuity‚ and tenacity have built the company into one of the world’s leading insurers. Today‚ AIG is focused on what it has been known for since the beginning: the willingness and ability to provide insurance coverage to meet the diverse needs of its clients. American International Group‚ Inc. (AIG) is an international insurance
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Electronic Health Records: Are They Worth the Risk? October 18‚ 2009 Health care is a hot topic in today’s society- everything from reforming the industry so that people are not denied health coverage to finding ways that patients’ medical records can be accessed electronically for more convenience. Moreover‚ epidemics such as HIV/AIDS spotlights the issues surrounding public health agencies use of maintenance and storage of electronic health records (EHR). Myers‚ Frieden‚ Bherwani‚
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head: AIG BAILOUT AIG Bailout Clari McGougan‚ Shawna Wilson‚ Keasha Kessler‚ Lashonda Edwards‚ Dale Ballard‚ and Michael Baltzelle University of Phoenix AIG Bailout The main ethics categories and theories involved in the American International Group (AIG) bailout are duty based ethics which has its pros and cons‚ and the theory is deontological which puts the rightness of an action before good. The pros of duty based ethics are equal rights are important to every person‚ and duty
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without a downside though. With these electronic technologies becoming cheaper and more expendable it creates a situation where the disposal of these electronics. Electronic waste problems are not just of where you dispose of it‚ but also how it effects the area around the dump site. Studies have shown that‚ “heavy metals pollution of groundwater‚ soil‚ and plants is an issue of environmental concern‚ especially when e-waste is involved”(Olafisoye‚ 7). With electronic waste continuing to grow this pollution
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