​FREE GLOBAL E-LEARNING ACADEMY LAUNCHED TO SUPPORT WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT

NEW YORK, Oct 1 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Badiri E-Academy, a free, global, multilingual online academy was launched by the Sharjah-based NAMA Women Advancement Establishment on the sidelines of the 73rd United Nations General Assembly session in New York, offering educational resources and professional courses that can be accessed online by anyone around the world.

The move reinforces the United Arab Emirates’ dedication to supporting women and developing practical solutions to overcome the obstacles that hinder their access to knowledge and quality learning.

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Secure domains with trusted Cloudflare Registrar

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 28 (Bernama) --  Cloudflare Inc, the leading Internet performance and security company, has announced early access of Cloudflare Registrar, the first registrar built around trust, security, and fair wholesale pricing.

Cloudflare said in a statement the Registrar is a gift to the Internet. Registrars protect domains from being compromised and their owners from the resulting consequences.

A compromised domain means completely losing security functionality, control over website content and the potential of redirecting web traffic to another IP address, ultimately damaging a brand’s reputation.

The Cloudflare Registrar has built-in two-factor authentication, automatic domain lock, WHOIS privacy protection and security best-practices like automatic DNSSEC -- all at no extra cost.

The marketplace for domain registration has been stagnant and manipulative. Registrars lure customers in with low registration fees and end up charging them extremely high renewal fees.

They also trick users into purchasing services they do not need or charge fees for critical services that are otherwise offered for free, like SSL.

Cloudflare’s Registrar is offering a fairly-priced solution with no markup from wholesale pricing, initially and at every renewal to all of Cloudflare’s customers.

“When we looked at the marketplace for domain registration, we were shocked at the deceitful pricing around a service that is really just a commodity,” said co-founder and chief executive officer of Cloudflare, Matthew Prince.

Prince said: “We realized that the one thing every Cloudflare customer needs is a domain, so they needed a registrar they could trust. With Cloudflare Registrar, we’re promising to offer our customers the best security practices at the best possible price. Our goal is simply to create the first domain registrar you can love.

Today, the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers more than 10 trillion requests per month, which is nearly 10 per cent of all Internet requests. More details on www.cloudflare.com

-- BERNAMA

NEW ERA FOR GRAND SEIKO OPENS WITH ESTABLISHMENT OF GRAND SEIKO CORPORATION OF AMERICA

NEW ERA FOR GRAND SEIKO OPENS WITH ESTABLISHMENT OF GRAND SEIKO CORPORATION OF AMERICA

NAMED TOP 20 FEMALE ENTREPRENEUR BY CIO, DANIELLE SABRINA FOUNDER OF PUBLIC RELATIONS FIRM TRIBE BUILDER MEDIA

New York, NY, Sept 28 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The publication, founded in 1987 and geared toward tech executives, featured Sabrina amongst a variety of noted founders like Julia Taylor Cheek of medical testing company EverlyWell, Amanda Signorelli of events company Techweek, and Lisa Wang of SheWorx, a platform that provides support systems for female leaders. Though these three made it to the top of CIO’s 2017 top female entrepreneur list, Sabrina beat them out this year at #13.

"I'm beyond honored to receive this recognition. Entrepreneurship has always been a way of life for me, I contribute a lot of my success to the many mentors I've been fortunate enough to have in my life. A passion of mine has always been helping other businesses grow and succeed so opening my media and public relation agency gave me the ability to do that. If I could give any advice to emerging entrepreneurs it would be to learn sales, learn how to generate revenue and not get caught up in the details and the rest will fall into place," says Sabrina.

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AKSELOS: INNOGY VENTURES AND SHELL VENTURES BACK PREDICTIVE DIGITAL TWIN PIONEER WITH $10 MILLION INVESTMENT

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Sept 28 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Predictive digital twin pioneer, Akselos, today announces the completion of a $10 million financing round led by innogy Ventures, with Shell Ventures as Co-Investor.

The new round of financing will be used to help increase the sustainability of critical assets in the energy sector, by empowering predictive maintenance with structural analysis software, big data analytics and machine learning.

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A.M. BEST REVISES OUTLOOKS TO NEGATIVE FOR PT ASURANSI TUGU PRATAMA INDONESIA, TBK

SINGAPORE, Oct 1 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- A.M. Best has revised the outlooks to negative from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” of PT Asuransi Tugu Pratama Indonesia, Tbk (TPI) (Indonesia).
 
The negative outlooks reflect rising concern over the effectiveness of TPI’s enterprise risk management framework (ERM) following the consolidation of its reinsurance business. The Credit Rating (rating) affirmations reflect TPI’s balance sheet strength, which A.M. Best categorizes as very strong, as well as its strong operating performance, neutral business profile and appropriate ERM.
 
TPI’s risk-adjusted capitalization remains solid, supported by relatively low gross and net underwriting leverage, and conservative investment asset allocations, as well as the quality and diversity of its reinsurance panel. Its capital position is among the largest in Indonesia’s non-life market. TPI has a track record of strong operating performance supported by underwriting and investment results. Its combined and operating ratios averaged 79% and 60%, respectively, in the five years to December 2017. Its return on equity averaged 11% over the same period, despite the fact that its capital position more than doubled over the period.
 
Offsetting rating factors include rising concern about TPI’s ERM. With the recent consolidation of PT Tugu Reasuransi Indonesia, reinsurance business represents a significant portion of overall premiums written. However, an effective consolidated ERM framework that also includes the reinsurance business is only at an early stage, raising the risk of unexpected volatility. Although overall underwriting margins remained good in the first half of 2018, these were reduced by unfavorable results from the reinsurance business. In addition, overall results have been affected by investment and currency volatility.
 
Negative rating action could result from a significant deterioration in operating performance or unexpected volatility due to gaps in ERM.
 
Ratings are communicated to rated entities prior to publication. Unless stated otherwise, the ratings were not amended subsequent to that communication.
 
This press release relates to Credit Ratings that have been published on A.M. Best’s website. For all rating information relating to the release and pertinent disclosures, including details of the office responsible for issuing each of the individual ratings referenced in this release, please see A.M. Best’s Recent Rating Activity web page. For additional information regarding the use and limitations of Credit Rating opinions, please view Understanding Best’s Credit Ratings. For information on the proper media use of Best’s Credit Ratings and A.M. Best press releases, please view Guide for Media - Proper Use of Best’s Credit Ratings and A.M. Best Rating Action Press Releases.
 
A.M. Best is a global rating agency and information provider with a unique focus on the insurance industry. Visit www.ambest.com for more information.
 
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Guotai Junan Securities wins first prize in Shanghai Financial Innovation Award

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 28 (Bernama) -- The Shanghai Municipal government has awarded Guotai Junan Securities for its Junhong Lingxi Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based securities service innovation project as first prize in the 2017 Shanghai Financial Innovative Products Award.

Shanghai Financial Innovation Award is one of the highest accolades in the local financial industry.

The award aims to awarding financial institutions with outstanding performances in Shanghai financial service innovation, improvement of financial environment and establishment of international financial center.

To develop efficient and inclusive finance services while meeting diversified investment needs of clients, Guotai Junan Securities insists on a development strategy combined with technology and service.

The company breaks the barrier which limits the financial institutions using AI for solving business separately, building an online service system that is all-round, accompanying and intelligent with Junhong Lingxi.

Guotai Junan Securities in a statement said, Junhong Lingxi has six intelligentize engines, including Big data, machine learning, Label System, Intelligent Match, Quantization Strategy and Semantic Analysis.

Through a platform facilitating investment decisions, the service reaches five core businesses including Market Quotation, Securities Trading, Finance Products, Informational Content and Customer Services, providing users with a systematic solution to difficult problems in the process of investing.

Junhong Lingxi not only offers viable solutions to a great many users but also a viable model for traditional brokerage turning to "New Retail".

--BERNAMA