Aleut, an Indigenous person of the Aleutian Islands and western portion of the Alaska Peninsula of northwestern North America. The name Aleut derives from the Russian; the people refer to themselves as the Unangax and the Sugpiaq. These two groups speak
What are the names of the tectonic plates? Plate Tectonics: The Earth's crust, or lithosphere, is divided into seven major areas called tectonic plates. Each plate drifts around slowly based on convection currents in the mantle. Even though the movement is slow, tectonic plates can have enormo...
This district of London, which lies to the south-east of Peckham in the London Borough of Southwark, is believed to owe its name to a local tavern named, you guessed it, the Nun’s Head on the linear Nunhead Green (there’s still a pub there, calledThe Old Nun’s Head, in a buil...
with the House of Representatives' commission overseeing banking and finance unanimously picking Bank Indonesia (BI) Deputy Governor Muliaman Hadad to be the Chairman of the OJK's nine-member board, which will oversee insurers, banks, capital...
Mr K Sanath Kumar has been named acting Chairman and Managing Director of India's state-owned reinsurer GIC Re, in addition to his role as General Manager and Director starting this month. GIC Re's leadership had been vacant since its former Chairman and MD A K Roy retired last month. ...
The former head of Prudential’s Asian operations, Mr Mark Tucker, has been named to replace the outgoing chief executive of the British insurer, Mr Jonathan Bloomer. Mr Tucker will be the second head of a global insurer’s Asian operations to become com
Sun Life Financial has announced that Ms Riza Mantaring, Sun Life's CEO and Country Head in the Philippines will retire from her current role on June 30, 2018 after a distinguished career of 26 years - including 9 years as CEO - with unprecedented growth in the Philippines. Under her lead...
Ms Victoria Ma has been named Executive Vice President, Chief Risk Underwriting Officer for Asia Pacific region starting this month. She has more than 16 years of extensive experience in credit risk and credit portfolio management, and had joined Coface Hong Kong as Regional Head of Account Manage...