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increase in gross written premiums for the third quarter to September 30, when compared to the same period last year.
But the soft and competitive insurance market, more evident in the first half of the year, has brought nine month figures down consi...
DATE: Oct 24, 1997
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There will be twice as many developments in half the time in Bermuda's telecommunications market, than has been seen in the last two years, Internet (Bermuda) Ltd. (IBL) general manager Peter Durhager told Hamilton Lions Club members yesterday.
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DATE: Oct 23, 1997
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next week to Atlanta for the annual conference of the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM), this year themed "Bringing Home the Gold: Risk Management Excellence.'' The organising body for ASHRM `97 represents more than 2,000 North...
DATE: Oct 23, 1997
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Nancy Vorley is the new executive director of Bermuda International Business Association (BIBA), as of November 10.
BIBA chairman, Glenn Titterton, said the executive committee carefully considered BIBA's future role and direction before establishing...
DATE: Oct 23, 1997
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With the precision of a grand master, the controllers of Bermuda-based insurer, ACE Ltd., are executing a chess-like strategy designed to position the company to compete for profitable business on a worldwide basis.
Their new knight, Roger Gillett, i...
DATE: Oct 22, 1997
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Businesswoman Renee Edgecombe will consider appealing a Supreme Court decision that has gone against her fight to regain $100,000 she placed as an investment, plus interest.
Her lawyer, Richard T. Horseman, said, "We do have six weeks to appeal and w...
DATE: Oct 21, 1997
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months of the year by nearly 40 percent.
And while the improved profitability was boosted considerably from a one time gain, the company reported a very successful operating result.
Bermuda Home president and CEO, Arthur Haycock, explained: "It shoul...
DATE: Oct 21, 1997
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moving on to greener pastures in the wake of the merger between Marsh & McLennan and Johnson & Higgins.
The merger created the world's largest insurance broker and Bermuda's largest manager of captive insurers.
Roger Gillett, who was principal and se...
DATE: Oct 20, 1997
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Moves are underway to establish cross-market regulatory standards for international insurers and more formal links among regulators from different countries.
James Schacht, national director, insurance regulatory practice, Coopers & Lybrand USA, told...
DATE: Oct 20, 1997
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A caution was issued to CEO's of insurance and reinsurance companies that taking a day off from the office could be a risk, because the industry is in the throes of massive and constant consolidation.
The warning came from ACE Ltd. vice chairman, Don...
DATE: Oct 17, 1997
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