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The Financial Action Task Force has retained Barbados, Cayman Islands and Jamaica on the Grey List, citing strategic deficiencies in their countering of money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation financing.
The decision came from the rep...
DATE: Nov 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
David Fox, Business Editor
US life insurers cede more than a half a trillion dollars in annual premiums to Bermuda’s long-term reinsurers, and a new study claims it has become a source of industry concern.
In fact, Bermuda was by far the largest foreign reinsurance destination...
DATE: Oct 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
David Fox, Business Editor
The Police and Fire Retirement System for the City of Detroit late last week filed a class-action lawsuit against Argo Group International Holdings Inc, the Bermuda international underwriter of property and casualty insurance with offices on Pitts Ba...
DATE: Oct 24, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
David Fox, Business Editor
Capital unable to get significant returns from ILS investment could bolt for greener pastures, a Fitch Ratings assessment has determined.
The report says the fallout from Hurricane Ian could test the investor appetite for bonds.
Reinsurers have used ...
DATE: Oct 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
David Fox, Business Editor
The Loren Hotel at Pink Beach in Tucker’s Town is preparing for an unusually busy autumn of occupancy, with management bullish on Bermuda’s future tourism success.
Tarryn Clark, the upbeat general manager, said a traditionally soft November for booki...
DATE: Oct 17, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
David Fox, Business Editor
Cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex Global, billed as the most secure digital asset exchange in the world, has taken steps to distance itself from an American company that has run afoul of US law.
The company made it clear that it has no connection to th...
DATE: Oct 13, 2022
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
David Fox, Business Editor
One of the planned events for the Joshua Bate Trading Company’s 30th anniversary celebrations is the distribution of a Dame Flora Duffy Tote Bag on Tuesday — the anniversary of the one-off Flora Duffy Day holiday.
The special-edition bags, with a des...
DATE: Oct 13, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
David Fox, Business Editor
A market discussion on the state of Bermuda’s life and annuity sector shows that assets under management have been barrelling towards $1 trillion.
A Bermuda lawyer closely allied with the industry believes it is time the sector was considered to be a...
DATE: Oct 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
David Fox, Business Editor
Key participants in the alternative reinsurance, convergence and insurance-linked securities marketplace come together this week for networking and education sessions at Convergence 2022
ILS Bermuda organisers believe clients have a unique opportunit...
DATE: Oct 11, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
David Fox, Business Editor
Bermuda’s $22 million revenue loss in aircraft registry receipts as a result of the withdrawal of Russian aircraft certification business, can be covered by better than expected tourism receipts, a rating agency has declared.
It was a position taken ...
DATE: Oct 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Economy
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AUTHOR:
David Fox, Business Editor