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Key indicators compiled by ratings agency, Standard & Poor's (S&P), show the real effects Bermuda had on the reinsurance industry during the early 1990s when billions of dollars flocked here to form nine companies that reinsured catastrophe risks.
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DATE: Jan 08, 1997
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Leading mail systems provider, Pitney Bowes Inc., has signed sole distributorship rights for the Bermuda market with A.F. Smith.
A.F. Smith chairman Tony Smith said the new relationship is a perfect fit for his company's sales growth strategy and he ...
DATE: Jan 07, 1997
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Tempest Re, the Bermuda-based property catastrophe reinsurer it purchased last year.
The three year old `cat' reinsurer gives ACE a foothold in both the reinsurance and property catastrophe markets, providing another avenue for expanding its client b...
DATE: Jan 06, 1997
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third quarter of 1996 is compared with the same period a year before.
Consolidated figures from the Bermuda Monetary Authority show total assets climbed from the $12.148 billion listed for the third quarter of 1995 to $13.327 billion for the third qu...
DATE: Jan 03, 1997
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acquisition of a leading offshore investment house with $800 million under management and membership on the London Stock Exchange.
It is a significant development in the bank's programme, under senior vice president of investments Peter Mellor, to re...
DATE: Jan 03, 1997
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Securities analyst Lehman Brothers Inc. has attached a "2'' or "Outperform'' investment ranking to reinsurer RenaissanceRe Holdings, and said the reinsurer's programme to buy back millions of its own shares will reverse a declining earnings trend.
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DATE: Jan 02, 1997
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LaSalle Re Ltd. has been awarded an OBE in the New Year's Honour's List, becoming a Member of the Order of the British Empire.
Victor H. Blake's award, made public in London earlier this week, comes after long service to the insurance industry, with ...
DATE: Jan 02, 1997
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Police believe the business of cycle thefts is under control, and new efforts toward more arrests will decrease the problem.
But with the convenience of a cycle in Bermuda traffic, even during winter weather, motorists are continuing to take advantag...
DATE: Dec 31, 1996
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companies, a long standing insolvency practitioner has said.
Charles Kempe said current procedural requirements are outdated, and some could be done more expeditiously.
The chartered accountant is retiring from the Ernst & Young's Bermuda office, Kem...
DATE: Dec 30, 1996
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Six new international insurers were incorporated here last month, bringing the total number of new arrivals for the year to 82, against 29 that were de-registered.
By the end of November, registered insurers had grown to 1,454, an increase of 59 over...
DATE: Dec 24, 1996
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