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BF&M Ltd has acquired Bermuda-based insurance agency Kitson Insurance Services Ltd.
Kitson has been in business since 1947 and BF&M has said it will keep on two of the agency’s leading staff on a full-time basis.
The terms of the deal were not disclo...
DATE: Oct 01, 2015
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Jonathan Kent
Is the reinsurance pricing cycle close to the bottom?
That is one of the most discussed questions at the Monte Carlo Rendez-vous event in Monte Carlo, where scores of reinsurance executives, including many from Bermuda, are meeting this week for thei...
DATE: Sep 15, 2015
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Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
Trunomi, a Bermuda-based financial technology innovator, has enjoyed quite a week.
Not only did it raise $3 million from venture capital firms, but it also took top honours in the Visa Europe Collab Startup Competition in Tel Aviv, Israel.
The compan...
DATE: Sep 10, 2015
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Bermuda will find a way to retain its place as a leading global reinsurance hub amid the sweeping change the industry is undergoing.
That is the view of analysts from rating agency AM Best who were speaking on a Global Reinsurance webinar panel yeste...
DATE: Sep 10, 2015
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Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
PartnerRe Ltd is Bermuda’s largest writer of reinsurance and the ninth biggest in the world, according to data published by rating agency AM Best.
The company, which wrote $5.93 billion in reinsurance gross premiums last year and recently agreed to b...
DATE: Sep 04, 2015
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Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
Keep calm and stick to your investment plan.
That was the advice from two leading Bermuda investment professionals yesterday, as more wild swings on Wall Street ended in a sixth successive down day.
Robert Pires, chief executive officer of BIAS, and ...
DATE: Aug 26, 2015
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Jonathan Kent
Maintenance costs at LF Wade International Airport are rising “exponentially” and each time a major hurricane hits the Island taxpayers will incur millions of dollars in repair costs, Finance Minister Bob Richards has warned.
The vulnerability of the...
DATE: Aug 13, 2015
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Jonathan Kent
LOM Financial Ltd swung to a $225,747 net loss in the first half of the year, as the company made less on broking fees but more on management and advisory fees.
The loss compared to a profit of $90,605 for the first half of 2014.
But in a letter to s...
DATE: Aug 11, 2015
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Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
Enstar Group Ltd’s net income plunged by more than two thirds on investment losses.
The Bermuda-based insurer, which specialises in buying companies or units that have stopped writing new business and managing their assets and ongoing obligations, ma...
DATE: Aug 10, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
Assured Guaranty’s shares rose 3.5 per cent yesterday as the Bermuda-based bond insurer’s second-quarter profits beat expectations and fears over its exposure to Puerto Rican debt eased.
Net income for the April-through-June period totalled $297 mill...
DATE: Aug 07, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent