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Thousands of pension contributors across Bermuda have been disturbed to see that the value of their retirement funds diminished during the first six months of the year.
The US property slump, sub-prime mortgage debacle and credit crisis have made for...
DATE: Aug 08, 2008
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Fulcrum Group and Butterfield Fund Services yesterday announced they plan to join forces to create a Bermuda-based company expected to be in the top 10 alternative asset fund administration companies in the world.
The agreement to form Butterfield Fu...
DATE: Aug 06, 2008
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Bermuda-based insurer XL Capital Ltd. last night announced it had raised $2.875 billion in capital and closed the $1.9 billion deal that will eliminate almost all of its exposure to bond insurer Syncora Holdings Ltd. (formerly known as Security Capit...
DATE: Aug 06, 2008
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Butterfield Bank yesterday announced a loss of $16.5 million for the second quarter, resulting from combined losses totalling $50 million on a write-down in the value of mortgage-backed investments and support of its Money Markets Fund.
Butterfield c...
DATE: Aug 06, 2008
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Rising food prices have provided a boost in the midst of a soft market for those Bermuda insurers and reinsurers who offer agricultural insurance.
One such company is PartnerRe, whose chief executive officer Patrick Thiele said that while rates acros...
DATE: Aug 05, 2008
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Bermuda-based Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. reported a 10.6-percent rise in net income for the second quarter, aided by low catastrophe losses.
The insurer and reinsurer said on Wednesday evening that net earnings for the quarter totalled $126.9 mill...
DATE: Aug 04, 2008
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XL Capital Ltd. chief executive officer Michael McGavick has shown his confidence in his company bouncing back from its recent hard times by spending $2 million of his own money on the Bermuda-based insurer's shares.
A regulatory filing on Thursday s...
DATE: Aug 04, 2008
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There was no word from XL Capital Ltd. yesterday on how many jobs will be lost at the company's global headquarters as the company tries to slash operating costs.
On Monday evening, the global commercial insurer, which has 77 offices in 27 countries,...
DATE: Jul 30, 2008
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Credit ratings agencies gave a less than enthusiastic welcome to XL Capital Ltd.'s plan to extricate itself from potential future costs relating to affiliate Security Capital Assurance Ltd. (SCA).
Both Moody's Investors Service and AM Best put the co...
DATE: Jul 30, 2008
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Bermuda-based RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. yesterday reported net earnings of $135.7 million for the second quarter, down 26 percent on the same period of last year.
Low catastrophe losses enabled the company to record a combined ratio of 53.5 percent...
DATE: Jul 30, 2008
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