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The Bermuda reinsurance industry is in better financial shape than it has been for several years and 2007 should be a solid year.
That is the expert opinion of ratings agency A.M. Best, which yesterday presented its second annual Bermuda insurance an...
DATE: Apr 20, 2007
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In the year that Dr. James King became a director of the Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Ltd., Jimmy Carter was the US President, the film “Grease” was released and Canadian pop star Nelly Furtado was born.
Yesterday, at the Bank’s annual general meet...
DATE: Apr 19, 2007
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The combination of generous pay awards and Bermuda’s overheating economy are putting pressure on local businesses trying to attract and retain staff, says Watlington Waterworks chief executive officer Allan Rance.
Mr. Rance spoke with The Royal Gazet...
DATE: Apr 18, 2007
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Bermuda-based Catlin Group Ltd. is dipping its toes into the Chinese insurance market as part of the Lloyd’s of London’s new reinsurance operation which opened in Shanghai on Monday.
Industry experts are predicting that China will become the biggest ...
DATE: Apr 18, 2007
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Nosheen Syed is the first to admit that she took a major gamble when she abandoned a successful career in market research in North America to head up a Bermuda start-up company with no clients and no staff.
That company was Research.bm and as staff a...
DATE: Apr 17, 2007
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Former American International Group (AIG) chief excutive officer Maurice (Hank) Greenberg believes that Bermuda and London have overtaken New York in level of importance as global insurance centres.
According to a report in the UK newspaper the Finan...
DATE: Apr 16, 2007
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Bermuda CableVision yesterday announced the launch of a new high-speed internet service which will cost residential customers $35 a month, on top of what they pay their internet service provider (ISP).
Logic, Transact and Northrock have teamed up wit...
DATE: Apr 13, 2007
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The founder of the company that created the raunchy “Girls Gone Wild” videos has been indicted on US tax evasion charges after he channelled millions through a Bermuda bank account.
Joe Francis, 34, was charged by a federal grand jury in Reno, Nevada...
DATE: Apr 13, 2007
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Credit is out of control in Bermuda and the onus is on Finance Minister Paula Cox to take steps to clamp down on the problem, according to Opposition Senator E.T. (Bob) Richards.
Sen. Richards, an economist and a former general manager and director o...
DATE: Apr 13, 2007
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Banks are lending out significantly more Bermuda dollars than they hold in deposits — but the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) sees little cause for concern about the imbalance right now.
A burgeoning demand for mortgages and loans, on the back of a ...
DATE: Apr 12, 2007
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