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Bermuda-based IPC Holdings Ltd. last night reported net income of $77.2 million for the first quarter and said it would repurchase up to $200 million of shares over the next 12 months.
IPC's net income was up by $14.6 million on the same period last ...
DATE: Apr 25, 2007
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Bermuda biggest company Ace Ltd. last night reported a 43-percent surge in first-quarter earnings to $701 million.
The insurer and reinsurer enjoyed improvements across the board as net investment income, combined ratio and underwriting income result...
DATE: Apr 25, 2007
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Everest Re Group Ltd. massively outperformed analysts' expectations as it reported first-quarter net income of $297.6 million — up almost 77 percent on the same period a year earlier.
Operating income, which excludes realised capital gains and losses...
DATE: Apr 24, 2007
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PartnerRe last night reported a 12 percent fall in first-quarter net income compared to 2006 after it sustained losses of $44 million from a winter storm in Europe.
The storm, named Kyrill, brought hurricane-force winds and widespread damage to the U...
DATE: Apr 24, 2007
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Critics around the world should stop pointing the finger at offshore financial centres and get their own houses in order, according to the president of the Association of Bermuda Compliance Officers (ABCO).
Owen Reid said the world’s biggest money-la...
DATE: Apr 23, 2007
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Property developer and manager West Hamilton Ltd. has estimated that its planned construction of four new multi-purpose structures around the existing Belvedere Building just outside Hamilton will cost $80 million.
In announcing its first quarter res...
DATE: Apr 23, 2007
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Most M3 Wireless customers were unaffected by the outage which disrupted internet service for BlackBerry users across North America earlier this week, the company said.
In a statement relased on Wednesday afternoon, M3 said a fault had occurred on th...
DATE: Apr 20, 2007
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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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