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A leading player in the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market will receive the Bermuda Insurance Institute’s Industry Leader of the year Award later this month.
Kathleen Faries, the chief executive officer of Tokio Solution Management Ltd (Tokio S...
DATE: May 04, 2015
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Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
Bermuda Institute celebrated a one-two finish as the KPMG Senior School Investment Challenge marked its tenth year.
The top team ‘Tradewins’ achieved a near 22 per cent return on their $100,000 virtual portfolio over the six-month investment period t...
DATE: May 04, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
XL Group plc and Bermuda-based Catlin Group have completed their merger, the companies announced today.
Catlin delisted from the London Stock Exchange and ceased to be traded as of 8am London time.
The $4.1 billion deal to combine the two companies i...
DATE: May 01, 2015
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Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
Standard & Poor’s Rating Services has downgraded Butterfield Bank as a direct result of the Bermuda Government’s credit rating downgrade earlier this week.
But even as it cut Butterfield’s long-term issuer credit rating to BBB from BBB+, the rating a...
DATE: Apr 30, 2015
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Jonathan Kent
Clarien Bank bosses have apologised to customers and staff for the “doubt and confusion” of a 15-month period of upheaval.
Their comments come two weeks after the announcement that the Gibbons family — through its investment company Edmund Gibbons Lt...
DATE: Apr 22, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
Duncan Card believes that his new law firm will be instrumental in attracting foreign investment to the Island.
Bennett Jones (Bermuda) Ltd, which practises in association with the Canadian law firm of the same name, will be led by managing principal...
DATE: Apr 14, 2015
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Jonathan Kent
Organisers of a hedge fund event expected to attract around 400 delegates to Bermuda are planning to make a donation to charity.
The Global Fund Forum will take place at the Fairmont Southampton from June 22-24 and Lisa Vioni, chief executive of orga...
DATE: Apr 10, 2015
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
The Gibbons family has bought back control of Clarien Bank Ltd, just 15 months after it sold a controlling interest in the institution.
The news was announced in an earnings announcement published yesterday.
The statement did not specify why Edmund G...
DATE: Apr 08, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
Profits fell slightly last year for the member companies of the Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers (ABIR), the industry body announced.
The 19 of ABIR’s 21 members who agreed to be surveyed racked up a combined $11 billion in net income ...
DATE: Apr 06, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
Ace Ltd and BlackRock yesterday said they have launched their new Bermuda-based joint reinsurance venture ABR Reinsurance Ltd.
The two firms announced late yesterday that they had raised about $800 million through a private placement to get the new v...
DATE: Apr 02, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent