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The all-Bermudian staff of DeFontes Broadcasting have been assured that their jobs are safe, following a change of management at the company.
Spencer Conway, a 31-year-old Bermudian entrepreneur, has taken over as interim CEO from longtime boss Kenny...
DATE: Mar 07, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
Investors are expected to continue ploughing money into insurance-linked securities at an ever greater pace this year — with most of the activity centred on Bermuda.
And analysis by PwC suggests that third-party capital is there as part of long-term ...
DATE: Mar 06, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
Bermuda’s plans to expand its area of air traffic control were in focus at the World Air Traffic management Congress in Madrid yesterday.
The Government announced in last November’s Throne Speech its intentions to become a certified Air Navigation Se...
DATE: Mar 05, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
HSBC Bermuda CEO Richard Moseley says his bank is flush with capital and keen to lend — but it has tightened lending standards in recent years to avoid making the same mistakes the industry made in the pre-crisis period.
In his Budget statement last ...
DATE: Mar 04, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
HSBC Bermuda is seeing a growing number of clients who have signed their paperwork and are ready to borrow, but are waiting before they buy a property.
The revelation came during an interview with the bank’s top executives after they released their f...
DATE: Mar 04, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
Bermuda-based life reinsurer Wilton Re Holdings Ltd yesterday announced an agreement to acquire Conseco Life Insurance Company from CNO Financial Group for around $237 million.
It was the second deal announced by the company in the space of a month, ...
DATE: Mar 04, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
Bermuda reinsurers could be in the hook for larger winter claims than normal coming from both sides of the Atlantic, after a string of storms hit the US and UK over the past few weeks.
PCS, a division of Verisk Analytics, has already calculated insur...
DATE: Mar 04, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
HSBC Bermuda’s net profit more than doubled to $45 million in 2013, as the company cut expenses and withstood significant allowances for bad loans.
The bank, part of the HSBC global empire, revealed its Bermuda unit’s results today and stressed that ...
DATE: Mar 03, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
Bermuda Press (Holdings) Ltd (BPH) posted a full-year profit of $922,000 as the company cut operating expenses by more than seven percent.
The net income for the year ended September 30, 2013, broke down to 40 cents per share and represented a strong...
DATE: Feb 28, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
XL Group’s American reinsurance operation has acquired Global Ag Insurance Services, a California-based crop insurance provider specialising in the needs of farmers in the western US.
XL Reinsurance America has been partnering with the Fresno-headqua...
DATE: Feb 27, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent