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Hardy Underwriting Bermuda Ltd. plans to buy back about 15 percent of its own shares after it rejected a second takeover bid from Lloyd’s of London insurance market rival Beazley plc.
The Bermuda-based re/insurer will begin the repurchase if Beazley ...
DATE: Nov 29, 2010
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Jamela Daniels is seeking to make an impact by offering advertisers an unusual vehicle — literally — for getting their message across.
The 31-year-old set up her own business, Impact Media, last June and has already made her presence felt on the Isla...
DATE: Nov 26, 2010
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Bermuda-based private-equity fund Oakley Capital Investments Ltd. has acquired 50 percent of Time Out, the listings magazine publisher.
The company, whose chairman is former Appleby partner James Keyes, made the announcement yesterday morning.
Time O...
DATE: Nov 26, 2010
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Three shots were reportedly fired during an armed robbery of a branch of Butterfield Bank in the Cayman Islands yesterday.
The incident took place at the Compass Banking Centre on North Sound Road this morning.
A spokesman at Butterfield's Bermuda he...
DATE: Nov 25, 2010
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Standard & Poor's Ratings Services yesterday said it had revised its outlook on XL Group plc to stable from negative.
The Dublin-based global business insurer, which has substantial operations in Bermuda, welcomed S&P's actions yesterday.
The move is...
DATE: Nov 24, 2010
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The Argus Group is doing its best not to be one of those companies with staff who feel under-appreciated. Yesterday, the company announced the winners of a series of performance awards, designed to recognise employees who go beyond the call of duty.
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DATE: Nov 24, 2010
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Fitch Ratings has affirmed Bermuda's AA+ credit rating.
Fitch said Bermuda's sovereign ratings were supported by its strong institutions, an extremely high per capita income, sustained sizeable current account surpluses and a low public debt burden c...
DATE: Nov 23, 2010
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Lamone Woods said he was "on Cloud 10" after a whirlwind two days of meetings in London that may create some lasting benefits for his business and for television broadcasting in Bermuda.
The co-owner of Bermuda Sports Network (BSN), the website and c...
DATE: Nov 23, 2010
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It was 25 years ago that 34 blue chip companies clubbed together to form a new insurance company, with its operating headquarters in Bermuda, to meet a demand for excess liability insurance in the United States.
That company was Ace Ltd. and in the q...
DATE: Nov 17, 2010
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Bermuda Commercial Bank has bounced back to an annual profit and will pay its first dividend in two years.
BCB posted net profit of $1.18 million for the year ended September 30, rebounding from a loss of $0.38 million last year. The BCB board has ap...
DATE: Nov 16, 2010
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