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A cash register that started its working life at Gosling's more than a century ago has been returned to its former home.
Yesterday Arthur Tatem, who has owned the antique for the past 40 years, presented it to Goslings at the company's Dundonald Str...
DATE: Nov 03, 2010
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Bermuda-based re/insurer Alterra Capital Holdings Ltd. last night posted net income of $82.8 million for the third quarter.
Alterra, formerly known as Max Capital Group Ltd., was formed on May 12, 2010 by the merger of Max and Harbor Point Limited, a...
DATE: Nov 03, 2010
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Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. swung to a third-quarter profit of $239 million despite suffering an estimated loss of $85 million related to September's New Zealand earthquake.
The net income broke down to $1.78 per share, compared with a net loss of $96...
DATE: Nov 02, 2010
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More transparency in the tendering process for public projects is one thing the Construction Association of Bermuda (CAOB) would like to see from the new government of freshly elected Premier Paula Cox.
Attracting commercial tenants to fill up the gl...
DATE: Nov 02, 2010
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Bermuda will be among the first wave of countries to be assessed for equivalence with the new Solvency II regulations for insurance companies, the European Commission confirmed on Friday.
Switzerland and Japan will be the two other countries to under...
DATE: Nov 01, 2010
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As the economy struggles in the wake of the worst financial crisis in generations, the value of financial knowledge has rarely been so apparent.
It was with that in mind that Riquette Bonne-Smith, executive director of the Centre for Talented Youth, ...
DATE: Nov 01, 2010
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XL Group plc has appointed Gregory Hendrick to lead the insurer's new Office of Strategic Growth.
And the company has hired back Bermudian Charles Cooper to replace Mr. Hendrick as chief underwriting officer of XL Re.
Mr. Cooper left XL a year ago, a...
DATE: Oct 29, 2010
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New Bermuda-domiciled insurer Paraline Group Ltd. will bide its time before seeking to expand its business.
Paraline's chief executive officer Jack Graham said the company planned to increase its capabilities, particularly in the Lloyd's of London ma...
DATE: Oct 29, 2010
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Bermuda-based re/insurer Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. last night reported net income of $139.1 million for the third quarter.
Net premiums written rose nearly 14 percent over the same period last year, boosted in the reinsurance segment by the c...
DATE: Oct 29, 2010
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RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. made a profit of $204.8 million in the third quarter — despite taking a $73.6 million hit from an earthquake in New Zealand.
But operating income, which excludes one-off items and gains on investment assets, slumped to $90...
DATE: Oct 28, 2010
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