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Bermuda needs to listen to the concerns of international business and act on them — or it may continue to lose international companies.
That is the view of Michael Fahy, chairman and finance spokesman for the Bermuda Democratic Alliance, speaking aft...
DATE: Oct 05, 2010
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Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty was reportedly in Bermuda last week to meet leading reinsurance industry figures.
The Florida-based examiner.com news website reported that the state's top insurance regulator addressed the boards of dire...
DATE: Oct 04, 2010
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Allied World Assurance Company's redomestication from Bermuda to Switzerland will have minimal impact on the company's Bermuda-based staff — but some executives will relocate.
That was the message from the global re/insurer on Friday, the day after t...
DATE: Oct 04, 2010
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Allied World Assurance Company Holdings Ltd. plans to move its holding company from Bermuda to Switzerland, the nine-year-old company announced last night.
In a statement, Allied said its board of directors had unanimously approved the redomesticatio...
DATE: Oct 01, 2010
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Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings, SA last night announced an estimated loss of $52.5 million from the New Zealand earthquake three weeks ago.
The quake, which measured 7.1 on the Richter scale, wrecked buildings, roads and rail lines in and around the ...
DATE: Oct 01, 2010
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Improvements to Bermuda's legal infrastructure are needed to ensure that the Island has the framework to fully meet international standards in transparency on taxation matters.
That was the verdict delivered yesterday in Singapore by the Organisation...
DATE: Oct 01, 2010
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A report on Bermuda's progress in meeting international tax transparency standards will be made public at a major international conference in Singapore today.
The Island is expected to pass the test — with some suggestions for improvements — as judge...
DATE: Sep 30, 2010
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Bermuda-based Apex Fund Services is expanding into Canada, with the opening of a Toronto office.
The fund administrator which started up on the island seven years ago now has a presence in 15 countries and more than $13 billion in assets under manage...
DATE: Sep 30, 2010
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Bermuda reinsurers are lining up to boost business in Florida, where regulators are lowering their hurdles to non-US reinsurers.
Yesterday Hannover Re announced that its Bermuda unit stood to gain from approval by the Sunshine State's insurance regul...
DATE: Sep 29, 2010
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Nobody enjoys buying insurance — but it underpins the global economy, Catlin Group boss Stephen Catlin said in a speech in London this week.
After his investiture as president of the Insurance Institute of London for 2010-11, Mr. Catlin also warned o...
DATE: Sep 29, 2010
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