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Argus Group Holdings Ltd. today announced a net full-year loss of $18.4 million - due mainly to the plunge in value of its stake in Butterfield Bank after what chief executive officer Gerald Simons described as a “challenging year”.
The insurer, pen...
DATE: Jul 12, 2010
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Bermuda ranks number 22 in the world in terms of its use of information communication technology.
That is according to the latest Economist Digital Economy Rankings, formerly known as the E-Readiness Rankings, which show the Island has dropped one pl...
DATE: Jul 08, 2010
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Bermuda can’t afford to be “stuck in transition” waiting for telecommunications reform, according to TeleBermuda International Ltd. president Gregory Swan.
Mr. Swan said Government’s proposed changes to the telecoms regulatory framework which would...
DATE: Jul 07, 2010
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Government has backed down on its previously stated intention to push telecommunications industry reform through the House of Assembly before the summer recess.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Energy, Telecommunications and E-Commerce (METEC) told te...
DATE: Jul 02, 2010
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Strategic risks pose the biggest threats to companies' existence — but bosses are struggling to find effective ways of managing those risks.
That was the message from William Montanez, director of risk management at Ace Hardware, an international com...
DATE: Jul 01, 2010
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The conditional merger agreement between Bermuda Commercial Bank Ltd.'s new owners and First Bermuda Group Ltd. has lapsed, the bank announced last night.
But talks aimed at achieving the merger will continue, BCB chairman Michael Collier confirmed.
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DATE: Jul 01, 2010
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Bermuda is still perceived as a place to hide things by some in the American business community.
That is according to an anecdote relayed to delegates at the Bermuda Captive Conference yesterday by panellist Keith Ryan, vice-president, director of fi...
DATE: Jul 01, 2010
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Bermuda has advanced farther down the road towards meeting imminent new European Union insurance regulation standards than most EU member states themselves.
That is the view of Shelby Weldon, director of licensing and authorisation at the Island's in...
DATE: Jun 30, 2010
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Aon has launched a new entity in Bermuda to combine its global risk consulting service with its long-standing captive management operation on the Island.
Aon Global Risk Consulting Bermuda, which is part of Aon Insurance Managers (Bermuda) Ltd., will...
DATE: Jun 30, 2010
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Bermuda-based international re/insurance company Catlin Group Ltd. intends to establish a new reinsurance company in Switzerland — but the company has said it will maintain its headquarters in Bermuda.
The move is intended to strengthen the company's...
DATE: Jun 30, 2010
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