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XL Capital boss Mike McGavick urged US lawmakers to remember what the Bermuda insurance market has done to support the US economy before considering law changes that could harm the Island.
Mr. McGavick made his comments to an audience dominated by in...
DATE: May 31, 2010
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A controversial tax proposal targeting non-US reinsurers has a “reasonably good” chance of being pushed through Congress this year, according to one of the move’s key supporters.
William Berkley, chairman of US insurer WR Berkley Corp. and spokesman ...
DATE: May 28, 2010
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Finance Ministry officials have completed their trip to several major cities to attract potential investors to Bermuda Government bonds.
And according to one source, Government could be seeking to raise as much as $500 million.
According to a report ...
DATE: May 28, 2010
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Bermuda-based fund manager Kingate Management may have "played a crucial role" in the Bernard Madoff debacle, a London judge said yesterday.
The Kingate Global and Kingate euro hedge funds — now in liquidation in the British Virgin Islands — were amo...
DATE: May 28, 2010
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Ever wished there was somewhere you could go to retreat from the madness of the day and experience a few minutes of stress-free peace?
Deryn Higgins hopes that her new store — appropriately named My Sereni-tea — will be just such a haven for many peo...
DATE: May 27, 2010
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An improved investment performance helped BF&M Ltd. post a massive increase in profit for the first quarter of this year.
The insurer and investment company yesterday announced a profit of $5.92 million for the first three months of the year, compare...
DATE: May 26, 2010
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Bermuda-based Kingate Management Ltd., which invested around $1.7 billion with jailed fraudster Bernard Madoff, is coming under scrutiny again from the liquidator of Madoff's company.
Irving Picard, the court-appointed trustee in the bankruptcy of Be...
DATE: May 26, 2010
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Michael Collier is to take over as chairman and managing director of Bermuda Commercial Bank.
The announcement came yesterday, as the company revealed sweeping changes to the board of directors including the retirement of Clarence Terceira after 40 y...
DATE: May 26, 2010
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Bermudian Simon Payne is thinking big after establishing his new law practice, Limestone Law Ltd.
Having opened the firm in January, Mr. Payne is setting his long-term sights on building an organisation with subsidiaries in several countries and is a...
DATE: May 25, 2010
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Mark Byrne has stepped down as executive chairman of Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings, the company announced yesterday.
Mr. Byrne, who will continue with the reinsurer as a non-executive member of the board, will be replaced by Daniel James, who has be...
DATE: May 25, 2010
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