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QuoVadis has become the first provider to roll out Switzerland's first national electronic ID, after signing up the Swiss Bar Association and its 9,000 members as new clients.
The 11 year-old company, which has expanded internationally out of humble ...
DATE: Apr 27, 2010
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The Bermuda booth at the Risk and Insurance Management Society's (RIMS) annual conference in Boston attracted international interest yesterday.
Allison Towlson, chairman of Bermuda's Insurance Development Council (IDC), said the booth had seen a stro...
DATE: Apr 27, 2010
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Bermuda yesterday signed its first ever full double-taxation agreement (DTA) with the Kingdom of Bahrain.
The agreement is a reciprocal arrangement between the Middle Eastern country and Bermuda not to tax the repatriated income that a firm or a nati...
DATE: Apr 23, 2010
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First-quarter catastrophe claims caused Bermuda reinsurer Platinum Underwriters Holdings Ltd. to report an 81 percent fall in first-quarter profit last night.
Platinum announced net earnings of $15.4 million, or 32 cents per share, for the first thre...
DATE: Apr 22, 2010
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A strengthening US economy is likely to help Bermuda’s economy and balance of payments this year, Finance Minister Paula Cox said yesterday.
Last year’s plunge in the current account surplus was a reflection of difficult economic circumstances in Ber...
DATE: Apr 21, 2010
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Bermuda's annual current account surplus has fallen by half in the space of three years.
The figure, which represents the balance of the economic transactions between Bermuda residents and companies and overseas parties, shows how the Island's intern...
DATE: Apr 21, 2010
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A group of leading London insurance executives has proposed a set of tax policy changes that it believes could tempt Bermuda companies to move to the UK.
The London 100, a group of executives and chairmen brought together by industry newsletter Insur...
DATE: Apr 19, 2010
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Two Bermudian women who earned promotion to senior posts at Ace Bermuda say hard work, networking, passion for the job and supportive family members are the keys to climbing the career ladder in the international insurance industry.
On Friday global ...
DATE: Apr 19, 2010
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Finance Minister Paula Cox told an insurance industry audience that Government and the private sector had to work together to achieve a fulfilling relationship for the Bermuda insurance market to continue to thrive.
Speaking at a fundraising receptio...
DATE: Apr 16, 2010
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Bermuda Commercial Bank Ltd. (BCB) yesterday announced it has sold a controlling interest to Bermuda-based exempted company Permanent Investments Ltd. in a deal worth around $34.2 million.
The bank's new owner, which is owned and funded by four inves...
DATE: Apr 16, 2010
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