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Just over half of respondents in a poll of readers of the industry magazine Reactions believe that Bermuda is still the place for new insurers to go with start-up capital.
While the Island has attracted the vast majority of start-ups and their capita...
DATE: Jul 22, 2009
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Low catastrophe activity helped Bermuda reinsurer Platinum Underwriters Holdings Ltd. to earn second-quarter net income of $98.1 million and comfortably beat analysts' expectations.
The profit, announced last night, broke down to a company record $1....
DATE: Jul 22, 2009
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Government will spend more and raise less revenue than it has budgeted for, as Bermuda's economy suffers from the effects of a "severe contraction" in the US.
That is the view of the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), which says Government borrowing ...
DATE: Jul 22, 2009
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Bermuda's international insurers have welcomed a bill introduced in the US Congress that would give homeowners incentives to "storm-proof" their homes.
The Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers (ABIR) was one of several insurance industry bo...
DATE: Jul 21, 2009
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The tallest building in the United States now bears the name of a Bermuda-domiciled company after Chicago's Sears Tower was renamed the Willis Tower.
In getting its name on the building Willis Group Holdings Ltd. - which is based in Bermuda, but has ...
DATE: Jul 20, 2009
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Bermuda is about to become only the sixth market in the world where the new Heineken Premium Light beer will be on sale.
Beverage supplier and retailer Burrows Lightbourn Ltd. will stock the product, which is described as having similar quality to re...
DATE: Jul 20, 2009
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Bermuda bond reinsurer Ram Holdings Ltd.'s first-quarter loss narrowed to $1.9 million, the company announced on Friday.
Ram suffered huge losses linked to the decline in value of the bonds it reinsures, especially mortgage-backed securities, during ...
DATE: Jul 20, 2009
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The constrained supply of capital means the reinsurance industry is going through "scary times", Harbor Point Re chief executive officer John Berger told delegates at the Insurance Linked Securities Summit yesterday.
In his keynote speech to open the...
DATE: Jul 17, 2009
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Alison Hill set her sights on overseeing the Argus Group's expansion overseas on being unveiled as the company's first chief operating officer yesterday.
Ms Hill was brought in to strengthen the insurer and pension provider's senior management team a...
DATE: Jul 17, 2009
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An expert in financial crime is to be the keynote speaker at the Bermuda Compliance Summit in late September.
Dr. Chizu Nakajima, director of the Centre for Financial Regulation at the Cass Business School, City University, London, will speak at the ...
DATE: Jul 15, 2009
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