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The sub-prime mortgage crisis still has a long way to run, but it will not be a "major event" for Ace Ltd, said the Bermuda insurer's chief executive officer Evan Greenberg.
Speaking at a Merrill Lynch investor conference in New York on Tuesday, Mr. ...
DATE: Feb 14, 2008
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Bermuda will not dominate as the top insurance domicile of choice for start-up companies in the next decade in the same way as it has done the last ten years, according to analysts Standard & Poor's.
In a special report entitled "Competing Insurance ...
DATE: Feb 13, 2008
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Arthur Clinton Brangman is in the process of setting up a business that will help Bermudians to achieve their personal and financial goals.
His novel concept is to offer customers the help of a "personal service broker" who will help individuals and ...
DATE: Feb 12, 2008
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The share price of American International Group (AIG) plunged by the most in 20 years this morning after the company announced a near $5 billion fall in the value of part of its investment portfolio.
AIG announced this morning that auditors found a “...
DATE: Feb 11, 2008
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Henry Keeling has long been spoken of as a likely successor to XL Capital chief executive officer Brian O'Hara — and he revealed on Friday that he would love to take on the top job, if it were offered to him.
XL announced last October that Mr. O'Hara...
DATE: Feb 11, 2008
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More than 2,000 people flocked to the Coldwell Banker Home Show on Saturday to learn virtually every imaginable aspect of home ownership.
Fifty-eight exhibitors filled 81 booths on two floors of No.1 Shed on Front Street, offering ideas and advice on...
DATE: Feb 11, 2008
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Bermuda reinsurer RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. has struck up an unlikely partnership with Walt Disney to set up a theme-park attraction aimed at showing visitors what it's like to be caught up in a hurricane.
"StormStruck: The Tale of Two Homes" is sc...
DATE: Feb 07, 2008
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XL Capital Ltd. yesterday reported a fourth-quarter loss of $1.06 billion as it suffered from the effects of its exposure to the US sub-prime mortgage crisis.
The figure surpassed even the $1.04 billion loss the global business insurer made after Hur...
DATE: Feb 06, 2008
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Bermuda-based bond insurer Assured Guaranty is coming through the sub-prime mortgage crisis stronger than ever, while its rivals have been hit with ratings downgrades and collapsing share prices.
The company that was spun off by Ace Ltd. in 2004 has ...
DATE: Feb 06, 2008
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Bermuda insurer Axis Capital last night announced a record year-end profit of more than $1 billion in only its sixth year of operation.
Axis chief executive officer John Charman hailed the results as "a magnificent achievement" and put it down to the...
DATE: Feb 05, 2008
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