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US lawmakers were yesterday warned that failure to extend the federal terrorism insurance backstop could be “economically devastating”.
Two leading insurance brokers and agents told the US Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs that a...
DATE: Mar 01, 2007
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The Bermuda-based IPOC International Growth Fund ? which is facing a winding up order from Finance Minister Paula Cox ? has been dealt another legal blow in a case in Switzerland.
The Swiss Supreme Court has ruled that IPOC does not have ownership ri...
DATE: Mar 01, 2007
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A US Senator who is suing an insurance company over a claim made after he lost his home during Hurricane Katrina is behind proposed legislation that would eradicate the insurance industry?s limited antitrust exemption.
State Farm refused to pay Senat...
DATE: Mar 01, 2007
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The Bermuda-based IPOC International Growth Fund — which is facing a winding up order from Finance Minister Paula Cox — has been dealt another legal blow in a case in Switzerland.
The Swiss Federal Tribunal has ruled that IPOC does not have ownership...
DATE: Mar 01, 2007
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Bermuda insurer BF&M Ltd. is branching out farther into the Caribbean.
Yesterday, the company’s chief executive officer John Wight said BF&M Life Insurance Company had struck a deal with LIV Insurance Brokers and Agents of the Bahamas.
The agreement ...
DATE: Feb 28, 2007
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Bermuda investment company LOM Asset Management Ltd. yesterday predicted economic growth will slow in the US this year, while China’s economy will continue to expand at a rapid rate.
The company’s Investment Policy Committee yesterday suggested that ...
DATE: Feb 27, 2007
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Bermuda investment company LOM Asset Management Ltd. yesterday predicted economic growth will slow in the US this year, while China?s economy will continue to expand at a rapid rate.
The company?s Investment Policy Committee yesterday suggested that ...
DATE: Feb 27, 2007
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Bermuda is a ?sophisticated, well-run financial centre? and is good for the global financial system, according to world-renowned financial publication The Economist.
The Island features in a positive way in a lengthy special report on offshore financ...
DATE: Feb 27, 2007
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Bermuda reinsurer RenaissanceRe is to provide funding for a research machine that will be capable of replicating the conditions created by a category four hurricane in a laboratory environment.
The company, through its US affiliate WeatherPredict Con...
DATE: Feb 26, 2007
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A chance meeting at the Pompano Beach Club led to a music distribution deal with a US rap artist for a young Bermudian entrepreneur.
McCal Roberts, the owner of Mac10 Records, who works as a waiter at the Southampton hotel, met rapper Doctor Ice when...
DATE: Feb 26, 2007
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