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Florida homeowners? relief at the decision of the state to take on much of the catastrophe loss risk reminds one Bermuda reinsurance boss of people ?drinking champagne on the stern of the ?.
IPC Holdings Ltd. president and chief executive officer Jim...
DATE: Feb 22, 2007
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The preconception is that Bermuda is a low-tax jurisdiction and Canada a high-taxing country.
The reality is just the opposite ? if you?re trying to run a small business.
That is what those running the Igility Group of Companies have found since they...
DATE: Feb 22, 2007
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IPC Holdings Ltd. swung to a fourth-quarter profit of $108.2 million compared with a loss of $74.8 million for the same period last year to top off what chief executive officer Jim Bryce described as “great year” for the Bermuda reinsurer.
But Mr. Br...
DATE: Feb 21, 2007
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Ratings agency A.M. Best believes that the Island’s wave of new entrants in the reinsurance industry could increase competition for business in Europe.
Best said that legislation introduced in Florida last month — which will result in the state takin...
DATE: Feb 21, 2007
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Platinum Underwriters Holdings Ltd. yesterday reported strong fourth-quarter and 2006 earnings, as well as a strong start to 2007.
The Bermuda reinsurer became the latest to post full-year profits in the hundreds of millions, as it announced net inco...
DATE: Feb 21, 2007
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Platinum Underwriters Holdings Ltd. yesterday reported strong fourth-quarter and 2006 earnings, as well as a strong start to 2007.
The Bermuda reinsurer became the latest to post full-year profits in the hundreds of millions, as it announced net inco...
DATE: Feb 21, 2007
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IPC Holdings Ltd. swung to a fourth-quarter profit of $108.2 million compared with a loss of $74.8 million for the same period last year to top off what chief executive officer Jim Bryce described as ?great year? for the Bermuda reinsurer.
But Mr. Br...
DATE: Feb 21, 2007
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Finance Minister Paula Cox said yesterday Bermuda would be happy to act as base for the new World Bank fund to help protect countries in the Caribbean region from the financial losses caused by hurricanes.
In her Budget statement last Friday, Ms Cox ...
DATE: Feb 20, 2007
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Finance Minister Paula Cox said yesterday Bermuda would be happy to act as base for the new World Bank fund to help protect countries in the Caribbean region from the financial losses caused by hurricanes.
In her Budget statement last Friday, Ms Cox ...
DATE: Feb 20, 2007
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Bermuda's insurance and reinsurance industry will register a record profit of $10 billion or more for 2006, according to a report on the Island by a leading industry analyst.
A report entitled "Bermuda: The New Capital of Insurance?" by Connecticut-b...
DATE: Feb 19, 2007
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