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Argus Group Holdings Ltd.'s voluntary suspension of trading on the Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) is to continue.
The suspension has lasted six weeks after the insurer and investment company said it had given insufficient notice of its Annual General M...
DATE: Sep 15, 2010
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Hundreds of the leading lights of the reinsurance industry will be guests at the 'Bermuda Reception' in Monte Carlo today.
Around 500 people, including a strong contingent from the Island's reinsurance industry, are expected to attend the lunchtime e...
DATE: Sep 15, 2010
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Most hedge fund investors don't care whether the entities they invest in are based in offshore or onshore domiciles.
That was one of the findings of a report by global accountancy firm KPMG, entitled: "Transformation: The Future of Alternative Invest...
DATE: Sep 14, 2010
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The Argus Group has expended its reach overseas after its Gibraltar-based insurance unit bought a business in Malta.
Argus Insurance Company (Europe) acquired Fogg Insurance Agencies for an undisclosed sum, the Gibraltar Chronicle reported. The acqui...
DATE: Sep 13, 2010
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Bermuda residents are a step closer to having insurance coverage for their cash in the bank.
Financial regulator the Bermuda Monetary Authority yesterday published a consultation paper on its plans for a deposit insurance scheme.
Aimed at protecting ...
DATE: Sep 10, 2010
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XL Insurance Bermuda Ltd. (XLIB) yesterday shone the spotlight on food product safety, in the aftermath of the recall of hundreds of millions of eggs in the US.
Around 40 people, many of them brokers, attended a seminar at XL House yesterday on the c...
DATE: Sep 09, 2010
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Credit rating agency Standard & Poor's Ratings Services last night raised its outlook on Bermuda's creditworthiness to stable from negative.
The action lifts the immediate threat of a credit downgrade, which would have resulted in Government having t...
DATE: Sep 08, 2010
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Alterra Capital Holdings Limited, the company formed by the merger of Max Capital Group and Harbor Point Re, has amalgamated its Bermuda operating subsidiaries.
The merging of the two units, Alterra Insurance Ltd. and Harbor Point Re Ltd., will creat...
DATE: Sep 08, 2010
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Credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has raised its outlook on Bermuda’s creditworthiness to stable from negative.
The action lifts the immediate threat of a credit downgrade, which would have resulted in Government having to pay h...
DATE: Sep 07, 2010
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Prices are firmer in the residential property market this year than they have been in the falling market of the past two years, according to the latest Government figures.
But buying and selling activity has fallen significantly, as prospective buyer...
DATE: Sep 07, 2010
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