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Hundreds of students gained some face-to-face advice from professionals in a major careers event staged by Business Bermuda.
Almost 500 people attended the College Student Networking Event at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess hotel.
More than 200 studen...
DATE: Jul 26, 2010
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Bermuda has a lot of catching up to do to match its offshore rival the Cayman Islands in the competition for catastrophe bond business.
Figures published by Cayman suggest the British Overseas Territory is the leading offshore jurisdiction for listed...
DATE: Jul 23, 2010
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More than 400 people are expected to attend the Business Bermuda's Annual College Student Networking Event at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess this evening.
This year's event is being hailed as a bigger and better version of the CSNE which is now in it...
DATE: Jul 22, 2010
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Bermuda-based re/insurer Ironshore's Aviation division has entered a Treaty Reinsurance programme with the Starr Group to provide protection against commercial satellite risk.
The global space insurance programme provides coverages for satellite laun...
DATE: Jul 22, 2010
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The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) has approved the listing of the Bermuda Government's US$500 million, ten-year bond issue.
The 5.6 percent senior notes have mature on July 20, 2020. The BSX said yesterday that the listing was effective from July 20, ...
DATE: Jul 22, 2010
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The Neal bill has come under fire from the German ambassador to the United States, who says it could violate the US-Germany tax treaty.
Ambassador Klaus Scharioth expressed the views of the German government a letter to Sander Levin, chairman of the ...
DATE: Jul 22, 2010
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Bermuda-based Platinum Underwriters Holdings Ltd. saw profits rise 26.5 percent in the second quarter compared to the same period last year, while book value growth was in double digits for the period.
The reinsurer's net income for the three months ...
DATE: Jul 21, 2010
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Financial regulator the Bermuda Monetary Authority yesterday took another step toward achieving regulatory equivalence with new European Union solvency rules for insurers.
The BMA announced the release of two consultation papers — one on self-assessm...
DATE: Jul 16, 2010
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Suggestions that the yield was too generous on the Bermuda Government bonds sold this week have been described as "under-informed" by HSBC Bermuda chief executive officer Philip Butterfield.
HSBC managed the successful sale of the Global ten-year bon...
DATE: Jul 16, 2010
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Strong Democratic opposition to the Neal bill surfaced in Washington yesterday as Bermuda's reinsurance industry came under the scrutiny of US lawmakers.
The bill — which aims to raise more taxes from some non-US reinsurers doing business in the US a...
DATE: Jul 15, 2010
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