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Bermuda can boast having 16 of the world's 35 top reinsurers, according to a survey published by rating agency AM Best.
In a table of companies ranked according to gross premiums written in 2007, Everest Re Group was the highest-ranked Bermuda compan...
DATE: Aug 28, 2008
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Bermuda-based reinsurer RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. has helped to create a new exhibition at Walt Disney World which will enable visitors to experience the power of a hurricane.
"StormStruck: A Tale of Two Homes" officially opened at the Epcot Centre...
DATE: Aug 27, 2008
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XL Capital Ltd. is expected to continue producing solid operating results following the resolution of its problems related to troubled bond insurer Syncora Holdings (formerly known as Security Capital Assurance), according to ratings agency AM Best.
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DATE: Aug 26, 2008
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Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings Ltd.'s ratings from AM Best will remain unchanged following the corporate re-organisation that will see the company's Bermuda underwriting unit merge into its Swiss operation.
Rating agency Best said yesterday that the ...
DATE: Aug 26, 2008
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When Bermuda-based insurance giant XL Capital Ltd. announced just before Cup Match that it was going to axe 47 local jobs, it sent shock waves through the community.
The Island has got used to its international business sector being an uninterrupted ...
DATE: Aug 22, 2008
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Any notions that Bermuda could be somehow immune from the global economic downturn have been well and truly dispelled in recent months.
With inflation having reached an 18-year high this spring, electricity bills more than 20 percent higher than they...
DATE: Aug 22, 2008
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Three Bermuda-connected insurance companies are named on the "dirty list" of insurers claimed to have written business in Burma in a report published by a human rights group.
The Burma Campaign UK had initially named a fourth - XL Capital Ltd. - but ...
DATE: Aug 21, 2008
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Lloyd's of London insurer Brit Insurance is looking for a more tax-friendly domicile - and Bermuda may be on its list of potential new homes.
The company has appointed accountancy firm Ernst & Young to advise it on a possible move out of the UK.
Brit...
DATE: Aug 19, 2008
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Bermuda-based Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings Ltd. announced yesterday that it will merge its Bermuda and Swiss operating units into one entity known as Flagstone Reassurance Suisse SA.
As a result, from September 30, 2008, the Bermuda unit, currently...
DATE: Aug 19, 2008
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Bermuda is being ruled out as a potential base by many firms forming new captive insurance companies because of high costs associated with the Island.
That is the view of industry consultant Andrew Barile, who said he had noticed a trend of new capti...
DATE: Aug 18, 2008
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