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The new must-have hi-tech watch from Apple could hit Bermuda as early as the summer.
The Apple Watch — unveiled to customers in selected regions around the world on Friday — officially goes on sale on April 24, when delivery begins of devices that ha...
DATE: Apr 13, 2015
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Top runner Chris Estwanik has notched up another victory.
For the marathon man has been promoted to from assistant vice-president, US property underwriter to vice-president at Validus Re.
A spokesman for the firm said Mr Estwanik, who has been with t...
DATE: Apr 13, 2015
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Reinsurance
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A new website offering vacation rentals in Bermuda has been launched.
White Roof Bed and Breakfast aims to connect residents looking to rent out homes and apartments and tourists overseas.
The site harnesses the expertise of Island real estate firm J...
DATE: Apr 10, 2015
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Local Business
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
An IT firm is to hold a special conference to highlight the need for Bermuda’s international business sector to deal with new rules on solvency in the EU.
Consulting firm Fifth Step said that EU Solvency II regulations, which come into force next yea...
DATE: Apr 10, 2015
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Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A Bermuda bank is to beef up its security — and axe its current online safety system which uses a key-shaped tag to generate a security code.
But the bank said the decision to start an automated phone “call-to-verify” scheme for transactions that rai...
DATE: Apr 09, 2015
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Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A Bermuda delegation is to travel to the European Union HQ in Brussels in June in a bid to protect Bermuda’s international business.
The visit is the latest in a series of high-profile trips to lobby EU institutions over upcoming EU laws which could ...
DATE: Apr 09, 2015
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Prices rose 0.2 per cent from January to February, the latest Government statistics have revealed.
And year-on-year to February, the cost of a standard basket of goods used to calculate the Consumer Price Index went up by 1.6 per cent.
The health and...
DATE: Apr 09, 2015
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Economy
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The next big wave of mergers in the insurance industry could involve companies from the Asia Pacific region, according to experts.
The news came as financial services firm Deloitte released its 2015 outlook for the insurance and reinsurance market — ...
DATE: Apr 08, 2015
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Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Bermuda’s ailing real estate sector bounced back last year with both sales and values up.
Total sales across the industry rose to almost $240 million — up more than $11 million on 2013 figures — and the second successive increase.
The number of prope...
DATE: Apr 08, 2015
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Italy has taken Bermuda off a tax blacklist.
The Island has been removed from an Italian hit list of jurisdictions after Economy and Finance Minister Pier Carlo Padoan axed a provision in the country’s tax laws on jurisdictions “should not have a pri...
DATE: Apr 07, 2015
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor