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More than 120 people converged on Bermuda for a conference for specialists in insurance and reinsurance law.
The Insuralex event — the first time the international group has held its mid-year meeting on the Island — attracted nearly 40 overseas profe...
DATE: Dec 03, 2013
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Reinsurance
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A $50 million bond issue was today launched by the Bermuda Government.
The senior notes — which will yield at least 4.75 percent and are denominated in Bermuda dollars — are targeted at Island investors and Government said smaller, individual subscri...
DATE: Dec 02, 2013
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A personal take on setting up shop in Bermuda was the focus of a Bermuda captive breakfast in the Canadian province of Calgary.
An audience of top managers were told that Bermuda is strategically positioned near Canada and is the oldest and largest c...
DATE: Dec 02, 2013
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Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Bermuda supports up to 100,000 jobs in the UK and trade between the two nations averages about $1.4 billon a year, according to a secret report seen by The Royal Gazette.
The report — given to the UK Foreign Office in the run-up to the Overseas Terri...
DATE: Nov 29, 2013
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A Bermuda businessman is out to prove life’s a gas — with hi-tech hydrogen fuel cells which provide electricity with water as the only by-product.
Muhammed Hamza, who runs Dragonfly Ltd, said he is starting small with the Horizon Mini Pak — the world...
DATE: Nov 29, 2013
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
HSBC yesterday took the wraps off its award-winning green Harbourview Centre.
The bank — which last week celebrated becoming the first Bermuda firm to earn a prestige gold environmental award for an entire building from a US-based organisation — show...
DATE: Nov 28, 2013
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
International business chiefs are satisfied with Bermuda as a place to do business and live, a new survey revealed.
But big firm bosses are concerned about the cost of doing business on the Island, crime, public education standards and the potential ...
DATE: Nov 28, 2013
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The cost of health and dental care helped push the cost of basic goods and services up 1.6 percent year on year, the latest Government statistics revealed today.
A major factor was said to be a 9.8 percent rise in health insurance premiums and a nine...
DATE: Nov 28, 2013
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Bermuda was hit by fresh jobs gloom today after HSBC Bermuda announced another round of redundancies.
A spokeswoman for the bank confirmed that jobs would go as part of a bid to streamline the operation.
She added: “To accommodate the new structure, ...
DATE: Nov 28, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A UK-based international charity has singled out Bermuda in its campaign to crack down on offshore ‘tax havens’.
War or Want picked on Bermuda after reports that internet giant Google had increased to $6 billion the amount funnelled through the Islan...
DATE: Nov 26, 2013
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
