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American International Group may have turned a corner with its latest financial results, according to industry experts.
They were speaking in the wake of the latest quarterly results from the insurance giant, the first since the company announced a s...
DATE: Aug 05, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Profits at Bermudian-based Assured Guaranty plummeted by more than $150 million in the second quarter compared to the same period last year.
The firm yesterday posted net income of $146 million, down $151 million year-on-year.
The latest profit figur...
DATE: Aug 04, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Insurance and reinsurance giant XL Catlin has joined forces with international academics and computer experts to better track hurricane forecasts and the evolution of major storms.
A new website, set up with the Barcelona Supercomputing Centre and Co...
DATE: Aug 04, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Modernisation of Bermuda’s corporate law has been welcomed by business chiefs.
A total of nine bills relating to the island’s international business sector have been passed by the House of Assembly in little more than a year.
And Ross Webber, chief e...
DATE: Aug 03, 2016
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A top IT consultant from London is to be the keynote speaker at a conference in Bermuda on cybersecurity.
Darren Wray, chief executive officer of IT firm Fifth Step, will feature at the Secure Bermuda 2016 conference, to be held next Wednesday.
Mr Wr...
DATE: Aug 03, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Bermudian-based global insurer and reinsurer Argo Group International Holdings has announced profits of $30.9 million for the second quarter.
The net income figure was up $3 million on the $27.9 million for the same period last year.
This quarter’s p...
DATE: Aug 03, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A Bermudian student has won a scholarship worth up to $90,000 to study law in England.
Mariangela Bucci is this year’s winner of the annual scholarship, sponsored by law firm Conyers Dill & Pearman.
The scholarship is worth $30,000 a year for a maxim...
DATE: Aug 03, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Blue Capital Reinsurance Holdings has posted profits of $2 million, or 22 cents per share, for the second quarter of the year, compared with $5.5 million during the same period in 2015.
Blue Capital’s earnings beat analysts’ estimates, as collated on...
DATE: Aug 02, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Bermuda shorts company TABS has opened its first store.
The company, which began life online three years ago, has branched out into a bricks-and-mortar presence.
And owner Rebecca Singleton said the new store was an ideal showcase for an expanded ran...
DATE: Aug 02, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The new head of professional services at real estate agents Rego Sotheby’s International Realty took a long and winding road to his profession.
Shawn Brown originally graduated with a biology degree from the University of Toronto but, unable to find ...
DATE: Jul 27, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor