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Major event partners and restaurants yesterday hailed the America’s Cup as a major boost for business. Insurance firm BF&M is the official health insurance provider for the America’s Cup for Oracle Team USA and the ACEA. John Wight, BF&M’s chief exec...

The America’s Cup World Series put wind in the sails of Bermuda business over the weekend. And the following wind generated by the event has eased the recession doldrums the Island has suffered for several years. Charles Gosling, managing director an...

Akiko Maeda has notched up a first at global drinks giant Bacardi. She has become the first head of fashion at the firm, and she aims to create a fusion of premium drinks and high fashion to boost the company’s brand portfolio. “I get to cut across a...

The co-founder of the British luxury watchmaker appointed as the America’s Cup official timekeeper yesterday said the event would mean big business for his firm and Bermuda. Giles English, who started precision timepiece company Bremont with brother ...

Bermuda faces tough competition from other jurisdictions in attracting family trust business, a conference of industry experts heard yesterday. And Bermuda should be doing more to make it easier for very wealthy clients to establish residence in Berm...

Top executives of global giants are to jet in to Bermuda for the first Island America’s Cup races this weekend, America’s Cup supremo Sir Russell Coutts said yesterday. Sir Russell said top executives from America’s Cup sponsors Louis Vuitton, luxury...

Bermuda is in a strong position to hold on to its insurance-linked securities business — despite attempts by the City of London to muscle in on the sector, ILS Bermuda chairman Greg Wojciechowski said yesterday. Mr Wojciechowski was speaking after a ...

Networking group Women in Reinsurance (WiRe) has launched a chocolate fundraising campaign to help families in need. The 150-strong WiRe aims to sell 6,400 boxes of chocolate-coated almonds over the next month — with the proceeds going to charity the...

Consumers are demanding cleaner and greener food, one of the Island’s major wholesalers said yesterday. Alun Hughes, general manager of Butterfield & Vallis, said: “There is definitely a trend towards no pesticides, non-genetically modified and as or...

Fund administrator Harbour Financial Services has appointed a new head of director services. Laura Knox Clingerman, a qualified chartered accountant, takes up the post with immediate effect. Brian McDevitt, chief operating officer at Harbour Financi...