363 results returned for search: "" category "Business" author Rebecca Zuill
After a shaky period, the Island’s reinsurance sector is optimistic, according to the online publication Global Reinsurance (GR) in an article which ran yesterday about the Bermuda industry.
The industry website article quoted Association of Bermuda ...
DATE: Feb 20, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
For holders of Bermudian-American citizenship, or for Americans married to Bermudians The Argus Group has designed a 401(k) plan particularly for them.
Argus — through its subsidiary Bermuda Life Insurance Company Limited and in partnership with US-b...
DATE: Feb 20, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
A US district court judgement in an early case to test US Federal excise tax on insurance (FET) has been hailed in Bermuda as a “common sense decision”.
While the US District Court judge found that the excise tax law did not apply to retrocessions o...
DATE: Feb 19, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
A new wave of micro cat bond listings looks likely for the Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) in 2014, with the Bermuda insurance-linked securities (ILS) market shaping up to be as busy as 2013 — a record year for the instruments with Bermuda garnering app...
DATE: Feb 19, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
A US judge’s opinion in favour of Validus Re in a tax case could have positive implications for Bermuda reinsurers.
Retrocession arrangements in respect to offshore entities providing coverage for US risks are not subject to tax, the US federal court...
DATE: Feb 17, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
XL Group’s Bermuda insurance operation’s initiative to help clients in healthcare mitigate risk went live in the wake of the The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), otherwise known as Obama Care, becoming law in the United States.
Wesl...
DATE: Feb 14, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
Raj Nagra, the global brand ambassador for Bombay Sapphire gin, is a rock star in the firmament of the wine and spirits industry. The urbane diplomat of the juniper berry spirit was in Bermuda last week to launch Bombay’s new product, a lemongrass an...
DATE: Feb 13, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
Bermuda is set to benefit from becoming the first offshore financial centre to be granted ‘conditional qualified jurisdiction’ status by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), according to an article written by Appleby lawyers Ti...
DATE: Feb 13, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
Gulfstream, a new restaurant on the South Shore Road in Southampton, was to open quietly last night, but by yesterday afternoon, the word was out.
While The Royal Gazette was visiting the newly renovated premises yesterday afternoon, the telephone ra...
DATE: Feb 11, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
The experts say the right way to start the day is with breakfast.
So it seems appropriate that a ‘breakfast on the go’ product is the right thing for a start-up business to offer.
With Cuckoo, Bermudian Anna Mackenzie, who is based in London, and her...
DATE: Jan 24, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill