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Sitting at the window of his new shop in Hamilton, Vincenzo Della Valle can be seen working on handmade sandals for customers.
The Queen Street business is a dream come for Mr Della Valle, who started out as a boy apprentice to sandalmaking masters o...
DATE: Jul 05, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
Insurance claims related to lightning strikes are proving more costly as a result of householders having an increasing number of electronic devices in their homes.
The devices, which are vulnerable to damage from direct lightning strikes or associate...
DATE: Jul 04, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
For Graham Redford it has been a busy first year as managing director of Rubis Energy Bermuda, not least because of the $17.7 million purchase of Bermuda Gas from Ascendant Group in April.
There have been other challenges, including the ongoing weigh...
DATE: Jun 30, 2016
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
The 2017 edition of the Rubis Energy Bermuda calendar is shaping up to be something extra special as the company celebrates its first ten years on the island.
Each year around 15,000 of the calendars are distributed at Rubis service stations across t...
DATE: Jun 29, 2016
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
After 31 years in business The Upstairs Golf and Tennis Shop, on Church Street, will close its doors on Friday.
It is in the final stages of a closing out sale with its remaining items heavily discounted.
The shop is a casualty of a big drop in custo...
DATE: Jun 28, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
The Regulatory Authority of Bermuda’s new chief executive officer has an extensive background in the telecommunications industry in Britain, and also worked as a regulatory manager for a subsidiary of the power company National Grid.
Matthew Copeland...
DATE: Jun 24, 2016
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
It has been a busy first year for Paul Scope, who took the reins of Willis Bermuda last April.
The parent company has since been involved in two significant mergers and is now known as Willis Towers Watson.
At a local level, the company is undergoing...
DATE: Jun 23, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
Cyber-risk insurance has the potential to create a new market and revenue stream for the insurance and reinsurance industry.
And it may eventually become a stand-alone single peril class, something many underwriters would like to see happen.
Those we...
DATE: Jun 22, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
The wave of mergers and acquisitions in the insurance and reinsurance sector will continue and there will be casualties.
That was a blunt assessment that emerged during an insurance and reinsurance review at the Bermuda Captive Conference.
One of las...
DATE: Jun 15, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
Only a few years ago the idea of letting valued digital data leave an office was something baulked at by many businesses, but not so today.
Exactly how many companies now use the cloud for most, if not all of their computing needs is not easy to calc...
DATE: Jun 10, 2016
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil