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Inflation in Bermuda has slipped back from an 8-month high and stood at 3.1 percent at the end of April, compared to a month earlier when it had been 3.5 percent.
Between the two months the average cost of goods and services on the Island edged 0.4 p...
DATE: Jun 13, 2007
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When Andy Soucie put the Positive Results health and wellness studio in Pembroke up for sale he was adamant he would not let it go to anyone not committed to keeping it as a personal trainer-led fitness gym.
That business philosophy was a perfect fit...
DATE: Jun 13, 2007
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In the wake of the ongoing US multi-district litigation surrounding contingent commissions and allegations of bid-rigging and anti-trust practices allowed by insurance firms and brokers, legal experts have spoken of the way forward while visiting Ber...
DATE: Jun 12, 2007
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More US brokers will be heading to Bermuda in 2008 for the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS) symposium if organisers of this year's fourth annual event have their way.
The two-day symposium attracted just over 200 delegates last week...
DATE: Jun 12, 2007
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A teenage US goal-scoring record setter with roots in Bermuda is waiting to hear if she has been selected to play for the Bermuda national women's football squad when it travels to Greece later this month.
Jasmin Johansen is only 17, but the soccer j...
DATE: Jun 09, 2007
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Argus Group has reported record earnings with a full year profit of $36.9 million, up 36.8 percent from last year.
Those earnings represent a 24.8 percent return on opening shareholders' equity.
As with other insurance companies the benign 2006 hurri...
DATE: Jun 08, 2007
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It is referred to as the "granddaddy of all insurance class actions" and over the past three years the still-incomplete legal action has sucked up $100 million in fees and a further $20m for out-of-pocket expenses just on the plaintiff side of the co...
DATE: Jun 08, 2007
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Reinsurers hit by big losses from the 2005 hurricanes of Katrina, Rita and Wilma who have since sought to diversify into non-catastrophe business lines are facing diminishing returns.
And the flip-side of the emerging picture shows that "unfashionabl...
DATE: Jun 07, 2007
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Former US Navy commander D. Michael Abrashoff was an unusual choice of speaker at the Professional Liability Underwriting Society's two-day business symposium in Hamilton.
Yet captains of industry from across Bermuda's multi-billion dollar insurance ...
DATE: Jun 07, 2007
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A casual conversation at a hedge fund conference highlighted a telling difference between Bermuda and some rival offshore jurisdictions and showed why Bermuda continues to be held in higher regard than many competing financial jurisdictions as an ord...
DATE: Jun 06, 2007
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