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Thirteen members of Swan’s Running Club took part in this year’s Peachtree 10K road race in Atlanta, Georgia.
The famous event is one of the world’s biggest 10Ks in terms of the number of competitors. In last month’s race there were 24,523 finishers....
DATE: Aug 09, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Running-Triathlon
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
Argo Group International Holdings saw its net income improve to $46 million in the second quarter, compared with $30.9 million for the same period in 2016.
The Bermudian-based company also saw 22 per cent increases in gross written premiums to $687.2...
DATE: Aug 08, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
A decade-old record for the value of catastrophe bonds issued in a single year has been broken.
The first six months of this year saw a greater value of cat bond issuance than during the full-year record set in 2007.
Major bond issuances, covering ea...
DATE: Aug 08, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
American International Group has reported a $1.1 billion profit for the second quarter.
Now headed by Bermudian Brian Duperreault, the company’s net income for the quarter was $1.19 per share, and was down from the $1.9 billion, or $1.68 per share, i...
DATE: Aug 02, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
What does a university mascot bulldog called Trip, shelves of rare books, and a $2 million 100-year-old telescope have to do with Bermuda?
The answer is they are all listed to be covered by a new captive insurance company based on the island.
And tha...
DATE: Jul 28, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
A measure of Bermuda’s economy increased in the first quarter of this year, driven mostly by higher investment in machinery and transport equipment.
The island’s gross domestic product from January through March was $1.69 billion, up 1.6 per cent yea...
DATE: Jul 27, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
Bermudian-based XL Group Ltd has reported a big jump in second-quarter profit to $301.6 million, or $1.14 per share, compared to $43.8 million in the same period of 2016.
The net income boost was primarily driven by lower catastrophe losses and favou...
DATE: Jul 26, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
Lindo’s Market in Devonshire is expanding its warehouse space and will also extend the top level customer car park so it is flush to the side of the supermarket building.
The company’s upper floor offices are also being relocated.
All the changes are...
DATE: Jul 25, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
Bank of Butterfield made a profit of $36.1 million during the second quarter of the year.
That is $0.2 million higher than the net income achieved for the first three months of the year.
And in tandem with the release of its earnings results, the ban...
DATE: Jul 25, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
A diplomatic stand-off between Qatar and its neighbours is having minimal affect on the operations of the Qatar Insurance Company, the parent of Bermudian-based Qatar Re.
However, the soft market conditions have taken a toll, with half-year profits f...
DATE: Jul 25, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil