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A New York-based global blockchain consortium believes Bermuda could use its reputation to become a “fintech” leader.
The Agentic Group has held preliminary meetings with the Bermuda Monetary Authority about Fintech-associated opportunities. Fintech...
DATE: Jun 09, 2016
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Jill Husbands, the winner of the inaugural Fred Reiss Lifetime Achievement Award, said she feels honoured to have been chosen.
And she hopes that young people seeking an insurance-sector career will look beyond the big name insurers and reinsurers an...
DATE: Jun 08, 2016
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Reinsurance
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Scott Neil
Further evidence of an improving outlook for boat sales in Bermuda, and the economy in general, has come from the sale of a high-spec motor yacht by PW Marine Bermuda.
The first new Tiara boat to be sold on the island since 2005 is the latest fillip ...
DATE: Jun 06, 2016
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Bermuda's rating has been downgraded to A2 from A1 by Moody's Investors Service.
The high level of interest repayments the Bermuda Government makes to service the island's debt of more than $2.2 billion was among the determining factors that led to M...
DATE: Jun 06, 2016
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The role Bermuda plays in helping countries and communities to recover from natural disasters and catastrophes was highlighted at the New York Stock Exchange yesterday.
A forum hosted by RenaissanceRe was attended by 200 leaders from a variety of are...
DATE: Jun 03, 2016
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Reinsurance
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Scott Neil
Bermuda is continuing to explore and implement renewable and “cleaner” energy options, and is seeking to have renewable sources meet 35 per cent of the island’s electricity needs by 2025.
That aspiration was reiterated by Grant Gibbons, the Minister ...
DATE: May 31, 2016
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Local Business
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Scott Neil
Lessons learnt from the experience of Hurricane Sandy barrelling into New York and New Jersey in 2012 will be the focus of a RenaissanceRe-hosted forum at the New York Stock Exchange next week.
Manhattan’s recovery from Sandy, the second-costliest US...
DATE: May 25, 2016
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Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
Music has taken priority over running this year for Sylvester Jean-Pierre, one of the most consistent and recognisable competitors in the Appleby Bermuda Half-Marathon Derby during the past two decades.
A former top three finisher, Mr Jean-Pierre las...
DATE: May 23, 2016
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Scott Neil
Hiscox marked its first ten years in Bermuda with a celebration event held at Masterworks in the Botanical Gardens.
A number of the global specialist insurer’s senior executives, including Bronek Masojada, group CEO, Robert Childs, chairman, and Jer...
DATE: May 19, 2016
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Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
The continuing low price of fuel and electricity helped drive down inflation to 1 per cent in March.
It was the third consecutive month that inflation has fallen since it hit 1.8 per cent in December. Inflation in March was 0.3 percentage points lowe...
DATE: May 19, 2016
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