494 results returned for search: "independence AND " category "Business"
NEW YORK (BestWeek) — Three out of four insurers aren’t prepared for driverless vehicles, and one-third haven’t done anything about an industry change that could be near, according to a KPMG summary of a survey looking at automobile insurance in a ti...
DATE: Jun 23, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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News that the fifth-biggest bank in Canada is to end its ownership stake in Butterfield Bank has been characterised as “a real a show of independence and strength” for the Island institution by Butterfield CEO Brendan McDonagh.
“Butterfield Bank is r...
DATE: Apr 28, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
The Bermuda Monetary Authority plans to get more involved with Government in ensuring the Island’s financial stability — but it will steer well clear of politics.
That was the firm message from chief executive officer Jeremy Cox, who was speaking aft...
DATE: Mar 09, 2015
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
The head of Bermuda-based Jardine Matheson yesterday wrote to the UK’s Financial Times to back a No vote in the referendum on Scottish independence.
Sir Henry Keswick, the chairman of Jardine Matheson Holdings, a huge conglomerate involved in a vari...
DATE: Sep 18, 2014
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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An independent Scotland could set itself up as an insurance and reinsurance centre, a top industry lawyer believes.
If Scotland’s residents vote to break away from the United Kingdom in a referendum on Thursday, contracts and wordings around many pol...
DATE: Sep 15, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
Peter Everson said: “Bermuda always prospers when other countries face uncertainty,” pointing to the US War of Independence; US Civil War, First World War and Second World War, all of which provided economic benefits to the Island, primarily in its r...
DATE: Sep 11, 2014
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
Journalists have uncovered a Bermuda connection to sensational claims of political intrigue and suspicion involving a UK university — claims which invade the corridors of power in the People’s Republic of China.
In today’s edition, UK national newspa...
DATE: Jun 11, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
David Fox, Business Editor
Ayo Johnson, a Bermuda- and West Africa-based journalist, has founded a ‘digital journal’ which launched yesterday.
The journal, which is called Politica, is found on the Think Media website.
On its launch, Politica includes a ‘Featured Story’ about...
DATE: May 08, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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The Civil Service must be cut after the coming fiscal year, Finance Minister Bob Richards warned as he outlined the advantages of mutualisation or privatisation.
Staff layoffs will be inevitable unless “non-core functions” are outsourced after 2014/1...
DATE: Feb 22, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Economy
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Global financial services firm KPMG has paid $8.2 million to settle a US finance industry watchdog’s allegations that it broke rules designed to keep auditors from getting too close to their clients.
Now the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) h...
DATE: Feb 13, 2014
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor