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Firefighter Mark Prior aims to turn up the heat in the fight world.
For Mr Prior, a member of the Bermuda Fire & Rescue Service, has opened Bermuda Combat Club — dedicated to the “gentle art” of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and mixed martial arts cage fightin...
DATE: Aug 14, 2017
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Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
NEW YORK (Bloomberg) – A Los Angeles man who was born into a life of white-collar crime with an opulent lifestyle was ordered to serve more than 14 years behind bars for ripping off poor Native Americans, a sentence that tacked five years to time he’...
DATE: Aug 14, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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A pool maintenance veteran has seen a rise in the number of customers switching from freshwater to saltwater pools.
Tim McKittrick, owner of Tim’s Pools Ltd, has been in business for 15 years and witnessed many changes during this time.
He said: “Sa...
DATE: Aug 14, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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Financial markets are showing some signs of volatility these days after exceptionally low indicators since the start of the 2017. The Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index, or Vix, is at its highest level this year. The VVix Index, which me...
DATE: Aug 14, 2017
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Reinsurance
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Bermudian-based insurance and reinsurance company Fidelis Insurance has appointed group chief risk officer Charles Mathias to its board.
Mr Mathias replaces Neil McConachie, who resigned as group chief financial officer and director earlier this year...
DATE: Aug 14, 2017
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Reinsurance
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Insurance veteran Robert Cooney and tourism industry veteran Dennis Tucker have been appointed as independent directors of LOM Financial Ltd.
The new recruits will serve on the boards of the investment firm’s three Bermuda-regulated subsidiaries.
Mr...
DATE: Aug 14, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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Former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan is worried about a bond bubble. “By any measure, real long-term interest rates are much too low and therefore unsustainable,” Greenspan said in a recent interview. “When they move higher they are likely ...
DATE: Aug 12, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Personal Finance
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Dear Dave,
I’m debt-free except for my home, and I’m considering having solar panels installed on the roof of the house. It would cost about $27,000. I have $80,000 in savings, but the company doing the installation will finance it all for just one p...
DATE: Aug 12, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Personal Finance
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The America’s Cup may have ended but Bermuda — and especially Dockyard — has new and exciting things on the horizon.
Among the West End Development Corporation’s plans are new tourist accommodations on site and a new transport museum.
Andrew Dias, th...
DATE: Aug 11, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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Fast-growing Athene Holding Ltd is continuing its expansion into Europe with the acquisition of Dublin-based life insurer Aegon Ireland.
Bermudian-based life reinsurer and annuities provider Athene will carry out the transaction through AGER Bermuda ...
DATE: Aug 11, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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