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Business leaders and their staff are expected to do battle at bubble football, zorb racing and human bowling when the Xtreme Sports Games returns in April.
The inaugural games last year were hailed a success, bringing 16 companies and organisations t...
DATE: Jan 20, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
The America’s Cup official yacht charter firm is steering a course to set up a business on the island — with a promise of jobs and training for Bermudians.
Helm Events, which will bring a fleet of 15 luxury catamarans to Bermuda for the America’s Cup...
DATE: Jan 20, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A new insurance market conference to be held in Bermuda has sold out two months in advance.
The Bermuda Healthcare Forum, which takes place in March, has attracted 160 delegates.
Jereme Ramsay of the Bermuda Business Development Agency, the sponsor o...
DATE: Jan 20, 2017
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Other
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R&Q Re (Bermuda) Ltd has issued $20 million of floating rate subordinated notes, which are due in December 2023.
In a statement, the company said the notes are Tier 2 eligible capital and will increase R&Q Re Bermuda’s statutory capital and surplus t...
DATE: Jan 20, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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Bank of Butterfield shares gained 50 cents to $32 on The Royal Gazette/BSX Index.
The rise came after 3,831 shares changed hands.
On the New York Stock Exchange, the bank was also up, by 50 cents to $32.82.
Telecoms firm KeyTech fell 29 cents to $2.5...
DATE: Jan 20, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Bermuda Stock Exchange
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Business leaders and the legal world warned that the island faces a period of “unprecedented uncertainty” as Donald Trump takes over as US president tomorrow amid campaign pledges of tax cuts and protectionism.
One senior reinsurance figure said: “Th...
DATE: Jan 19, 2017
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Bermudian-based XL Catlin has beaten 105 other firms in a league table of front-runners in product innovation.
XL Catlin topped the 2016 Advisen Pacesetter awards for innovation in the property and casualty insurance industry, while Chubb, Swiss-base...
DATE: Jan 19, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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Two Bermudian businessmen have imported a ground-breaking road-legal mini jeep.
The rugged 800cc Torc Deliverance two-seater was brought to Bermuda by Jamie Lovell and Alex Marshall of Team Oni Racing Club — with the first example already on the road...
DATE: Jan 19, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Utilities group Ascendant dropped 35 cents to $7.15 on The Royal Gazette/BSX Index.
The fall, equal to 4.7 per cent, came after 600 shares traded.
Insurance firm Argus went up 14 cents, or 3.2 per cent, to $4.54 after 1,300 shares sold.
Fellow insure...
DATE: Jan 19, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Bermuda Stock Exchange
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Disruptive technologies, such as blockchain, present both threats and opportunities for financial services businesses in Bermuda.
And the island must stay strong to keep its relevance in global capital markets.
That is the belief of Arthur Wightman, ...
DATE: Jan 18, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil