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What would you do if you found a penguin in the freezer? That is not the opening line to a joke, at least according to the careers website Glassdoor. It’s a question that a job candidate at a Trader Joe’s in California reports he or she was asked in ...

Bermuda is playing a role in one of the world’s largest natural peril reinsurance deals, helping to support an ambitious programme to address flood risk insurance and reinsurance protection in Britain. The $3 billion Flood Re programme, launched yest...

Legal firm Benedek Lewin has hired a new head of property. Declan McKervey, an experienced property lawyer, took up his new post last Friday and will work with property counsel Stephen Males. Mr McKervey said: “I look forward to working with Stephen ...

Bermudian lawyer Lilla Zuill is settling into a new life in Hong Kong after being seconded to the Orient by Bermuda law office Harneys. Ms Zuill is to spend a year in the Harneys office on secondment in a bid to build business links between the islan...

A closed St George’s restaurant is to be reborn with a new name. The Tavern by the Sea, which closed last Thursday, is to reopen with new management and a new name — The Wharf. The building, at Somers Wharf off Water Street, is owned by Meyer Propert...

The London arm of the Hamilton Insurance Group has taken on a new staff member. Miles Osorio has joined Hamilton Underwriting, the managing agency of Lloyd’s Syndicate 3334 and the group’s Lloyd’s operations, as head of property direct and facultativ...

Q: There seem to be plenty of articles about taking a strategic step backward in your career when young. But what about when you’re near the end of your career, in a large company? The objective is to try to stay employable (and be happier with the a...

Oil Insurance Ltd will pay out a dividend totalling $200 million to its shareholders this year. The Bermudian-based mutual insurer, which insures the oil giants who own it, made net income of $30.9 million in 2015 and underwriting income of $56.7 mil...

Companies that focus on creating a “human-focused workplace” will reap significant rewards in terms of employee wellbeing, engagement, and retention, according to a survey by Globoforce’s new WorkHuman Research Institute. The Institute’s 2016 survey...

The Royal Gazette/BSX Index closed down 4.41 points, or 0.37 per cent, at 1,191.69. The sole trading of the day was in the Bank of Butterfield, which saw 28,300 shares worth $46,695 change hands. The bank’s shares ended 1 cent down, or 0.6 per cent a...