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Challenges. Every day in our lives and in business we are faced with decisions that may also be defined as challenges. These “speed bumps”, as I like to refer to them, make us sit up and pay attention to what we are doing and how we are doing them. ...

Insurance firm Aspen is to expand into Singapore. The firm’s Aspen Insurance will enter the market in the Asian city state through Aspen’s Lloyd’s syndicate on the Lloyd’s Asia platform. Ann Haugh, president of Aspen International Insurance and chief...

Reinsurers could be hit with worse-than-expected losses after a major event because worsening terms and conditions have increased their risk exposures. That is the view of industry analyst Taoufik Gharib, of Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, who is ...

A green technology firm has been suspended from the Bermuda Stock Exchange after a failure to settle its listing fees. The move means that trading in the shares of Vida Green, set up as a Bermuda exempted company in 2013, will stop immediately. A sta...

Bermuda-based insurer Hiscox Ltd said its gross written premiums for the first nine months rose nearly 13 per cent, driven by a strong performance in its US and London markets. Hiscox, which underwrites a range of risks from oil refineries to kidnapp...

The parent company of Stevedoring Services has posted its first profit in four years. Polaris Holding made $737,000 in the six months to the end of September, or 59 cents a share. In contrast, the firm, which includes real estate and heavy plant and ...

Interior decorator Kim Hughes has designs on creating a business mini-empire. The sole operator of Designs for Living said that business was booming — despite the recession. Ms Hughes, who is celebrating two years of running her own business, said: “...

The BDA will join Bermuda trust industry experts at the Step Asia Conference in Singapore this week, building on the Island’s long-time links with business from the East. The November 11 to 12 conference, hosted by the Society of Trust & Estate Pract...

Two local companies posted double-digit percentage gains in Bermuda Stock Exchange trading last week. Real estate developer West Hamilton Holdings Ltd was the biggest climber, advancing $1.85, or 36.6 per cent, to $6.90 as 300 of its shares traded. T...

The insurance and reinsurance industry should put sustainable development at the heart of their business philosophy, a conference tomorrow is due to hear. Arthur Wightman, the Bermuda leader and insurance leader at financial services firm PwC, said t...