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Bermuda’s insurance industry has awarded a massive $445,000 in scholarship funds.
The latest round of Bermuda Foundation for Insurance Studies awards to 12 Island students brings the total funding of new and current scholars to $708,000 for 26 studen...
DATE: Jul 21, 2015
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Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
In the world of high finance, Lee Slonimsky could well be one of a kind — a successful hedge fund manager who is also an author and poet. His new novel, Bermuda Gold, features the Island as one of its locations and has an image of St George’s Harbour...
DATE: Jul 20, 2015
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
An international companies umbrella group is to unveil its 38th annual scholarship winners on Wednesday.
Previous winners have lined up to praise the Association of Bermuda International Companies’ (ABIC) long-running scheme for helping them to get a...
DATE: Jul 20, 2015
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
New legislation is set to boost the Island’s attractiveness to outside investment.
The Bermuda Business Development Agency (BDA) said amendments to the Investment Business Act tabled in the House of Assembly last Friday was a “collaborative effort” b...
DATE: Jul 20, 2015
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
KeyTech was the biggest mover on The Royal Gazette/BSX Index last week. The telecoms firm revealed last Thursday that its subsidiary Logic Communications Ltd was to merge with Bermuda CableVision after KeyTech secured ownership of 100 per cent of Cab...
DATE: Jul 20, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Bermuda Stock Exchange
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College and university students can learn about the Technology Leadership Forum (TLF) and its summer internship programme at a networking event tomorrow at the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club.
The event is designed to prepare students for a career in the IC...
DATE: Jul 20, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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Financial services holding company Somers Ltd was the biggest loser today on the Bermuda Stock Exchange.
The firm’s shares plunged $4 — a 28.6 per cent fall — to $10 as 2,300 shares traded.
Insurance firm Argus also fell, down 19 cents (4.8 per cent)...
DATE: Jul 20, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Bermuda Stock Exchange
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Italian investment giant Exor today upped the stakes in a poker game for control of Bermuda reinsurer PartnerRe.
Exor has added a $3 per share dividend sweetener to its $137.50 a share bid for control of the firm.
The move brings the value of Exor’s ...
DATE: Jul 20, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Dear Dave,
My husband broke a few ribs and his collarbone a couple of years ago when he flipped our ATV. He’s fine now, but we still have about $20,000 in medical bills because we were both between jobs and didn’t have medical coverage when the accid...
DATE: Jul 18, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Personal Finance
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A cyber security expert from professional services firm KPMG yesterday warned Island businesses had to prepare for the worst.
Chris Eaton, senior manager and Bermuda group cyber security leader at the firm, said global surveys had shown that the fina...
DATE: Jul 17, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor