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Record-breaking winter storms in the United States caused more than $1 billion of insured losses last month, according to estimates by Aon Benfield.
The US has been hit by a string of winter storms this year, which in January were estimated to have c...
DATE: Mar 16, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
Bermuda is proving a hit with the Latin American nation of Colombia.
For a boom in the insurance industry across the Latin American (Latam) region has led to a flood of Colombian captive insurance firms registered in Bermuda.
Maria Escobar, head of M...
DATE: Mar 16, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A former Bermuda fitness coach is training Island residents for the annual Bermuda Day Half-Marathon Derby — from thousands of miles away.
Colin Aycliffe, a personal trainer at the Court House Squash and Wellness Gym in Hamilton’s Victoria Street unt...
DATE: Mar 16, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Shares worth a total of almost $500,000 were traded on The Royal Gazette/BSX Index last week, with the exchange ending down 9.14 points (0.67 per cent) at 1,363.04.
HSBC Holdings were down 85 cents (9.34 per cent) at $8.25 after 1,314 shares were tra...
DATE: Mar 16, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Bermuda Stock Exchange
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A total of ten new insurance firms have registered in Bermuda in the first two months of the year, according to Bermuda Monetary Authority figures.
And the BMA also approved a new broker, Winklevoss Ltd.
The list includes four special purpose insurer...
DATE: Mar 16, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Retail sales continued to trend upwards in January, with a year-on-year improvement of 2.6 per cent.
The month’s total sales were an estimated $77.2 million compared with $75.3 million during the same month in 2014.
After adjusting for the annual ret...
DATE: Mar 16, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
The Bank of Butterfield was the sole trade on The Royal Gazette/BSX.
A total of 61,226 shares in the bank, worth $121,227, moved to leave the price unchanged at $1.98.
The Royal Gazette/BSX closed unchanged at 1,363.04.
The BSX Insurance Insurance In...
DATE: Mar 16, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Bermuda Stock Exchange
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Dear Dave,
I have a problem with impulse spending. I switched to a debit card so that the money comes straight out of my checking account, but I still buy things I know I shouldn’t. Should I stop using the card?
LAUREN
Dear Lauren,
Debit cards are g...
DATE: Mar 14, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Personal Finance
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A hairdressers has had its own make over and a change of name — and Liv Hair and Beauty has added a range of new services as well.
Now the salon, formerly Cabelo, offers treatments using the top-selling Dermalogica range in a new beauty area.
“We’ve ...
DATE: Mar 13, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A top executive of Third Point Reinsurance Ltd has stressed that the Bermuda-based firm is a “real insurance company” as US tax authorities seek to clamp down on what they consider to be hedge fund investment vehicles masquerading as reinsurers.
Thi...
DATE: Mar 13, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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