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Florida is continuing to offload policyholders from its state-backed insurer Citizens onto private insurance companies — potentially boosting business for Bermuda’s reinsurers.
Insurance regulators in the Sunshine State have approved four companies t...
DATE: Aug 13, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
Butterfield Bank was at the centre of trading on the Bermuda Stock Exchange today, as both its common shares and preference shares dropped.
The bank’s common shares fell one cent, or 0.5 percent, to close on $1.99, as 100,887 shares traded. The eight...
DATE: Aug 13, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Bermuda Stock Exchange
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Business Buzz is a monthly column presented by the Bermuda Economic Development Corporation. Every month, read about entrepreneurship, obtain business management tips, and find out what’s going on in the small business sector.
Are you too young to...
DATE: Aug 12, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Bermuda Works
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The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange rose 4.01 to close at 1,392.50 yesterday.
A total of 158,817 shares changed hands at a value of $323,484.83.
Watlington Waterworks Ltd along BF&M Ltd pushed the index up. BF&M saw 100 shares trade at 17.65, up...
DATE: Aug 12, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Bermuda Stock Exchange
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Captive insurers are outperforming their commercial counterparts on every key financial measure, according to rating agency AM Best.
Captives provide self-insurance for their corporation owners and some write third-party business as well.
Best said t...
DATE: Aug 12, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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High-end tourism is driving economic growth in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI), which received a BBB+/Stable/A-2 Sovereign credit rating from Standard & Poor’s (S&P), whose analysis highlighted the Caribbean nation’s hospitality industry.
The nort...
DATE: Aug 12, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
Standard and Poor’s (S&P) said yesterday that the hedge fund reinsurers philosophy of running a higher risk portfolio in order to underwrite at lower rates could be flawed.
The idea that hedge-fund reinsurers will earn higher investment returns than ...
DATE: Aug 12, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
SHRM held its 66th Annual Conference & Exposition at the Orange County Convention Centre in Orlando from June 22 to 25. The convention centre, which is one of the largest in the United States, is located on International Drive. The impressive array o...
DATE: Aug 12, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Bermuda Works
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Deadlines. These targets can often be a challenge. They can be imposed, either by yourself or someone else, and this often creates a sense of urgency that increases stress and forces you to sometime compromise what might be your best effort.
It is i...
DATE: Aug 12, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Other
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Bermuda-based insurance company Enstar Group Ltd last night announced earnings that trounced analysts’ estimates and reported that its shareholders’ equity passed the $2 billion mark.
The company, which specialises in run-off acquisitions, said net e...
DATE: Aug 12, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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