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Today’s economy is causing people to step out of their comfort zone and try something completely different.
Kim Wilson, a popular bar tender, has traded polishing drinks glasses, for polishing cars. Her new business, Bermuda DryWash, came about in a ...
DATE: Jul 29, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
David Fox, Business Editor
Act. Have you ever noticed how many words contain this little word? As per my search it totals 1,165 words. You might say that this is a very powerful little word! Think about its implications — take one word and the following actions create so many ...
DATE: Jul 29, 2014
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Hiscox wrote less reinsurance business in the first half of this year as rates softened — and chairman Robert Childs said the company will walk away from more business if it considers pricing to be inadequate.
The global insurer and reinsurer, whose ...
DATE: Jul 29, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
XL Group plc yesterday announced a second-quarter net loss attributable to ordinary shareholders of $279.3 million compared to net income of $272.7 million in the prior year quarter, primarily due to a $621.3 million after-tax loss on the sale of the...
DATE: Jul 29, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
David Fox, Business Editor
Bermuda reinsurer Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd yesterday posted second-quarter earnings figures highlighted by strong underwriting profitability.
A leading provider of short-tail reinsurance and other speciality lines, Montpelier’s results included a 7...
DATE: Jul 29, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
David Fox, Business Editor
A business to build high performance customised computers and a scheme to launch a water shuttle from the airport took top honours at the 2014 YEI BizCamp over the past three weeks.
Nicholas Kempe, chairman of the Bermuda Economic Development Corpor...
DATE: Jul 29, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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Bermuda Monetary Authority
Press release
New H1 2014 entities span entire range of financial services, from captives and commercial insurance to new investment funds and related businesses
HAMILTON, BERMUDA — First half statistics released today by t...
DATE: Jul 29, 2014
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Other
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Bermuda-based Blue Capital Reinsurance Holdings Ltd made a profit of $1.2 million in the second quarter, as tornadoes and windstorms took their toll.
The company, which offers collateralised reinsurance products, invests in insurance-linked securitie...
DATE: Jul 28, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd says its shareholders have rejected Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd’s proposals to move forward with its hostile takeover attempt.
Last Friday was the target date set by Endurance for receiving consents from Aspen shareh...
DATE: Jul 28, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
Don’t be too quick to write off traditional reinsurance — it has some important advantages over the new wave of alternative capital.
That is the view of Validus Holdings Ltd CEO Ed Noonan, speaking in an interview with The Royal Gazette, after the Be...
DATE: Jul 28, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
