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A one-time leading figure in Bermuda reinsurance, Kenneth LeStrange, has re-entered the market as the new chairman of Florida-based Orchid Underwriters Agency, LLC, industry media are reporting.
The appointment comes after a management buy-out of th...
DATE: Nov 25, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
Isle441.com, a new Bermuda-focused retail website, is to launch on December 1 — Cyber Monday.
Keidric Smith, the e-business owner, explained: “It’s an online business that allows local businesses to sell products to the local community; it’s like a l...
DATE: Nov 25, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
Power. Over the past few weeks we have all hear a lot about power (or lack thereof) as a result of Fay and Gonzalo. I want to talk about a different kind of power. This is the power of each individual to make changes for themselves, their vocation, a...
DATE: Nov 25, 2014
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The CV or resume is the most important part of the job search.
You can apply for jobs, network for opportunities, scour LinkedIn, register with a recruiter and do all of the other things that you are advised to do in a job search, but the resume det...
DATE: Nov 25, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Bermuda Works
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RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd is to acquire fellow Bermuda reinsurer Platinum Underwriters Holdings, Ltd in a $1.9 billion cash-and-stock deal, the companies announced yesterday.
The deal is expected to close in the first half of next year. RenRe’s seni...
DATE: Nov 25, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
Bacardi Ltd, the largest privately held spirits company in the world, has appointed Jacques Tortoroli as its chief administration officer, effective December 1.
In this newly created role, Mr Tortoroli is responsible for global finance, operations, i...
DATE: Nov 25, 2014
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Other
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RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd is to acquire fellow Bermuda reinsurer Platinum Underwriters Holdings, Ltd in a $1.9 billion deal, the companies announced this morning.
The firms have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which RenaissanceRe wi...
DATE: Nov 24, 2014
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Other
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British media including national newspaper The Independent and leading business publication the Financial Times (FT) is reporting that Bermuda will not cooperate with a UK call to make the identities of company owners public. The FT story states that...
DATE: Nov 24, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index closed down 3.00 for the week, finishing at 1,378.76 on Friday afternoon.
A total of 146,608 shares traded at a value of $359,893.07.
The Bank of NT Butterfield was the biggest trader with 130,408 share...
DATE: Nov 24, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Bermuda Stock Exchange
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A former Bermuda-based broker and dealer has been hit with a massive $26 million in fines and compensation.
ConvergEx Global Markets Ltd (CGM) — which closed its doors in 2012 — was ordered to pay the cash by a New Jersey court after it admitted wire...
DATE: Nov 22, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor