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Dear Dave,
How can I get credit card companies to stop sending us preapproved offers? My wife continues to sign up for these, and now we have $40,000 in credit card debt.
Dan
Dear Dan,
Chances are you’ll never get credit card companies to stop sendi...
DATE: Feb 15, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Personal Finance
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XL Group’s Bermuda insurance operation’s initiative to help clients in healthcare mitigate risk went live in the wake of the The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), otherwise known as Obama Care, becoming law in the United States.
Wesl...
DATE: Feb 14, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
A major player in the insurance industry in oil-rich Qatar has bought up a Bermuda-based reinsurer.
Qatar Insurance Company (QIC) has taken over Antares, owned by Lightyear Capital and headed by Stephen Redmond, which has a presence on the Island and...
DATE: Feb 14, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A company’s business activities must ultimately be conducted by individuals — company directors — notwithstanding that a company has a distinct legal personality.
Directors may, subject to the company’s by-laws, exercise all the powers of the company...
DATE: Feb 14, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Other
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An insurance linked securities investment firm has promoted accountant Jo Anne Stanton to senior vice-president and chief financial officer.
AlphaCat Managers, part of the Validus group of companies, announced the new appointment yesterday.
CEO Lixin...
DATE: Feb 14, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Business Development Agency (BDA) chief Stephen Lund has quit his post after just seven months to return to his homeland of Canada.
Now deputy chairman David Cash will take over as CEO of the organisation while it recruits a successor.
BDA chairman C...
DATE: Feb 14, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Butterfield Bank shares bounced back up three percent today, regaining half of the ground they lost on Thursday.
The bank closed on $1.70, up five cents, as 9.024 shares traded. It was an immediate rebound after Butterfield had plunged ten cents on T...
DATE: Feb 14, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Bermuda Stock Exchange
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St Valentine’s day has got the hearts of retailers beating faster.
But its strictly business for Island stores and florists, who are gearing up for a sales boost as the Island wears its heart on its sleeve.
And tradition plays a big part, with tradit...
DATE: Feb 13, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Bermudian accountant Antoinette Francis Bolden has been fined by the Institute of Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario as a result of a conviction in Bermuda’s courts.
Mrs Bolden and her husband David, were convicted in 2011 of misleading th...
DATE: Feb 13, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
What is ‘preapproval’ and why do you need it?
There is a myth out there that the real estate market is moving slowly and buyers have plenty of time to get everything together once they find a house or condominium they want. This couldn’t be further f...
DATE: Feb 13, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Heather Chilvers