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Bermuda’s Parliament approved a number of changes to the Human Rights Act 1981 (the Act) in August, the most notable being the addition of sexual orientation to the list of defined characteristics protected from unlawful discrimination.
The Act chie...
DATE: Dec 12, 2013
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Bermuda’s property and casualty re/insurers will likely see their profit margins come under pressure in 2014, according to stock research analysts Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW).
In a report published this week, KBW said the sector faced pricing press...
DATE: Dec 12, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
More than 90 companies and intermediaries have been registered in Bermuda so far this year, according to the latest statistics from the Bermuda Monetary Authority.
And a total of 14 registrations were confirmed in the insurance and reinsurance busine...
DATE: Dec 12, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A new hi-tech support system for seniors and disabled people who want to live in their own homes is to launch in the new year.
GrandCare — the brainchild of pizza firm chief Marico Thomas — uses technology designed to monitor the health and well-bein...
DATE: Dec 12, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
An air conditioning firm has launched a new website to mark three years in the business.
Quality Air, based in Warwick, unveiled the new site yesterday, with the aim of boosting business.
Co-founder Tyson Blakeney, who started the firm with Quincy Jo...
DATE: Dec 12, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Receivership of Coral Beach & Tennis Club, and Horizons and Cottages is to end on Friday, with either the mortgage holder, Swedbank AB New York, taking over of the leasehold, or its purchase by a third unnamed party.
KPMG had been appointed receiver...
DATE: Dec 12, 2013
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
Shares of Butterfield Bank rose 3.4 percent on a light trading day at the Bermuda Stock Exchange.
Butterfield rose five cents to $1.50, as 6,500 of its shares changed hands.
The Royal Gazette / BSX Index climbed 23.6 points, or 2.01 percent, to close...
DATE: Dec 12, 2013
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Bermuda Stock Exchange
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The Bank of Butterfield has named a new executive vice-president and chief financial officer.
John Maragliano, who has been interim CFO since August, was confirmed in the post.
He replaces Brad Rowse, who was appointed in 2009.
Mr Maragliano joined ...
DATE: Dec 12, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Bermuda’s imports have risen significantly in each of the first three quarters of this year, the latest Government statistics reveal.
The Government’s detailed quarterly statistics show that the value of imported goods increased by 9.8 percent in the...
DATE: Dec 11, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
Golfers know the secret — Port Royal Golf Course has the sort of views for which Bermuda is famous. And from the club house, the scene ranges over the stubble-smoothed grassy hillside stippled with flowering hedges, falling into cream-flecked and cre...
DATE: Dec 11, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
