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Convergence 2013 is an event for investors, reinsurance and insurance companies and service partners to meet, network and learn about ILS such as catastrophe bonds.
The two-day event, organised by ILS Bermuda, is being held in the newly renovated Pie...
DATE: Nov 14, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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Reinsurers could take over the US flood insurance programme from the US government, according to Validus Holdings CEO Ed Noonan.
Speaking on a panel at the PwC/S&P Bermuda (Re) insurance Conference yesterday, Mr Noonan said flood coverage was one are...
DATE: Nov 14, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
Proposals by some US lawmakers to raise more taxes from non-US reinsurers — including those based in Bermuda — would damage the industry’s ability to bear more flooding and terrorism risks, a hearing in Washington heard yesterday.
The subject was tou...
DATE: Nov 14, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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PwC Bermuda will stage a reception next week for parents of college or university students to highlight the benefits of a career in professional services.
The parents can connect with PwC professionals and learn about the opportunities available thro...
DATE: Nov 14, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Other
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Third Point Reinsurance Ltd posted third-quarter net income of $46.6 million yesterday, as it declared its first quarterly financial results as a public company.
The earnings, which broke down to 46 cents per share, were up 17.7 percent compared to t...
DATE: Nov 13, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
Building a strategy for Bermuda’s economic recovery is the goal of a two-day gathering between Government, the Island’s unions and the private sector.
Around 150 representatives from the Island’s business, hospitality and union sectors will come toge...
DATE: Nov 13, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Economy
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Smaller reinsurance firms may have to amalgamate to survive tough economic times, a major conference heard yesterday.
And new markets — like the risk of conventional terrorism, particularly in the US — and China could create new demand for insurance ...
DATE: Nov 13, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Those of you that have been reading this series of Cloud-related tutorials for the layperson must be wondering what we are going to come up with next. Well wonder no longer, now that you understand the benefits of moving into the Cloud for everyday p...
DATE: Nov 13, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Technology
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US judges have approved special summonses to obtain account and identity information about US clients of Butterfield Bank in a hunt for tax dodgers, a US newspaper reported last night.
The website of USA Today cited prosecutors as saying that federal...
DATE: Nov 13, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Other
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A proposed state-of-the art Swiss opera house is at the centre of a lawsuit for excess of $100 million, pitting Butterfield Trust Bermuda Ltd (BTB) against Swiss arts foundations Rutli Stiftung and Stiftung Salle Modulable.
Funding for the opera hous...
DATE: Nov 13, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
