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The jobless total for last year has dipped compared to 2012, the latest Government statistics have revealed.
The 2013 unemployment rate was seven percent, compared to eight percent in 2012, with 2,569 people looking for work last year.
That represent...
DATE: Jan 20, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Small increases in the share prices of Butterfield Bank and two utility stocks sent The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index higher last week.
Butterfield gained one cent, or 0.7 percent, during the five days of trading to close the week on $1....
DATE: Jan 20, 2014
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Bermuda Stock Exchange
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Super-rich families in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East could be major targets for Bermuda’s wealth management industry, one of the organisers of a major conference next month said yesterday.
Jonathan Dunlop, chairman of the Bermuda branch of ...
DATE: Jan 20, 2014
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The Bermuda Stock Exchange rose 15.46, or 1.3 percent, to 1,197.89 with 17,541 shares trading at a total value of $62,041.59.
The insurance, utilities and banking sectors all saw movement on the BSX. Some 9,891 of The Bank of NT Butterfield Ltd shar...
DATE: Jan 20, 2014
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Bermuda Stock Exchange
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The number of new insurance companies registered in Bermuda last year jumped by nearly three quarters compared to 2012.
A total of 91 companies set up shop in the Island in 2013 — a 72 percent increase on the 53 registers the year before — and the Is...
DATE: Jan 20, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Dear Dave,
My husband works construction, so we barely scrape by during the winter months. Should we build an emergency fund for the slow times?
Cathy
Dear Cathy,
I think that’s a great idea. Although, I’d probably call it something other than an e...
DATE: Jan 18, 2014
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Other
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New Year’s reckoning.
It is time for your annual financial review.
Yes, it is time-consuming. It may take you a day, a couple, a week, or a month to go through all your last year’s financial activities. Additionally, this is a good time, a traditiona...
DATE: Jan 18, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Personal Finance
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Bermuda-based reinsurer Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd has appointed Daniel Brookman as head of Capital Markets.
Mr Brookman will also serve as chief operating officer for Montpelier’s asset management business, Blue Capital Management Ltd. His appointm...
DATE: Jan 17, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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Marsh and McLennan chief executive officer Dan Glaser says the insurance market is generally softening and he expects price competition to heat up during this year.
Speaking with AMBestTV’s Meg Green at the Insurance Information Institute’s Property/...
DATE: Jan 17, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
The new boss of Bermuda’s docks said the industry had to face up to declining volumes of cargo and possible relocation to another site if Hamilton’s planned redevelopment of its waterfront goes ahead.
And Warren Jones, the new CEO of Polaris Holdings...
DATE: Jan 17, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
