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Lt Col Brain Gonsalves, the former Commanding Officer of the Bermuda Regiment, is joining East End Telecom (Telecom) as its chief executive officer, the company’s board of directors has reported.
A press release announcing the appointment stated: “Br...
DATE: Nov 26, 2013
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The Royal Gazette / Bermuda Stock Exchange Index plunged two percent yesterday as Butterfield Bank tumbled 3.4 percent.
The bank dipped five cents to $1.40 on the trading of 1,700 shares.
The only other domestic-board issuer to trade was KeyTech Ltd,...
DATE: Nov 26, 2013
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Bermuda Stock Exchange
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Sister companies Marsh and Guy Carpenter & Company, an insurance and reinsurance broker respectively, have donated $9,750 to Friends of Hospice, the supporting charity for Agape House. The donation is being used to revamp the organisation’s community...
DATE: Nov 26, 2013
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Bermuda’s international business pumped an estimated $1.47 billion into the island’s economy last year, a survey released today said.
The largest single contribution was salaries, with exempt companies paying staff a total of $433 million last year —...
DATE: Nov 26, 2013
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Neptune Group Ltd has announced it will move Bermuda Container Line’s terminal location from New York to Philadelphia to cut costs.
The group stated that the move comes after two years of extensive research, financial modelling and importer, shipper ...
DATE: Nov 26, 2013
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Bermuda’s reinsurers are operating in an increasingly competitive market with margins likely to be squeezed further by a combination of growing competition from third-party capital and decreasing demand for reinsurance.
That is the picture painted by...
DATE: Nov 25, 2013
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Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
Gains in the share prices of Butterfield Bank and Ascendant Group helped The Royal Gazette / Bermuda Stock Exchange Index rise 2.3 percent last week.
The biggest riser was Butterfield which advanced five cents, or 3.6 percent over the five days of tr...
DATE: Nov 25, 2013
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Bermuda Stock Exchange
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Barbados’ credit rating has been cut by Standard & Poors Ratings Services (S&P).
Stating that the Caribbean nation has gone back into recession, S&P changed the island’s rating to ‘BB-’ from ‘BB+’, but S&P affirmed the country’s short-term rating at...
DATE: Nov 25, 2013
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Bermuda is leading the world in the issuance of insurance-linked securities (ILS).
A report published by the Bermuda Monetary Authority shows that $3.5 billion of ILS, predominantly catastrophe bonds, were issued by Bermuda-based Special Purpose Insu...
DATE: Nov 25, 2013
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Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
Atrium Underwriting Group Ltd has been acquired by Enstar Group Limited and Stone Point Capital, who announced they have completed the purchase from Arden Holdings Ltd.
Enstar recently announced its expansion into live underwriting with its acquisiti...
DATE: Nov 25, 2013
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International Business
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