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Bermudian hotel concierge Curlene Lightbourne has earned her golden keys.
The senior concierge agent at the Fairmont Southampton is the resort’s latest member of the exclusive Society of the Golden keys, or Les Clef d’Or.
“Curlene Lightbourne’s induc...
DATE: Sep 08, 2011
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Pressure is building for an increase in reinsurance rates after massive catastrophe losses this year have substantially diminished reinsurers’ capital.
That is the conclusion of a report by rating agency AM Best, which states that companies “are hopi...
DATE: Sep 08, 2011
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Reinsurance
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Bermuda reinsurer Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd has recruited Christopher Schaper from Bermuda rival Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd to be the new president of Montpelier Reinsurance Ltd.
His appointment will be effective November 25, 2011 subject to a...
DATE: Sep 08, 2011
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International Business
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New Bermuda reinsurer Third Point Re has $500 million in capital, two investors involved revealed to Bloomberg News.
And Third Point LLC, the $8 billion New York-based hedge fund founded by Daniel Loeb that is behind the new company, aims to raise a ...
DATE: Sep 08, 2011
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Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
James Berry, Todd Kearns and Stephen Woodward, have been named as new partners by KPMG in Bermuda, with effect from October 1, 2011.
Mr Berry joins the partnership from his role as a director, providing audit and advisory services to a variety of rei...
DATE: Sep 08, 2011
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The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) celebrated 40 years in business this year.
Set up in February 1971, today it has more than 800 securities listed, including more than 360 funds, with a combined market capitalisation of more than $225 billion.
Among t...
DATE: Sep 08, 2011
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Bermuda Stock Exchange
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LONDON (Bloomberg) UK banks, insurers and professional services should stop “self-imposed flagellation” and spur the country back to growth, according to Peter Levene, chairman of the Lloyd’s of London insurance market.
“The British economy needs to ...
DATE: Sep 07, 2011
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Reinsurance
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The value of networking was driven home to young job seekers as part of Labour Day celebrations this week.
Speakers at the Bermuda Industrial Union event were united in their message: who you know will get you in the door what you know will keep you ...
DATE: Sep 07, 2011
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Economy
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
BOSTON / NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investor Dan Loeb is setting up a new reinsurance firm in Bermuda, becoming the latest hedge fund manager to jump into the business of underwriting risk.
Loeb, who runs the $7.9 billion hedge fund Third Point LLC, told ...
DATE: Sep 07, 2011
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Reinsurance
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Bermudian Stephen Young has been appointed to lead the global catastrophe reinsurance unit of Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd.
Mr Young joined Endurance’s Bermuda-based reinsurance team in 2002 as an underwriter. In 2005 he assumed responsibility fo...
DATE: Sep 07, 2011
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Reinsurance
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