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The Texas State House of Representatives has voiced its opposition to a proposal that would impose a higher rate of US taxation on Bermudian and other non-US reinsurers.
The proposal is included in President Barack Obama’s 2012 budget, is based on le...
DATE: May 16, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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Reinsurance rates have increased more than 30 percent in New Zealand and Australia, where natural disasters caused huge losses earlier this year, according to a Flagstone Re executive.
However Guy Swayne, Flagstone’s Bermuda-based chief underwriting ...
DATE: May 16, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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Premier and Finance Minister Paula Cox has reminded the public of the importance of the upcoming OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)/Group of 20 Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information this month.
The high l...
DATE: May 16, 2011
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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A 13 percent rise in gross premiums from its Bermuda underwriting unit helped Catlin Group to achieve an overall 11 percent increase in sales during the first quarter.
The global re/insurer, which is domiciled in Bermuda but has traditionally written...
DATE: May 16, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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Bermuda-based Fund administrator Prime Management Ltd has become a Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) listing sponsor.
This will enable the firm to sponsor the listing of catastrophe bonds and other insurance-linked securities - an area in which the BSX is...
DATE: May 16, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Bermuda Stock Exchange
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A group of experts brought together to examine opportunities for growth in Bermuda’s asset management industry has suggested that Government may need to consider new ways to attract more of this type of business to the Island, including adding additi...
DATE: May 16, 2011
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) - American International Group Inc (AIG), citing abuse directed against traders who got bonuses after the company’s bailout, is fighting to keep pay records private from ex-employees seeking the data in a sex-discrimination law...
DATE: May 16, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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Butterfield Bank gained more than three percent to make up some of the ground it lost this week in Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) trading.
The bank climbed four cents, or 3.1 percent, to close on $1.34, as 207,100 shares were traded. The trades began w...
DATE: May 15, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Bermuda Stock Exchange
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Q. What are the expectations for my shares of International Paper Co.?
A. The world's largest paper and packaging company thinks inside the box.
As the US slowly awakens from its economic slumber, an increasing number of corrugated containerboard bo...
DATE: May 15, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Personal Finance
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This graduation season, I have two nieces finishing master’s degree programmes and a nephew about to head off to college.
Those of us who have long since hung our diplomas on the wall know that for those leaving college or high school, graduation is ...
DATE: May 15, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Personal Finance
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