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Esteemed US economist, Steve Levitt, bestselling author of ‘Freakonomics' (2005) and its sequel, ‘Superfreakonomics' (2009), will be the keynote speaker at the second Annual Capital G Private Wealth Conference to be held on May 4 at the Tucker's Poin...
DATE: Feb 16, 2011
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Personal Finance
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Travel by private jet may seem like extravagant luxury to many but to several Bermuda international companies it is a practical and efficient means of travel.
Flagstone Re is one such firm. Last week, chief executive officer David Brown and a team of...
DATE: Feb 16, 2011
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Butterfield Bank shares fell 3.2 percent on the Bermuda Stock Exchange yesterday as the local stock market closed lower.
The bank fell four cents to close on $1.21, as 13,500 shares traded.
BF&M pared the gains it made last week, falling 99 cents, o...
DATE: Feb 15, 2011
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Bermuda Stock Exchange
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Validus Holdings Ltd is reportedly in takeover talks with fellow Bermuda reinsurer Ariel Re, according to a report in the UK trade press.
The Insurance Insider cites sources who claim that Ariel Re has invited Validus to undertake due diligence on th...
DATE: Feb 15, 2011
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Reinsurance
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Bermuda-based re/insurer Arch Capital Group Ltd said yesterday that fourth-quarter profit fell 20 percent after the company paid out $22.5 million in losses related to December’s Australian floods.
Arch said net income for the October through Decembe...
DATE: Feb 15, 2011
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Reinsurance
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Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings SA said fourth-quarter profits slumped 77 percent to $15 million, compared to same period of 2009, as catastrophe losses took their toll.
The company revealed last week that it expected Australian flood losses in Decemb...
DATE: Feb 15, 2011
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Reinsurance
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Age: 24
Role: Corporate care supervisor, Digicel Bermuda
What is your job? I am the “go to” person when a corporate client is in need. I facilitate account audits to highlight potential savings, process new activations, replacement stock, repair devi...
DATE: Feb 15, 2011
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Bermuda Works
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US President Barack Obama yesterday proposed a move that would increase the US tax paid by some Bermuda-based reinsurers and clamp down on multinational companies using offshore entities for “earnings stripping”.
The moves were outlined in the Presid...
DATE: Feb 15, 2011
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International Business
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The start of any new year is typically a time for review and assessment. Unfortunately with the phrases “down turn economy”, “hard economic times” , “redundancy” and “layoff” becoming more commonplace, review and assessment take on a whole new meanin...
DATE: Feb 15, 2011
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Bermuda Works
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Rita Healy has been appointed the hotel manager of the Fairmont Southampton resort.
Ms Healy, who will direct rooms, food and beverage and leisure operations, for the 593-room hotel, has experience of working in management roles at several other Fair...
DATE: Feb 14, 2011
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