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Top Bermuda insurance brokerage executive Robert Lane has been promoted to a new post in Chicago.
Mr. Lane, who had been chief legal counsel and claims and coverage practice leader of Willis' Bermuda office since 2005, has been named executive v...
DATE: Dec 02, 2010
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The new Singapore-based unit of Hardy Underwriting Bermuda Ltd has started underwriting operations.
Hardy Underwriting Asia, which operates within Lloyd's of London's Asia platform in Singapore, is underwriting risks incepting on or after Januar...
DATE: Dec 02, 2010
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International Business
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Sir Henry Tucker became Bermuda’s first Government leader when he was elected on May 22, 1968 in the first election held under a new Constitution and a two-party system.
Sir Henry, who was a founder of the United Bermuda Party, was a dominant figure...
DATE: Dec 02, 2010
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Former Premier Sir John Swan is one of Bermuda's most successful entrepreneurs and well known real estate developers.
Serving as Premier from January 1982 to August 1995, his business success began in 1962 when he founded John W Swan Ltd, a real esta...
DATE: Dec 02, 2010
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LONDON (AP) The Royal Navy is selling a decommissioned aircraft carrier to raise money in the face of impending military budget cuts.
The HMS Invincible, which played an important role in the 1982 Falklands War, will be auctioned on a military dispos...
DATE: Dec 01, 2010
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LONDON (Reuters) The British gas market could be caught short this winter as an early cold snap sees suppliers tapping into storage a month earlier than last year, eating into stocks needed for when demand usually peaks early in the year.
Wholesale g...
DATE: Dec 01, 2010
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BRUSSELS (Bloomberg) Google Inc. is being probed by European Union anti-trust regulators for allegedly discriminating against competing services in its search results and for stopping some websites accepting rival ads.
The European Commission said it...
DATE: Dec 01, 2010
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NEW YORK (Reuters) US consumer confidence rose in November to its highest in five months and US Midwest business activity grew faster than expected, providing further evidence of economic recovery.
Still, a faster-than-expected fall in prices of US s...
DATE: Dec 01, 2010
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NEW YORK (AP) Motorola Inc. will split into two companies effective January 4, finalising the break-up of one of the founders of the US electronics industry.
Motorola is splitting its consumer-oriented side, which makes cell phones and cable set-top ...
DATE: Dec 01, 2010
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LONDON (AP) - Worries that Portugal or even Spain will have to seek outside help for their debts continued to unsettle financial markets yesterday though buoyant US consumer confidence figures helped to contain the damage.
In Europe, the FTSE 100 ind...
DATE: Dec 01, 2010
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