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Government has announced plans to build a Bermuda specific model for all future economic forecasting after having missed badly with its growth predictions for 2010.
The report, which was released last month, revealed that the Island’s gross domestic ...
DATE: Mar 21, 2011
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Economy
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Shares of Bermuda-based Omega Insurance shot up 18 percent on Friday, as the insurer confirmed that more than one company has expressed interest in taking it over.
Omega received a bid from privately-owned rival Canopius in January and on Friday the ...
DATE: Mar 21, 2011
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Reinsurance
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Bermuda-based re/insurer Argo Group International Holdings Ltd estimated that its pre-tax losses from last month’s earthquake in New Zealand will be in the range of $35 million to $45 million.
The earthquake caused massive damage in the city of Chris...
DATE: Mar 21, 2011
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Reinsurance
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Two just-released surveys find that a record number of workers have lost faith in their ability to afford retirement.
The 2011 Retirement Confidence Survey conducted by the non-partisan Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI), the American Savings...
DATE: Mar 19, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Personal Finance
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Q. What are the prospects for my shares of Delhaize Group? Are things looking up at all? ML, via the Internet
A. While it derives the bulk of its operating profits from the US, this Belgian supermarket operator with around 2,700 stores does not have ...
DATE: Mar 19, 2011
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Personal Finance
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What’s the right length of time to own a share? Ten years, perhaps. Five? Or maybe it depends on the company whose shares you are buying.
But seconds, or milliseconds, or even picoseconds? New trading technologies are making it possible to buy and se...
DATE: Mar 19, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Personal Finance
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Bermuda is one of the most conducive environments for expatriates to work and live in according to a top insurance company boss.
Charles Dupplin, chief executive of Hiscox Bermuda, gave an insight into Island life in an interview with the Financial T...
DATE: Mar 18, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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The Bermuda insurance market is already on the hook for close to $2 billion in first-quarter catastrophes - and that’s before estimates of the Japan earthquake and tsunami are calculated.
Many companies have put out estimates of their losses from las...
DATE: Mar 18, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AdVantage Ltd is doing its bit to help people save money in the current economic climate with the launch of a new discount coupon booklet.
The product, called Clip n’ Save, will offer special discounts, sales, promotions, giveaways and coupons from r...
DATE: Mar 18, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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Everest Re Group Ltd has issued preliminary loss estimates of between $140 million and $210 million for last month’s New Zealand earthquake.
The company also expects gross losses of $45 million in the first quarter due to this year’s Australian flood...
DATE: Mar 18, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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