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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Hardy Underwriting Bermuda Ltd. said premium income rose 42 percent at the beginning of 2009 as rates increased.
Premium income before deductions for commission at Janauary 1, when many companies renew their policies, was £69.1 m...
DATE: Feb 05, 2009
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HANOVER (Bloomberg) — Hannover Re said 2009 may become the second-most profitable year in the company's history as insurers hurt by financial market losses turn to reinsurers to help them shoulder risk.
Earnings per share at Germany's second-biggest ...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama imposed tough new rules yesterday to rein in corporate pay, capping executive compensation at $500,000 a year for companies receiving taxpayer funds as he seeks to put the struggling US economy onto a new...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Wells Fargo & Co. is likely on the hook for hefty cancellation fees after abruptly scrapping its upcoming retreats to Las Vegas casinos.
The company, which received $25 billion in taxpayer bailout money and recently announced a $2.3...
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EXTON, Pennsylvania (AP) — XL Insurance, the global insurance subsidiary for Bermuda-based XL Capital Ltd., said its environmental division launched a unit that will provide pollution coverage to small and mid-size businesses.
The new unit will handl...
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HSBC Corporate Money Funds Ltd. has listed its Canadian Dollar Fund class A and B shares on the Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX).
The listing was approved by the BSX's listing committee.
The HSBC Corporate Money Fund, which is incorporated in Bermuda, ai...
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Bermuda-based insurer Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. has had the financial strength and counterparty credit ratings of its operating units raised to A+ by Standard & Poor's as a result of consistently strong financial results and its moderate debt levels...
DATE: Feb 04, 2009
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Jonathan Kent
If you are a business with a name you need to guard, then it is time to get your '.tel' domain name, if you have not completed the pre-registration procedure already.
The launch of the domain name class will create a global directory, through which b...
DATE: Feb 04, 2009
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Imparting her skills to other people has been a big part of Eunice Fermin Furbert's life since she moved to Bermuda 20 years ago.
For Ms Furbert, who left the Dominican Republic to relocate to the Island in 1989, set up her own business called M&M Co...
DATE: Feb 04, 2009
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LONDON (AP) — Sir Tom McKillop resigned yesterday as chairman of Royal Bank of Scotland, leaving the struggling lender two months earlier than he had planned.
McKillop said he was stepping down so that his successor, Sir Philip Hampton, could complet...
DATE: Feb 04, 2009
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