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Former CEO of Swiss Reinsurance Co.'s UK operations Tim Carroll has joined Lloyd's of London insurer Canopius Managing Agents Ltd. as underwriting director.
Mr. Carroll, a former chairman of the International Underwriting Association, joins Canopius ...
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Bermuda-based hedge fund manager Osmium Capital Management Ltd. has come up with an innovative way of allowing its investors to steer clear of the vagaries of major currency values — by denominating a class of shares in its fund in gold instead of mo...
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Novae Group Plc, a Lloyd's of London insurer, said it approached the chairman of Chaucer Holdings Plc to discuss a possible merger.
Novae made the statement after Chaucer earlier climbed 13 percent, the most in three months, foll...
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Some of the world's top independent economic analysts believe Bermuda's economy is at growing risk of contracting, largely because of its heavy reliance on the slumping US financial sector.
A report issued this week by The Economist Intelligence Unit...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - US stocks rose yesterday, capping the S&P 500's longest winning streak since November, as financial stocks soared on optimism the Obama administration was making progress on a plan to relieve banks of money-losing assets.
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WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) — The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. may manage the so-called bad bank that the Obama administration is likely to set up as it tries to break the back of the credit crisis, two people familiar with the matter said.
US stocks g...
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Butterfield Bank and Argus Group Holdings Ltd. both saw their share prices decline by five cents (0.52 percent) on The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index (BSX) yesterday.
Butterfield Bank's share value dropped to $9.40, with 750 shares traded...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based Tyco Electronics Ltd., the world's largest maker of electronic connectors, posted a loss in its first-quarter on weakening demand from automakers and said profit in the current quarter will trail analysts' estimat...
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index rose 1.7 percent yesterday, led by the heavily weighted financial sector, on hopes that the multi-billion-dollar stimulus package unveiled in Tuesday's Canadian budget and further US government action wi...
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Fitch has affirmed Butterfield Bank's debt ratings and said that the impact of the company's capital support of its money-markets funds has been "manageable".
In commentary issued this week, the credit rating agency added that it would "closely monit...
DATE: Jan 29, 2009
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