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NEW YORK (AP) - In a session that showed more indecision than conviction, the stock market rebounded yesterday from the previous day's massive decline. The Dow Jones industrials rose 270 points after fluctuating sharply, and all the major indexes ros...
DATE: Dec 03, 2008
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Business Insurance magazine has selected two Bermuda-based executives on its list of among its list of "Women to Watch".
Bermudian Judy Gonsalves, of Ace Bermuda, where she is senior vice-president, Excess Liability Division, and XL Capital Ltd.'s gl...
DATE: Dec 03, 2008
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TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index ended a see-saw session lower yesterday as news that insurer Manulife Financial will issue new stock offset rallying energy shares after talk of a takeover of Nexen Inc.
The tug-of-war betwe...
DATE: Dec 03, 2008
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Hiscox Ltd. is to close a Bermuda-based insurance and reinsurance team it established three months ago and the executive in charge will leave the company.
Bob Forness, 43, who joined Hiscox as head of speciality reinsurance on Se...
DATE: Dec 03, 2008
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Max Capital Group Ltd. said yesterday it had seen the value of its hedge fund investments fall by $70 million over the the last two months.
The Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer also said its alternative investment portfolio made up 18.6 percent of...
DATE: Dec 03, 2008
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Moving into its new offices at the Power House will be like home from home for Lancashire Insurance Group.
For the new state-of-the-art building is across the road from its current premises on the sixth floor at Mintflower Place in Par-la-Ville Road....
DATE: Dec 03, 2008
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Conyers Dill & Pearman (CDP) has expanded its global operations with the opening of a new office in Brazil to provide offshore legal services.
The launch of Conyers Dill e Pearman (Brazil) Servicos de Consultoria Ltda. in São Paulo makes CDP the firs...
DATE: Dec 02, 2008
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The Bermuda-based Hiscox Group was yesterday upgraded by Standard & Poor's on the expectation of "robust earnings" going forward.
S&P upgraded both Hiscox's financial strength rating and its counterparty credit rating to A from A-. The outlook is sta...
DATE: Dec 02, 2008
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AM Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength ratings of B++ (Good) and downgraded the issuer credit ratings (ICR) to "bbb" from "bbb+" of The Steamship Mutual Underwriting Association (Bermuda) Limited (Steamship Bermuda) (Bermuda) and The Steamsh...
DATE: Dec 02, 2008
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The last time you were given a promotional T-shirt or pen did you wear it with pride or stash it away in your bottom draw? That can be the difference between success and failure for businesses and organisations depending on whether they get their mar...
DATE: Dec 02, 2008
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