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An estimated 500 people attended the Bermuda reception in Monte Carlo as reinsurers and brokers met in a social setting to discuss industry issues.
According to Robin Spencer-Arscott, who organised the event with Suzie Pewter, the mood at Wednesday's...
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LONDON (Reuters) - British shoppers have become more cost-conscious and have slashed spending on their homes as the housing market continues to deteriorate, updates from three of Britain's biggest retailers showed yesterday.
Downbeat comments from Jo...
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The world's largest online print shop — VistaPrint — continues to grow its operations with the announcement yesterday that it will be expanding its production facility in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
The company, incorporated in Bermuda, has its US oper...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc's survival was called into question as its chief executive scrambled to sell assets to cover losses from toxic real estate investments, sending shares down as much as 46 percent.
The investment bank's...
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Bermuda's retail sector continued to feel the economic pinch as sales growth for July 2008 slowed to more than two-thirds less than that of the same period last year and less than half that of three months previously, according to Government's latest...
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PartnerRe Ltd. yesterday announced that it expects to receive claims for between $25 million and $45 million for losses caused by Hurricane Gustav, according to the company's prelimary estimates.
The Bermuda reinsurer said its loss loss estimate was ...
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TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index rose for a second day yesterday, overcoming a rocky start on a bargain-hunting rally in hard-hit resource shares.
Among the big gainers, fertilizer producer Potash Corp of Saskatchewan was u...
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Bermuda-based Lehman Re was downgraded after its parent company Lehman Brothers Holding Inc.'s shares plummeted 42 percent to close at $4.22 yesterday (read more on page 23).
The reinsurance subsidiary of Lehman Brothers saw its financial strength ra...
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A Bermudian rising star in the reinsurance industry has been honoured with a prestigious global award for his work.
Gino Smith, an assistant vice-president and underwriter at XL Re, was presented with the Future Industry Leader award at the World Rei...
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Government has been warned by the Association of Bermuda International Companies (ABIC) to show its "unequivocal support" of Bermuda's international business sector if the Island is to avoid being overlooked as an offshore jurisdiction of choice.
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