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Climate change, nanotechnology and pandemics are shaping up as emerging risks that have the potential to swamp insurers and reinsurers during coming years.
And with every passing day the likelihood of a $100 billion insured loss catastrophe year stri...
DATE: Nov 20, 2007
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TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index kicked-off the week with a sharp across-the-board decline yesterday as commodity prices fell and prospect of more bank writedowns rose.
All of the TSX's 10 main sectors were lower, with mate...
DATE: Nov 20, 2007
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ACE USA, the US-based retail operating division of the ACE Group of Companies, thas appointed Robert McCarty as senior vice president and regional executive officer for ACE USA's Western Region.
Mr. McCarty is a former Lieutenant Colonel with the US ...
DATE: Nov 20, 2007
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As one of the most prosperous UK territories, Bermuda faces a number of risks arising from its background of commercial success according to a UK National Audit Office report commissioned by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
The report, entitled N...
DATE: Nov 20, 2007
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XL Insurance, the global insurance operation of Bermuda-based XL Capital, has announced an agreement with Swiss Re to buy Global Asset Protection Services LLC (GAPS), a loss prevention consulting service provider.
The transaction is expected to be co...
DATE: Nov 20, 2007
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Another excellent year seems to be on the cards for Bermudian insurers and reinsurers, according to Standard & Poor's Rating Services (S&P).
In the past few years, these companies have enjoyed very strong earnings and operating performance as well as...
DATE: Nov 19, 2007
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Like parents who forget to pick up their child at school, the usually-bountiful months of November and December seem poised to leave investors out in the cold this year.
Many have been left scratching their heads as the Toronto St...
DATE: Nov 19, 2007
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LONDON (Bloomberg) - Frontline, the world's biggest operator of supertankers, said third-quarter profit tumbled 76 percent as it leased out ships for less and fuel costs surged.
Net income fell to $24.2 million, or 32 cents a share, from $98.8 millio...
DATE: Nov 19, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stock investors smarting from months of volatility are hoping this holiday-shortened week provides signs of a badly needed year-end rally.
The days leading up to Thanksgiving — which in recent years have been positive for stocks — wil...
DATE: Nov 19, 2007
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Cooper Industries and Foster Wheeler, both based in Bermuda, are participating in the Bear Stearns 3rd Annual Commodities & Capital Goods Conference to be held in New York on November 28.
There will be a presentation and comments by Cooper's senior ...
DATE: Nov 19, 2007
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