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Montpelier Re is aiming to expand its global share by capturing a number of new insurance markets outside of Bermuda.
Chris Harris, executive vice-president and chief underwriting and risk officer, told investors during the company’s second quarter r...
DATE: Jul 26, 2007
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Arch Capital Group Ltd. reported a staggering increase of more than 44 percent in profits for the second quarter compared to the same time last year.
With net income up from $137.8 million or $1.81 per share in 2006 to $199.4m or $2.65 this year, the...
DATE: Jul 26, 2007
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Shareholders of Bermuda-based reinsurer PXRE Group yesterday voted to approve the company's plans to merge with US company Argonaut Group.
Also yesterday, shareholders of the San Antonio-based Argonaut voted to support the merger plans.
The combined ...
DATE: Jul 26, 2007
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The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index (BSX) continued to break more records as it reached an all-time high yesterday.
Having set two all-time high records last week, the Index climbed 174.58 points (3.35 percent) to close at 5,382.06.
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DATE: Jul 26, 2007
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Bermuda insurance giant Ace Ltd. says it is far better prepared for meeting claims from a hurricane season of above-normal intensity than it was before Hurricane Katrina.
Ace's chief financial officer Phil Bancroft said if the 2005 storm scenario ¿ w...
DATE: Jul 26, 2007
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Jonathan Kent
One in four of Bermuda's workforce is an overseas guest worker. That percentage increases markedly, in an unfavourable way for Bermudians, within the arena of international business where the best salaries are to be found.
Twenty-one Bermudians who c...
DATE: Jul 26, 2007
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TORONTO (Bloomberg) Canadian stocks rose the first time in four days, led by energy producers, as prices of crude oil and natural gas increased, allaying concerns that profits may drop. EnCana Corp. paced gains on better-than-expected earnings.
The S...
DATE: Jul 26, 2007
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The Global Investment Basket Ltd. announced to the Bermuda Stock Exchange that ordinary shares will be scheduled for redemption later this year.
The board received the shareholders’ proxies, with 94.61 percent of the issued shares of the company vote...
DATE: Jul 26, 2007
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Devastating losses from the floods in England and Australia during June have reduced IPC Holdings' second quarter profits by 75 percent.
The company, which is the sole owner of IPC Re, took a hefty financial hit during the second three months of the ...
DATE: Jul 26, 2007
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Bank of Bermuda customer Shirley Lyn Smith was yesterday presented with a laptop computer and accompanying bag after a winning a personal internet banking competition.
Every one of the more than 1,000 Bank of Bermuda customers who signed up for perso...
DATE: Jul 26, 2007
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