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Bermuda-based RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. has created a new Island-based reinsurance company, specifically to cater to homeowners' business in Florida.
Starbound Reinsurance II Ltd. will create around $375 million in new reinsurance capacity for the ...
DATE: Jun 06, 2007
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COPENHAGEN (Bloomberg) — A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S, the world's biggest shipping company, agreed to sell three oil rigs to Bermuda-based Northern Offshore Ltd. for $455 million amid rising prices for oil production equipment.Maersk will hand over the E...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Insurance commissioners around the US agreed to ask for stronger state laws to prevent people from taking out life insurance policies with the sole intent of selling them to speculators.The National Association of Insurance Com...
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TORONTO (Bloomberg) — Canadian stocks fell for the first time in three days, led by banks such as Bank of Nova Scotia, on speculation that accelerating economic growth and inflation may prompt the central bank to raise borrowing costs."In Canada, we'...
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LONDON (Reuters) — The two-year-old daughter of a senior insurance executive died in hospital yesterday, police said, two days after she suffered massive head injuries while at home with her parents in central London.Yanire Izaga, whose father Albert...
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LONDON (Reuters) — A senior executive with insurance giant Swiss Re was sectioned under the Mental Health Act on Monday after his young daughter was found with life-threatening injuries, according to a police source. Alberto Izaga was arrested on Su...
DATE: Jun 06, 2007
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Driving around a rapidly growing city on unfamiliar streets is not fun.A wrong turn can land you in a maze of construction detours and bumpy roads. Some residents in Las Vegas' newer communities say stop signs and street names seem t...
DATE: Jun 06, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) — Standing atop the Empire State Building and looking out on the expanse of glinting skyscrapers and miniature yellow taxicabs, Lili Ma had no doubt that New York was the place to be on her vacation from China."Everybody needs to bite t...
DATE: Jun 04, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) — Summer's here, and investors will be watching to see if this week's economic data and the recent deal-making surge can keep stocks from succumbing to the seasonal doldrums.Wall Street continues to push the Dow Jones industrials to new...
DATE: Jun 04, 2007
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Qwest Communications International Inc.'s former chief financial officer agreed to pay $577,000 to settle Securities and Exchange Commission accusations that she helped the company falsely report billions of dollars in revenue....
DATE: Jun 04, 2007
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