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A full-day conference on trust and estate business this Friday will take a close look at proposed new legislative changes in Bermuda.
A plan to bring in tough rules of registration regarding land trusts in Bermuda was withdrawn by Government at the s...
DATE: Mar 14, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) — Aquiline Capital Partners LLC, a private equity firm headed by the former head of Marsh & McClennan Companies Inc., announced on Monday that it had raised $1.1 billion in capital for its first fund, the Aquiline Financial Services Fun...
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Two months ago, Fred Poteet walked into a Sprint store to resolve some technical problems with his cell phone service. When he walked out, he had a new wireless contract — with Cox Communications Inc., his cable TV operator.
“Since I already had Cox ...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks plunged driving the Dow Jones industrials down more than 240 points in their second-biggest drop of the year, as troubles piled up for subprime lenders.Investors, bracing for a wilting economy, fled the already deflated subprim...
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Gaffney to head Ace unitRobert Gaffney is to lead Ace’s newly-formed Global Services Unit as senior vice president.
He has rejoined Ace to take up the position after a spell with Liberty Mutual Alternative Markets, where he was president.
The announc...
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What a shame that the Computer Society of Bermuda (CSB) is unable to offer an overseas International Computer Driving License (ICDL) scholarship to a deserving student for the fall semester.
The ICDL, the sole funding source for the scholarship, had ...
DATE: Mar 14, 2007
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Lloyd’s of London insurers who have either moved their domiciles to Bermuda or have substantial subsidiaries on the Island:
Catlin: Moved its headquarters to Bermuda in 2006 and has asubsidiary on the Island. Its takeover of Wellington Underwriting t...
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White Mountains Re is to offer and sell approximately $400 million of its senior notes due 2017 in an offering exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933.
The group intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to pay...
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There was a strong volume of share trading on the Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index with stocks valued at $1.7 million changing hands, but the Index moved upwards only 1.99 points (0.04 percent) to settle at 4,980.06.
The biggest gainer of t...
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Kiln Plc, a Lloyd's of London insurer, said today is plans to set up a new parent company in Bermuda.
Kiln, which said its 2006 profit increased seven-fold on lower storm claims to $43.6 million pounds ($84 million), or 14.96 pen...
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