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A Bermuda-based company specialising in buying up troubled insurance companies and selling off their assets and improving efficiencies was last night set to merge with the US company that helped set it up in business in 2001.
Castlewood Holdings is t...
DATE: Feb 01, 2007
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LONDON (Reuters) ? Bermuda-based insurer Lancashire Holdings said yesterday that it did not expect to see any major impact on its business from new legislation passed in Florida last week.
The law extended hurricane reinsurance coverage assumed by th...
DATE: Feb 01, 2007
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A Bermuda-based company specialising in buying up troubled insurance companies and selling off their assets and improving efficiencies was last night set to merge with the US company that helped set it up in business in 2001.
Castlewood Holdings is t...
DATE: Feb 01, 2007
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Scott Neil
Bermuda reinsurer Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd. yesterday announced that Raymond Barrette had resigned as a director of the company with immediate effect following his recent election as chairman and CEO of White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd.
Anthony ...
DATE: Feb 01, 2007
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DALLAS (Bloomberg) — US Airways Group Inc. withdrew its hostile $9.75 billion offer for bankrupt Delta Air Lines Inc. after creditors endorsed Delta’s plan to stay independent.The risks and time required for a successful merger were too great, Delta’...
DATE: Feb 01, 2007
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Belco shares tumbled seven percent on an otherwise relatively quiet day on the Royal Gazette/ Bermuda Stock Exchange which saw trading of 2,947 shares with a market value of $55,834.
At the end of the day the BSX was down 0.64 percent (32.18 points) ...
DATE: Feb 01, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks shot higher Wednesday after the Federal Reserve answered two of Wall Street’s major concerns, indicating the economy remains healthy and that inflation pressures are easing. The Dow Jones industrials climbed nearly 100 points t...
DATE: Feb 01, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks finished moderately higher in an uneven session yesterday as optimism about the economy helped investors overcome some of their uneasiness about the Federal Reserve’s decision on interest rates.The energy sector rose on a 5 per...
DATE: Jan 31, 2007
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ACE Ltd. last night announced 2006 profits of $2.3 billion and fourth-quarter results which far outstripped experts’ expectations.
Year on year, the business insurer’s fourth-quarter net income nearly tripled to $665 million, or $1.99 per share, comp...
DATE: Jan 31, 2007
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I finally loaded up a review copy of Office 2007 on my home computer this weekend and spent the next few days getting oriented to the new interface Microsoft has created for its suite of programs.You need the time, as this tabbed interface is regroup...
DATE: Jan 31, 2007
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