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A new internet-based realtor has set up in Bermuda with the aim of taking much of the leg-work and some of the commission costs out of buying and selling property.
My-Bermuda-House has been up and running since last November and its web-site enables ...
DATE: Jan 16, 2007
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LONDON (Bloomberg) ? Lloyd?s of London, the world?s biggest insurance market, has increased the amount of premiums it can accept this year by 8.9 percent to a record ?16.1 billion ($31.6 billion), as prices come under pressure.
This year?s capacity c...
DATE: Jan 16, 2007
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A new internet-based realtor has set up in Bermuda with the aim of taking much of the leg-work and some of the commission costs out of buying and selling property.
My-Bermuda-House has been up and running since last November and its web-site enables ...
DATE: Jan 16, 2007
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Jonathan Kent
BRASILIA (Bloomberg) — Brazil’s Vice-President Jose Alencar yesterday approved a bill to open the country’s reinsurance market to private competition, ending a monopoly held by state- controlled IRB-Brasil Re.The proposed law had been adopted by lawm...
DATE: Jan 16, 2007
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The news that Bermuda has the highest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita in the world should be seen as another danger sign of an overheating economy.
That is the view of economist and United Bermuda Party Senator E.T. (Bob) Richards, who said t...
DATE: Jan 15, 2007
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of Lloyd’s, the world’s biggest insurance market, warned on Friday of $100 billion natural disasters in the United States and urged a “radical rethink” of public policy in response to global warming.At the same time, Lo...
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NEW YORK (AP) — A day after filing a lawsuit, casino mogul Steve Wynn said on Friday that Lloyd’s of London has made an offer to settle his $54 million claim of lost value for a Picasso after Wynn accidentally poked a hole in the canvas with his elbo...
DATE: Jan 15, 2007
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WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) — Continental Airlines Inc. and US Airways Group Inc. raised round-trip fares by as much as $10, matching increases made by UAL Corp.’s United Airlines and other large US carriers in this year’s first general fare boost.Contine...
DATE: Jan 15, 2007
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CARACAS (Reuters) — Venezuela and Iran strengthened their growing ties over the weekend with a stream of anti-US statements, various commercial agreements and a pledge to push for a cut in world oil supplies to counter plunging prices.Venezuelan Pres...
DATE: Jan 15, 2007
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LONDON (Bloomberg) ? Bermuda-based Catlin Group Ltd. said the loss of 2007 underwriting revenue resulting from its acquisition of Wellington Underwriting Plc was ?significantly lower? than expected.
?We have been very encouraged during our important ...
DATE: Jan 15, 2007
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