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SACRAMENTO (Bloomberg) — California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed making health insurance mandatory and assessing fees on business to expand the state-run medical system to more children and workers without medical benefits.Schwarzenegger, ...
DATE: Jan 09, 2007
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A consumer group blasted US insurance companies yesterday for charging motorists and homeowners more for coverage, while paying out less, at a time of record-setting profits.The Consumer Federation of America’s insurance director, J...
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Bermuda-based ACE Tempest Re has set up a new underwriter in Montreal to write all lines of property and casualty reinsurance for the Canadian market.
At the helm of ACE Tempest Re Canada will be Constantin Petalas, the former chief executive officer...
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A company that provides much of the Bermuda insurance industry with computer models used to estimate damage from future hurricanes strongly denied an accusation in a Florida newspaper that its most up-to-date work was based on "faulty science".
A sto...
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TORONTO (Reuters) — The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index ended lower yesterday as energy issues were pulled down by a continued dive in oil prices.The Toronto Stock Exchange S&P/TSX composite index closed down 85.10 points, or 0.7 percent, at 12,4...
DATE: Jan 09, 2007
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The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index fell slightly in light trading yesterday.
Two companies, Argus Holdings Ltd. and Butterfield Bank Ltd., saw their share prices rise.
Argus, which last week acquired life insurer Tremont International Lif...
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The eye-catching yellow speedboat that takes passengers on a thrill-ride right around the Island is up for sale.
The WildCat's owners, brothers Edward and William Lawrence, say the pressures of their other business interests, coupled with the departu...
DATE: Jan 09, 2007
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Bermuda-based W.P. Stewart & Co., Ltd. announced yesterday that it has declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.23 per common share. The dividend is payable on January 31, 2007 to shareholders of record as of January 17, 2007. W.P. Stewart is an a...
DATE: Jan 09, 2007
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New Castle Re - one of the “class of 2005” reinsurance companies set up to take advantage of a hardening market following Hurricane Katrina - yesterday received an “excellent” financial strength rating from A.M. Best.
The affirmation of the A- rating...
DATE: Jan 09, 2007
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The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index fell slightly in light trading yesterday.
Two companies, Argus Holdings Ltd. and Butterfield Bank Ltd., saw their share prices rise.
Argus, which last week acquired life insurer Tremont International Lif...
DATE: Jan 09, 2007
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