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NEW YORK (Reuters) — Property and casualty carriers could be headed for another “boom and bust” cycle, even as they report record profits, a leading company and an industry adviser both warned yesterday.“I could make a strong case that we are standin...
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Lloyd's of London, the 300-year-old insurance market, said insurers should focus on profitable business at the expense of market share to overcome "weak" premium rates.Prices rose 2.9 percent on average in the first half and they...
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LONDON (Reuters) — Ailing transport group Sea Containers said there was no need for the UK Pension Regulator to warn it may compel the firm to pay into UK retirement plans because the company is in talks with the funds.
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MUNICH (Bloomberg) — Allianz SE, Europe’s biggest insurer, raised its forecast for 2006 profit after earnings doubled in the third quarter following fewer US hurricanes.Net income will probably rise to between 6 billion euros ($7.7 billion) and 6.5 b...
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LONDON (Reuters) ? Ailing transport group Sea Containers said there was no need for the UK Pension Regulator to warn it may compel the firm to pay into UK retirement plans because the company is in talks with the funds.
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BTC yesterday announced it is launching a new high speed phone line that will speed up delivery of Internet and e-mail to home users.
But the Bermuda Computer Society warned that users will also have to contact their Internet Service Providers to upg...
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TORONTO (Bloomberg) ? Four Seasons Hotels Inc., the manager of 74 luxury properties, received a $3.7 billion bid to be taken private by its chief executive officer, Microsoft Corp. chairman Bill Gates and Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal.
Gates? Cascade Inv...
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The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index slipped yesterday as Bermuda Aviation Services and Bermuda Commercial Bank Warrants fell.
The Index closed down 3.2 points to 4,879.14 on volume of 24,640 shares worth $180,525.
BAS, which released stron...
DATE: Nov 07, 2006
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NEW YORK (Reuters) ? Property and casualty carriers could be headed for another ?boom and bust? cycle, even as they report record profits, a leading company and an industry adviser both warned yesterday.
?I could make a strong case that we are standi...
DATE: Nov 07, 2006
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ST. PAUL, Minnesota — St. Paul Travelers Cos. Inc. has agreed to adopt “certain corporate governance measures” to settle a consolidated derivative lawsuit over alleged improper business practices, the insurer said in a Securities and Exchange Commiss...
DATE: Nov 07, 2006
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