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CHICAGO (Dow Jones) ? One week after industry-leading insurance broker Marsh & McLennan Cos. said the restrictions it faced on accepting contingent commissions had been loosened, rival Willis Group Holdings Ltd. said it has received a similar deal fr...
DATE: Sep 05, 2006
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MUNICH (Bloomberg) ? Hannover Re, the world's fourth- largest reinsurer, expects prices for coverage in storm-affected areas in the US to rise by about 50 percent, even if this year's hurricane season doesn't lead to major damage claims.
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DATE: Sep 05, 2006
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LONDON (Bloomberg) ? Lloyd's of London, the world's biggest insurance market, will this week ask the British government for tax breaks to make the group more competitive with rival markets including Dublin and Bermuda.
Chairman Peter Levene, in a spe...
DATE: Sep 05, 2006
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XL Capital faces a surprise competitor in its bid for the UK life insurance arm of General Electric, the Daily Telegraph reported on Friday.
XL and Swiss Re qualified for the second round of the bidding last month, but Deutsche Bank AG has emerged as...
DATE: Sep 05, 2006
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Solar Enterprises shareholders have received a dividend of $9.25 per share stemming from the $8.5 million sale of its land holdings in the Turks and Caicos Islands earlier this year.
The company, which is expected to go into voluntary liquidation lat...
DATE: Sep 05, 2006
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(Bloomberg) ? Shares of SeaDrill Ltd., an oil- drilling company, rose as much as six percent after the company posted better-than-expected quarterly earnings and forecast higher profit for the rest of the year.
Net income at Bermuda-based SeaDrill, w...
DATE: Sep 05, 2006
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This is dedicated to all readers for whom this day is not a day off. May you be successful in attaining your dreams, with your health, your relationships and your families intact. It is always a bit more demanding to write about individual stock and ...
DATE: Sep 03, 2006
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A seven-year U.S. legal feud between members of the prominent Guatemalan family that controls the popular Pollo Campero restaurant chain has reached a turning point that could send the bitter dispute over millions of dollars back to Guatemala -- wher...
DATE: Sep 03, 2006
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My Bermuda Cablevision TV connection has failed again, and the company can?t send anyone to fix it for six days. This has put me in a bad mood, so what follows, though having nothing to do with TV, is unusually bile-laden, even by my standards. Send ...
DATE: Sep 03, 2006
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A gain in Butterfield Bank shares drove The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index to a positive end of week close yesterday.
Butterfield gained 25 cents to $59.25 on volume of 173 shares on a quiet day in which a trade of 1,309 Argus shares at a...
DATE: Sep 03, 2006
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