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Premier Alex Scott took his wish to establish an insurance fund for hurricane-prone smaller nations that can?t afford coverage to an industry audience yesterday.
Mr. Scott found a receptive ear in Julian James, director of worldwide markets for the L...
DATE: Apr 26, 2006
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Alex Erskine has been elected to partnership at law firm Appleby Spurling Hunter.
Mr. Erskine has over 18 years legal experience, including private practice and working within financial institutions.
He is member of the firm's corporate and commercia...
DATE: Apr 26, 2006
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HONOLULU? A probe by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer hasn?t lowered insurance premiums for most US companies.
Eighty-two percent of 705 risk managers surveyed by the Risk and Insurance Management Society said they hadn?t received a discount o...
DATE: Apr 26, 2006
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A global upswing in incidents of kidnap for ransom, hostage taking, ?war tax? demands and other extortion tactics, piracy and sabotage are occurring more frequently, and in more locations worldwide, according to Ace USA, the American-based retail ope...
DATE: Apr 26, 2006
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XL Capital last night posted record first quarter 2006 income of $458.5 million, up 3.5 percent from $442.9 million in the same quarter 2005 on strong performance in all segments and strong investment returns.
Broken down, income fell to $2.56 per sh...
DATE: Apr 26, 2006
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Former Ace veteran Susan Rivera has been named president of Praetorian Financial Group, a specialty insurer and subsidiary of Hannover Re.
As president and president and chief executive of Ace USA, Ms Rivera was Ace Limited?s most senior female execu...
DATE: Apr 26, 2006
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Everest Re shares dropped more than four percent yesterday after the Bermuda-based reinsurer's first quarter earnings missed analyst estimates, sparking widespread drops on Bermuda-based reinsurers' shares.
Shares were also hurt by market fears that ...
DATE: Apr 26, 2006
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HOUSTON (Bloomberg) ? Shares of Cooper Industries Ltd., maker of Crescent wrenches and Halo lighting, rose 5.5 percent after the company reported higher-than-expected first-quarter profit and raised its forecast for the year.
US construction spending...
DATE: Apr 25, 2006
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First quarter 2006 operating income for Everest Re Group, Ltd. declined 4.5 percent on higher catastrophe loss estimates from the hurricanes that walloped the US last year.
The Bermuda-based reinsurer posted operating income of $157.9 million in the ...
DATE: Apr 25, 2006
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Start-up broker Integro Ltd., which marks its first anniversary in business on May 6, is hiring an average of a person a day, its president said on Sunday.
Peter Garvey said the New York-based insurance brokerage started the year with 200 staff and e...
DATE: Apr 25, 2006
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