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PARIS (Bloomberg) ? Scor SA, the largest French reinsurer, had higher fourth-quarter profit as increased income from investments outweighed hurricane-related losses.
Net income rose to 48 million euros ($58 million) from 15 million euros in the year-...
DATE: Mar 23, 2006
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LONDON (Bloomberg) ? Hardy Underwriting Plc, a Lloyd's of London insurer, said 2005 profit fell 45 percent because of claims related to hurricanes in the US.
Net income declined to ?5.4 million ($9.4 million), or 15.3 pence a share, from ?9.8 million...
DATE: Mar 23, 2006
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Hiscox Bermuda chief executive Robert Childs says the move by several large Lloyd?s of London insurers in recent years to form Bermuda companies was a needed wake-up call for the London market.
?All businesses need reminding occasionally that they do...
DATE: Mar 23, 2006
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TORONTO (Reuters) ? Shares of Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. fell hard yesterday after the company said it and its chief executive officer had been subpoenaed by US regulators in connection with remarks made last month on finite insurance contracts....
DATE: Mar 23, 2006
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Total overseas spending by residents for 2005 reached $60.7 million , an increase of 14 percent or $7.5 million from spending levels recorded for 2004.
Much of this gain can be attributed to the increase in average spending per trip which rose 10.2 p...
DATE: Mar 23, 2006
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The Court of Appeals is poised to rule today on a Supreme Court declaration which authorised Lines Overseas Management to disclose telephone recordings and documents to US regulators in compliance with subpoenas served on LOM managing director Scott ...
DATE: Mar 23, 2006
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A new Bermuda reinsurer being formed to provide coverage to New York-based insurer Tower Group is in the midst of raising $220 million to get off the ground, according to an online news report.
reported earlier this month that Tower was boosting its ...
DATE: Mar 22, 2006
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Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd., one of the Bermuda reinsurers worst hit by losses from last year?s hurricanes, yesterday saw its shares fall to an all-time low in intra-day trading, on the heels of the company?s chief underwriting officer being replaced...
DATE: Mar 22, 2006
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Bermuda Housing Corporation against Benjamin Francis and Wendy Francis.
B&M Excavating and Trucking Limited against Nick Wallington trading as C&A Construction Limited.
Church Bay Trust Company Limited (as trustees of the Geronimo Trust) agains...
DATE: Mar 22, 2006
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Since starting Computers for Earthlings, I have received a lot of questions. Here are the answers to three recent ones.
Firstly, it?s worth understanding what job a screen-saver does: If we leave a monitor switched on and connected to our computer, t...
DATE: Mar 22, 2006
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