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LONDON (Reuters) ? Political trends across Latin America are making international firms anxious about doing business in the region, a leading insurance brokerage said on Tuesday.
"The emergence of more leftwing governments in Latin America, including...
DATE: Jan 11, 2006
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TRENTON, New Jersey (AP) ? Shares of the conglomerate Tyco International Ltd. rose more than three percent yesterday after a published report said the company was considering splitting itself into three separate entities.
Tyco shares rose 99 cents, o...
DATE: Jan 10, 2006
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Former Bermuda customers of bankrupt broker-deal Refco Capital Markets Ltd. ? the main Bermuda unit of the troubled futures broker ? are unlikely to recoup more than a fraction of the hundreds of thousands of dollars lodged in trading accounts with t...
DATE: Jan 10, 2006
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Allied World Assurance Company Ltd. and its subsidiaries saw their financial strength rating downgraded one notch to ?A? yesterday on A.M. Best?s concerns about the Bermuda-based company?s capital plan and its independence from its original sponsor.
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DATE: Jan 10, 2006
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The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index gained 12.57 points yesterday to close at 3,884.02.
On a quiet day of trading Belco moved up $2 to close at $41 as investors traded in 2,200 shares and BF&M fell 50 cents to close at $18 on volume of 11,...
DATE: Jan 10, 2006
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Third quarter catastrophes propelled US property casualty insurers to an underwriting loss of $2.8 billion through September 2005 despite solid results posted for the first half of 2005.
A recent study by AM Best Co. showed the US property/casualty i...
DATE: Jan 10, 2006
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NEW YORK (Reuters) ? C.V. Starr & Co., a firm run by former American International Group Inc. chief executive Maurice (Hank) Greenberg, yesterday said it completed a tender offer for shares held by AIG executives early.
Starr said it ended the tender...
DATE: Jan 10, 2006
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) ? Refco Inc., the broker that filed for bankruptcy after disclosing $430 million in hidden debt, should be run by a court-appointed trustee to ensure creditors are protected, a Department of Justice official said.
Refco?s credito...
DATE: Jan 10, 2006
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XL Capital Ltd. yesterday named David Duclos as chief operating officer of its insurance businesses, responsible for underwriting and sales.
Duclos will report to Clive Tobin, chief executive of insurance, XL said in a statement distributed by PR New...
DATE: Jan 10, 2006
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Not long after Hurricane Katrina stormed through New Orleans this summer, Rancho Santa Fe insurance consultant Andrew (Andy) Barile flew to New York to help one of his insurance industry clients figure out how to cope with the disaster.
Katrina, comb...
DATE: Jan 09, 2006
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