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A newly developed service to improve the collection of defence fees for lawyers has just signed up its first broker.
Xchanging, the business process, procurement and technology services provider, announced Willis has given them the job of collecting ...
DATE: Aug 30, 2013
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NearShore Americas is reporting Bermuda, which it describes as a global leader in the insurance industry, is eying Latin America for expansion opportunities.
Writer Tim Wilson, focusing on the captive tranche of the industry, said Bermuda has always ...
DATE: Aug 28, 2013
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International Business
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Zurich Insurance Group, the biggest Swiss insurer, said Chief Financial Officer Pierre Wauthier was found dead at his home this morning.
The police are investigating the exact circumstances of his death, the Zurich-based company said in an e-mailed ...
DATE: Aug 27, 2013
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International Business
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The flow of third-party capital into the reinsurance market is intensifying competition while demand for cover is declining, AM Best says in a newly released special report on the industry.
“Until the staying power of recent third-party capital is te...
DATE: Aug 26, 2013
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International Business
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The impact of the Insurance Linked Securities (ILS) market and other convergence vehicles has had a significant influence on pricing now it may offer more cost effective coverage, according to reinsurance specialists.
Recent reports have seen such en...
DATE: Aug 26, 2013
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International Business
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American International Group has agreed to accept $905 million from Brookfield Asset Management to resolve a dispute tied to interest-rate swaps.
Brookfield, Canada’s largest alternative-asset manager, said the payment will terminate the swaps and br...
DATE: Aug 26, 2013
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International Business
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Assured Guaranty and JP Morgan Chase & Co. agreed to settle lawsuits filed by the bond insurer accusing the bank’s EMC Mortgage and Bear Stearns units of making misrepresentations about mortgage-backed securities.
Assured Guaranty Corp., a New York-b...
DATE: Aug 23, 2013
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International Business
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The insurance linked securities (ILS) market could benefit from research being conducted by Atmospheric and Environmental Research (AER). Emerging Risk.
The Bermuda Stock Exchange has 50 percent, or $7 billion, of the global ILS market listed. The ma...
DATE: Aug 22, 2013
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International Business
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Norwegian Cruise Line has purchased some 75 acres in Belize for a planned cruise ship port destination.
The land, which is called Harvest Caye, has two islands in the Stann Creek and Toledo Districts in Belize. Norwegian said it planned to invest $5...
DATE: Aug 22, 2013
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International Business
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Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (Fairfax) announced on Monday that it will acquire American Safety Reinsurance Ltd, and then ‘promptly’ sell it on to Catalina Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd.
To accomplish this, Fairfax also entered into an agreement with ...
DATE: Aug 21, 2013
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International Business
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