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Accountants Ernst & Young (EY) has announced three new appointments to its London and Bermuda insurance team.
Paul Cooper, Simon Burtwell and Ben Reid have all been appointed to senior roles due to increased demand from its clients.
Mr Cooper, former...
DATE: Aug 05, 2011
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Bermuda-based Frontline Ltd., the world’s biggest operator of supertankers, plunged more than 10 percent to its lowest stock price since May 2003 yesterday.
The company closed at 47.02 kroner in Oslo trading, down 5.38 kroner, a fall of 10.25 percent...
DATE: Aug 05, 2011
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Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc (MMC) boosted its profits by 19 percent during the second quarter as revenue streams increased across the board.
The New York-based insurance broker’s net income rose to $282 million from $236 million last year, includi...
DATE: Aug 04, 2011
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Bermuda-based oils ervices provider Archer Ltd, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, has sealed a deal to buy all of Great White Energy Services’ operating companies for $742 million on a cash and debt free basis.
Great White Energy Services, which was...
DATE: Aug 04, 2011
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Bermuda-based luxury resort operators Orient-Express Hotels Ltd reported net earnings of $5.2 million for the second quarter as the premier leisure travel market continued to pick up.
That compared to a net loss of $800,000 in 2010.
So far this year ...
DATE: Aug 04, 2011
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Bermuda features prominently in a report on US corporate tax avoidance released this month.
The report entitled ‘Corporate America Untaxed: Tax Avoidance on the Rise’, which was published by The Greenling Institute, a national policy, research, organ...
DATE: Aug 02, 2011
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International Business
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NEW YORK (AP) - Transatlantic Holdings Inc on Thursday said its board rejected a hostile takeover bid from fellow insurer Validus Holdings Ltd, and remained committed to go ahead with plans to combine the company with Switzerland-based Allied World A...
DATE: Aug 01, 2011
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International Business
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Lancashire Holdings Ltd has announced the company will switch its tax base from Bermuda to the UK as it reported forecast-beating quarterly profit thanks to limited exposure to recent natural disasters.
Lancashire said it did not expect its tax bill ...
DATE: Aug 01, 2011
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International Business
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Validus Holdings Ltd’s net income slipped $70 million for the second quarter as losses for the US tornadoes came in within its pre-announced range.
The re/insurer, which earlier this month put in a $3.5 billion bid for Transatlantic Holdings, reporte...
DATE: Aug 01, 2011
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International Business
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White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd’s profits rose to from $2.5 million to $11.7 million during the second quarter after the company sold subsidiaries Esurance and Answer Financial to Allstate.
The company also reported an adjusted book value per sha...
DATE: Aug 01, 2011
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International Business
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