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Fitch Ratings has affirmed the core entities of the Bermuda-based Hiscox Group’s insurer financial strength (IFS) ratings at A, with a stable outlook.
Fitch said the affirmation reflects Hiscox’s “strong financial profile, underpinned by a stable lev...
DATE: Dec 13, 2010
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bailed-out insurer American International Group Inc took another step in its restructuring last week, but it is only noticeable to those looking closely: it put the company’s logo back on employee identification cards.
After its ...
DATE: Dec 13, 2010
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International Business
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Fitch Ratings has affirmed the A- insurer financial strength (IFS) rating of Montpelier Reinsurance Ltd., the principal (re)insurance operating subsidiary of Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd, and has revised the rating outlook to positive from stable.
The...
DATE: Dec 13, 2010
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International Business
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Insurers will have to provide more financial information in their yearly reports under regulations approved by the House of Assembly yesterday.
Category 3B and E insurance companies are affected by the Insurance Accounts Amendment (Number 2) Regulati...
DATE: Dec 11, 2010
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International Business
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The Association of British Insurers said yesterday that the UK government must be careful in detailing its proposed changes in the taxation of foreign branches of UK companies, warning that the changes may not put into effect its desired outcome, acc...
DATE: Dec 10, 2010
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International Business
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The threat to the security of employees from the rising tide of violent crime in Bermuda has become an increasing concern for international companies, a reinsurance boss said yesterday.
Michael Price, chief executive officer of Platinum Underwriters,...
DATE: Dec 10, 2010
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International Business
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Almost eight out of ten Bermuda reinsurance CEOs do not see potential growth in the reinsurance industry, according to a recent survey.
The consensus view of Island reinsurance bosses polled by accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) reflects t...
DATE: Dec 09, 2010
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International Business
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Bermuda-based re/insurer Catlin Group Ltd announced yesterday that its Swiss reinsurance unit had gained approval from Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority to begin operating.
Catlin Re Switzerland Ltd. will be capitalised with approximately ...
DATE: Dec 09, 2010
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International Business
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Mark Byrne has stepped down from the board of Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings, the company he co-founded in Bermuda five years ago.
The company also announced yesterday that it would pay more than $100 million to buy shares and a warrant owned by comp...
DATE: Dec 09, 2010
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International Business
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It's a tale of two houses, captured on a dramatic video.
Two wooden, three-bedroom houses, side by side, when a 95 miles per hour wind starts raging.
Within a few moments one of the homes is reduced to a pile of debris by the violent gusts, while the...
DATE: Dec 08, 2010
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International Business
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