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Executives from two leading Bermuda companies are among the founder members of a new body established by global reinsurers to put the industry's case to lawmakers and regulators.
PartnerRe and XL Capital will be among the 10 companies, plus the Lloyd...
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Jonathan Kent
Age: 40
Role: Inventory/logistics specialist for BCS-IBM Bermuda Agency
What is your job? Administration of the procurement process including the purchasing and receiving of goods into the inventory system as well as the co-ordination of deliveries a...
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LONDON (Reuters) - Kraft Foods said it was intent on pursuing Britain's Cadbury, which soared in value after it snubbed a premium-rich bid from the US group, reinforcing hopes of a broader-based pick-up in merger activity.
Analysts said North America...
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BE CLEAR, BOSS: As a manager, you're expected to make demands of other people. So why do many find it so hard?
Ron Ashkenas, managing partner at Robert H. Schaffer & Associates in Stamford, Connecticut, and author of the upcoming book "Simply Effecti...
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Bermuda reinsurer Validus Holdings Ltd. has completed its takeover of IPC Holdings Ltd. after shareholders of both companies gave their approval.
Approximately 87 percent of the shareholders voted at a special general meeting in favour of the issuanc...
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Bermuda-based reinsurer Maiden Holdings Ltd. has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Maiden Holdings North America Ltd. has acquired Integon Specialty Insurance Co. from GMAC Insurance Management Corporation, a subsidiary of GMAC Inc.
This acq...
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MONACO (Reuters) - Reinsurers promised to stand firm on the prices they charge for covering big risks like hurricanes and plane crashes, even as the recession robs their insurance company customers of cash needed to pay for the service.
Global reinsu...
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The case of bankrupt Bermuda-based satellite operator Protostar Ltd. and its subsidiaries has been put back to November by a Supreme Court judge.
At Friday's hearing, Judge Geoffrey Bell adjourned the matter of the insolvent companies Protostar, Prot...
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DALLAS (Bloomberg) — Peter Kaltman, a retired accountant, says he was reassured by the Securities Investor Protection Corp. logo on the stationery of the brokerage that sold him $550,000 in Stanford International Bank certificates of deposit.
"The CD...
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White Mountains Re Bermuda Ltd. has seen its Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) rating withdrawn by Fitch Ratings following the reorganisation of its Bermuda reinsurance operations into a branch of Sirius International Insurance Corp., which is based i...
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