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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Ace Ltd., the Switzerland-based insurer and reinsurer with operations in more than 50 countries, said profit fell 28 percent on investment declines.
Second-quarter net income dropped to $535 million, or $1.58 a share, from $746...
DATE: Jul 28, 2009
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Net income: $535 million compared to $733 million in 2008.
Gross premiums written: $5.1 billion compared to $5.3 billion in 2008.
Combined ratio: 87.7 percent compared to 87.8 percent in 2008.
DATE: Jul 28, 2009
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SPELL CHECK: Just one typo in a resume could cost you a job, according to a recent survey.
Three out of four executives said just one or two inadvertent strokes of the keyboard would remove an applicant from consideration for a job, while 40 percent ...
DATE: Jul 28, 2009
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Bermuda-based Torus Insurance Holdings Ltd. has hired three executives from American International Group to lead its new Chicago operation.
William McArthur, Dennis Johnson and Mark Mowinski will all be based in Chicago, as Torus marches on with its ...
DATE: Jul 28, 2009
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Ryan Cabral was selected from a pool of 19 applicants to receive the inaugural Montpelier Re Scholarship.
The 19-year-old Bermudian, who is entering his third year in a Bachelor of Business management Programme at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nov...
DATE: Jul 28, 2009
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Jonathan Kent
Age: 34
Title: President of Cosmic Ltd.
What is your job? President and creative director.
What is your favourite part of the job? The creative part.
What is your least favourite part of the job? Not having enough time to do what I need to do.
What i...
DATE: Jul 28, 2009
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Bigger is not necessarily better in the reinsurance market, according to Montpelier Re executive chairman Anthony Taylor.
Montpelier's name has been suggested in some wire reports as a likely merger candidate or takeover target, after two Bermuda rei...
DATE: Jul 28, 2009
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Net income: $474.3 million compared to a net loss of $26 million in 2008.
Gross premiums written: $846.1 million compared to $968.2 million in 2008.
Combined ratio: 83.5 percent compared to 85.9 percent in 2008.
DATE: Jul 28, 2009
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Bermuda-based reinsurer PartnerRe posted net income of $474.3 million for the second quarter, boosted by a lack of catastrophes and an increase in the value of investments.
The company, which is set to become the world's fourth largest reinsurer by s...
DATE: Jul 28, 2009
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A series of new laws introduced by Government will improve the efficiency of Bermuda's international business sector, according to law firm Conyers Dill & Pearman.
The law firm played a key role in helping to draw up the legislative amendments, which...
DATE: Jul 27, 2009
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