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The $50 million-capitalised start-up Valient Insurance Company, owned by Ariel, has been given a financial strength rating of "A-" and an issuer credit rating of "a-" from AM Best.
The agency said the outlook for both ratings is stable.
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DATE: Dec 10, 2007
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International business in Bermuda and elsewhere is keeping an interested eye on the Island's political temperature and the possible outcomes of the December 18 general election.
A commentary in the UK-based Insurance Insider newsletter picks up on th...
DATE: Dec 10, 2007
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Insurance was the big winner last week on the Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index (BSX), with Argus Group Holdings and BF&M both boosting their share values.
Argus' share price rose $1.05 (7.02 percent) to $16, with 3,100 shares traded, while ...
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Bermudian firm Sousa's Landscape Management Company joined the good and great of the US landscaping industry at a conference in Kentucky.
Team members from Sousa's attended the Professional Landcare Network's Green Industry Conference in conjunction ...
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Anyone looking for evidence of climate change would normally peruse scientific journals, academic reports and World Bank warnings. This week, one could just monitor the vapor trails over Bali.
More than 10,000 world leaders, activists, drought-strick...
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Just when bellyaching about the weak dollar is reaching a crescendo, the US currency is showing signs of redemption.
To be sure, the dollar isn't about to perform as if it suddenly received a dose of Viagra, and a bullish reversal of its multiyear de...
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How timely that just as President Bush was announcing a deal to help homeowners struggling with their mortgage payments, new data was released showing that foreclosure starts set a new record.
In a news conference last Thursday, Bush trumpeted a priv...
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NEW YORK (AP) — By the end of this week, the world's best-known chronicle of capitalism, The Wall Street Journal, will be owned by another company — something many thought would never happen.
For more than a century, the Journal's parent company, Dow...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — The dollar rose to a one-month high against the yen after a US government report showed that November job growth exceeded forecasts, reducing concern the world's largest economy will head into a recession.
The US currency poste...
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Endurance Specialty Holdings has concluded its acquisition of the USA's fifth largest underwriter of federally sponsored crop insurance ARMtech.
During this year Texas-based ARMtech has secured an estimated $410 million in premiums. It has now been b...
DATE: Dec 10, 2007
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